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Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst to Deliver Keynote Address at Open Source Business Conference

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:01:13 EDT

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that president and CEO, Jim Whitehurst, will deliver the keynote address at Computerworld’s Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) on May 21, 2012. OSBC 2012 features content-rich sessions from visionary thought leaders and industry executives on how open source technology is being used and what the implications are from a business perspective, and the conference offers the chance to connect with the developers, users and companies behind some of the most significant open source, mobile and cloud technologies.

Enterprise APIs and OAuth: Have it All

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:00 EDT

Enterprises often frustrate developers. Why do Enterprises always seem so behind when it comes to the very latest technology? In particular, a trend we are seeing is the continued struggle to marry Enterprise authentication with the burgeoning world of REST … Continue reading →

UX – Monitor the Application or the Network?

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:13:00 EDT

Last week I flew into Las Vegas fully suited and booted in my big blue costume (no joke). I’d been invited to speak in a vendor debate on User eXperience (UX): Monitor the Application or the Network? NetScout represented the Network, AppDynamics (and me) represented the Application, and “Compuware dynaTrace Gomez” sat on the fence representing both. Moderating was Jim Frey from EMA, who did a great job introducing the subject, asking the questions and keeping the debate flowing.

Liberation Capital Leads $6.25M Equity Investment in Desalitech

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:01:50 EDT

Desalitech, Ltd., a provider of advanced water treatment solutions and technology, announced today that it has secured an equity investment led by Liberation Capital, LLC. The total investment round of $6.25M will be used for expanding Desalitech's business and working capital. Liberation will also be supporting Desalitech with considerable project finance capital.

You Say You Want a Revolution...

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:00 EDT

Remember the heady dot.com days circa 1999? We thought we were reinventing business, forming a New Economy, revolutionizing the essential nature of commerce. In our dreams! By late 2001 the bubble had burst, and what we thought was a new paradigm for business—the World Wide Web—turned out to be little more than a new marketing channel. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not trying to disparage the power and importance of the Web. After all, the Web, and the Internet in general, have deeply affected so many aspects of business today. It’s hard to remember the time when you had to talk to a teller to use a bank or a stockbroker to trade stocks! But we were wrong that the Web was a revolution. It wasn’t a paradigm shift. Fundamentally, the rise of the Internet was more evolutionary than revolutionary.

Liberation Capital Leads $6.25M Equity Investment in Desalitech

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:18:52 EDT

The Cable Show: Sigma Systems' Activities

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:29 EDT

Sigma Systems, the authority in provisioning converged broadband, VoIP and IPTV services will feature its OSS solutions at The Cable Show from May 21 - 23 in Boston.

The Radicati Group Releases "Endpoint Security Platforms Market, 2012-2016"

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00:05 EDT

The Radicati Group's latest study, "Endpoint Security Platforms Market, 2012-2016," offers an in-depth analysis of the endpoint security platforms market. Endpoint security platforms offer organizations a solution to monitor, manage, and protect all the endpoints on an enterprise network. These endpoints can be secured through a variety of methods, such as a server on the network or in the cloud, software on an endpoint, or other means. The most common endpoints secured in the enterprise have traditionally been desktop computers. However, endpoints can also include a variety of other machines, such as virtual desktops, tablets, mobile devices, credit card readers, and more.

HP Cloud Now Available In Beta – A First Look

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00:00 EDT

HP have joined the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market and released their HP Cloud service in public beta. Here’s the announcement press release. The services on offer are: Available Now as Public Beta

IFS Innovation Award launched

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:55:10 EDT

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, invites business people, students, innovators and other individuals to apply for the first IFS Innovation Award—“from idea to business value”. IFS is looking for a conceptual idea of how to apply technology in a new and innovative way to increase business value.

Twilio Client for Android: Now Every Android Developer Can Add VoIP to Their Apps

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:28 EDT

Twilio (http://www.twilio.com), the market leader in cloud communications, is announcing the launch of Twilio Client for Android. The product, which is a software development kit (SDK), makes it incredibly easy for mobile developers to integrate voice over IP (VoIP) capabilities into their Android applications, essentially turning any part of an app into a fully functional VoIP phone. In addition to the recently announced iOS SDK, the release of the Android SDK means that Twilio Client is now available for 75% of worldwide smartphones, according to recent data from Gartner.

ImageWare Systems Provides Corporate Update

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:02:02 EDT

ImageWare Systems, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IWSY), a leader in multimodal biometric security solutions, provided a corporate update today to highlight ImageWare's progress over the last six months.

Application-Aware Firewalls by Andy Thurai

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:46:38 EDT

You may have heard this term recently and wondered what it meant. When it comes to security, everyone thinks of Firewalls, Proxies, IPS, IDS, Honeypots, VPN devices, email security and even Web security, but most people don’t think in terms … Continue reading →

API Testing and Monitoring – SmartBear Launches the First Integrated Solution Bridging the DevOps Divide

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:01:10 EDT

SmartBear Software today introduced API Complete, a first-of-its-kind solution that enables software developers, testers and IT operations staff to test and monitor the quality of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and Web Services in an integrated and streamlined fashion. API Complete helps organizations improve the quality of the increasing number of APIs and Web Services used in Web applications and sites, and can replace the fragmented approach currently used by separate development and operations teams.

APIs, Cloud and Identity Tour 2012: Three Cities, Two Talks, Two Panels and a Catalyst

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:18:42 EDT

On May 15-16 2012, I will be at the Privacy Identity Innovation (pii2012) conference held at the Bell Harbour International Conference Center in Seattle. I will be participating on a panel moderated by Eve Maler from Forrester, titled Privacy, Zero … Continue reading →

elicit Secures $1.5 Million Series A Funding for Roll Out of New Software That Transforms On-Site Search

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:33:13 EDT

today announced $1.5 million in Series A Funding.

Red Hat Celebrates 10 Years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Reaffirms Strategic Direction

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:30:23 EDT

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today celebrates the 10^th anniversary of its flagship solution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which has transformed the deployment of business-critical applications for IT organizations around the globe. With the introduction of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system in May 2002, Red Hat dramatically changed the software industry with the first-ever open source software subscription business, spurring the adoption of Linux across the enterprise.

Napersoft Recognized as the 2012 RAVE Award(TM) Winner for Document Assembly

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:30:09 EDT

Napersoft, a leading provider of document assembly software, is recognized as a 2012 RAVE Award winner for delivering exemplary value to customers. Napersoft is the only document assembly vendor to the insurance industry to receive this coveted award.

SeaChange to Highlight Software for Next Generation Multi-Screen Video Services at The Cable Show in Boston

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:31:16 EDT

Leveraging its hometown advantage at The Cable Show 2012 being held in Boston this year, leading global multi-screen video software innovator SeaChange International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEAC) will demonstrate a range of cloud-based solutions for expanding cable services to serve tablets, smartphones, PCs and other devices; and will feature new innovations in multi-screen, advanced advertising, and mobile device TV applications. These innovations include a recommendation engine that finds, recommends and delivers personalized content to viewers via TV, PC or mobile, based on their profile, viewing behavior or inputs; TV ad targeting based on web browser activity; an exciting new application for watching TV shows via mobile devices called TV Marathon, and more.

All-New Adobe ColdFusion 10 Delivers Advanced Capabilities for Interactive Web Applications

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:27:51 EDT

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® ColdFusion® 10 software, a premier server side technology designed to allow developers to create more dynamic and interactive Web applications for enterprises using the Java™ EE platform. ColdFusion 10 now offers built-in support for HTML5 and helps boost performance using Tomcat integration and enhanced caching. With the new hotfix installer and scheduler, ColdFusion 10 Enterprise Edition allows enterprise developers to improve productivity, while strengthening authentication and encryption techniques to make websites more secure.

WSO2 Technology Executives Bring Workshop on WSO2 Integration Platform Discovery to Paris

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:19:16 EDT

Today enterprise application integration (EAI) best practices are based on service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles and a flexible, highly capable enterprise service bus (ESB). In a one-day workshop for IT architects and developers, WSO2 technology executives will explore how to successfully implement a service broker pattern for connectivity, mediation, process orchestration, and security with an ESB model.

X1 Discovery Teams with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Provide eDiscovery and Search in the IaaS Cloud

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:14:48 EDT

X1 Discovery, Inc., a leading enterprise eDiscovery and search software company supporting the cloud and the enterprise, today announced the availability of X1 Rapid Discovery through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Provider program. X1 Discovery is the first enterprise eDiscovery company to fully leverage the cloud architecture of AWS by uniquely being able to install and operate in an AWS customer’s IaaS cloud environment. An X1 Rapid Discovery Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is now available in the AWS directory, thus providing for the automated and expedient installation of X1 Rapid Discovery directly into the AWS cloud. This means that AWS clients can now perform powerful on-demand search and eDiscovery of their data within their AWS environments worldwide without first exporting their data out of the cloud. Additionally, law firms and other eDiscovery professionals can now conduct early case assessment (ECA) and first pass review in their own instance of the AWS cloud, as opposed to transferring their client’s data to a vendor’s dedicated SaaS installation for cloud-based eDiscovery.

Industrial Company Purchases Blackline's Next Generation Safety Monitor

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:01:55 EDT

Blackline GPS (TSX VENTURE:BLN) ("Blackline") is pleased to announce the purchase of Blackline's second generation Loner SMD safety monitoring device by a Fortune 300 worldwide provider of industrial gases, for Canada-wide deployment. This new customer is the second major player in the compressed gases market to adopt Blackline's Loner technology as their product of choice to monitor employee safety.

Farmington Bank Selects Q2ebanking’s Online Banking Platform

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:02:27 EDT

Q2ebanking (Q2), a provider of premier electronic banking solutions for financial institutions, announced today that it has been selected by Connecticut–based Farmington Bank to provide an enhanced online banking experience for its retail and commercial customers.

RBS implementeert Clear2Pay’s Open Payment Framework voor SEPA in Europa

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:01:38 EDT

Clear2Pay technologieleverancier van ‘next generation’ betalingstoepassingen voor financiële instellingen, clearing houses en corporates kondigt aan dat Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) het Open Payment Framework (OPF) heeft geselecteerd voor de implementatie van zijn SEPA payments services hub. Deze hub zal meer dan 18 internationale RBS branches, FI klanten en partner banken bedienen.

RBS despliega la solución Open Payment Framework de Clear2Pay para la SEPA en Europa

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:01:34 EDT

Clear2Pay, proveedor tecnológico internacional de soluciones de pago de próxima generación para instituciones financieras, empresas de compensación y corporaciones de liquidación, ha anunciado que el Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) ha elegido su solución Open Payment Framework (OPF) como tecnología preferida para impulsar su central de servicios de pago para la SEPA (zona única de pago en euros). Esto incluye más de 18 sucursales internacionales de RBS y sus clientes FI seleccionados y bancos asociados.

RBS choisit l’Open Payment Framework (OPF) de Clear2Pay pour ses paiements SEPA en Europe

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:01:30 EDT

Clear2Pay, le fournisseur international de technologie de solutions de paiements de nouvelle génération destinées aux institutions financières, aux chambres de compensation et aux entreprises, annonce que la Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) a choisi l’Open Payment Framework (OPF), comme solution pour sa plateforme de paiements pour les échanges SEPA. La solution couvre plus de 18 filiales internationales de RBS, ainsi que ses clients institutionnels et banques partenaires.

RBS setzt Open Payment Framework von Clear2Pay für SEPA in Europa ein

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:01:22 EDT

Clear2Pay, internationaler Technologieanbieter für Zahlungslösungen der nächsten Generation für Finanzinstitute, Clearing- und Abrechnungsfirmen und -gesellschaften, gibt bekannt, dass die Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) sich für sein Open Payment Framework (OPF) als Technologie der Wahl entschieden hat, um sein zentrales Zahlungssystem für SEPA zu betreiben. Dazu gehören mehr als 18 internationalen RBS-Niederlassungen und deren ausgewählte Finanzkunden und Partnerbanken.

RBS Deploys Clear2Pay’s Open Payment Framework for SEPA in Europe

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:01:03 EDT

Clear2Pay, the international technology provider of next generation payment solutions for financial institutions, clearing and settlement companies and corporates announces that Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has selected its Open Payment Framework (OPF) as the technology of choice to power its payments services hub for SEPA. This includes more than 18 international RBS branches and its chosen FI clients and partner banks.

Twilio Announces Another Key New Hire

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:53:20 EDT

Twilio (http://www.twilio.com), the market leader in cloud communications, today announced another key new hire in the US. Lee Kirkpatrick, whose start date was May 7th, joins as Twilio’s newest employee.

IBM Names Eight Prolifics Technical Staff "IBM Champions"

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:37:54 EDT

Prolifics, an end-to-end systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies, today announced that eight of its employees have been named IBM Champions.

Symplified Appoints Denise Hayman Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:34:14 EDT

Click to Tweet: #Symplified taps former #PGPCorp. #Vontu and #Symantec veteran for top sales post http://bit.ly/JbhHI2

How CIOs Migrate Their IT Applications to the Cloud

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:30:00 EDT

As the role of cloud computing is growing around the globe, many CIOs and other senior IT decision makers are facing challenges with their existing network infrastructure -- to support the migration of their business applications to the cloud. A new international study by Cisco Systems revealed the ongoing challenges associated with public or private cloud deployments. These latest research findings provide insight into the current state of cloud service adoption and the chasm between IT expectations and network realities. The survey also examines the experiences of IT professionals regarding the level of difficulty and time required to update their networks and migrate their applications to the cloud.

Evolution1 Chosen by Plexis as Preferred Consumer Directed Health Partner

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:17:10 EDT

Evolution1™, the nation’s largest electronic payment, on-premise, and cloud computing healthcare solution that administers reimbursement accounts – including HSAs, HRAs, FSAs, VEBAs, PRAs, and Wellness and Transit Plans – has been chosen by Plexis Healthcare Systems, Inc. as its preferred consumer-directed health Partner.

Leading Specialty Pharmaceutical Company to Implement Ross Enterprise

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:07:33 EDT

CDC Software, an enterprise software provider of on-premise and cloud technologies, today announced that Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, plans to implement Ross Enterprise to manage its growth, while helping to improve efficiency, reduce costs, facilitate compliance and mitigate risk.

Red Hat to Webcast Virtual Event Press Conference on Tuesday, May 15 at 12 Noon ET

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:45:18 EDT

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that members of the Red Hat executive team will host a press conference on May 15 about the 10^th year of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including future product strategies and directions. The virtual event/press conference will be webcast live at 12 noon EDT. To register to attend the webcast or for viewing after May 15, please visit here.

Mobile Retail Apps Equal Sales

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:27:00 EDT

If companies have hesitated to develop a mobile strategy or mobile retail apps over concerns as to their value, this article on a report from ABI Research should send them straight to the phone calling the next available mobile developer. Here is an excerpt from the article, "The results are promising for retailers, with 45.8% of respondents saying the app caused them to visit the store more, buy more of the store/brand’s products and services (40.4%), spread the word about their store shopping experience (35.8%), and even encourage friends to visit the store (30.8%)."

Amazon Web Services Launches Dynamic Content Support in Amazon CloudFront

Mon, 14 May 2012 03:36:00 EDT

Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), on Monday launched support for dynamic content in Amazon CloudFront. This new capability gives AWS customers a simple, cost-effective way to improve the performance, reliability and global reach of their website by using Amazon CloudFront to deliver all their content, including the dynamic portions of their site that change for each end-user. Amazon CloudFront works seamlessly with dynamic applications running in Amazon EC2, without any custom coding or proprietary configurations, making the service simple to deploy and manage. And, because Amazon CloudFront charges the same low rates for both static and dynamic content, customers can now accelerate all of the content on their website for a low price, without any up-front fees or long term commitments. For more information about delivering dynamic content with Amazon CloudFront, visit http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront.

A Million Monkeys Demonstrate the Power of Hadoop

Sat, 12 May 2012 09:00:00 EDT

There are many great use cases for Apache Hadoop, the open source framework for scalable, reliable, and distributed computing on commodity hardware built around Hadoop Distributed File System and MapReduce, such as delivering search engine results, sequencing genomes, and indexing entire libraries of text, but the Million Monkeys Project by Jesse Anderson may be the easiest to understand and the most fun.

Dell Boomi Wins SIIA CODiE Award for “Best Web Services Solution”

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00:23 EDT

Dell Boomi, the world’s largest integration cloud, today announced it has been selected as the “Best Web Services Solution” in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 27^th Annual CODiE Awards. This is the first year the company has received a CODiE award for “Best Web Services Solution,” which recognizes excellence in the business software, digital content and education technology industries.

Perfection Series: Forgotten Data in your Logs (Log Redaction Service) by Andy Thurai

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:38:52 EDT

From a business standpoint, leaking sensitive information into your logs is not only bad, but could lead to compliance, liability, and risk disaster sooner than you think. While there are solutions, including DLP, out there to inspect the data traffic and … Continue reading →

Blackline Begins European Expansion, Short-Listed for Safety Award

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:06 EDT

Marking the beginning of a European expansion, Blackline GPS ("Blackline")(TSX VENTURE:BLN), a leading wireless location innovator, will be exhibiting at the IFSEC International 2012 Commercial & Government Security expo from May 14-17 in Birmingham, England. IFSEC is the leading security and safety event that brings together the entire security and safety supply chain, attracting over 25,000 industry professionals. On display will be Blackline's second generation, Loner® worker safety monitoring product and the company's Javelin® and Flat Track(TM) covert tracking solutions.

Cloud-Based Collaboration Services in Asia-Pacific Gov

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:30:00 EDT

Government agencies are reportedly one of the primary benefactors of managed cloud services. According to the results from a recent market study by IDC, IT decision-makers across the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) found that 59 percent of public sector respondents are confident in the ability of their internal IT departments to deploy private cloud environments.

However, IDC Government Insights cautions that high levels of private cloud adoption may not bode well for a collaborative and citizen-engaging government and preemptive measures should be taken for collaboration to take place across organizational boundaries. More insights can be found in the IDC report entitled, "Cloud Computing for Government: a View from Asia-Pacific."

Frank Levering, Research Manager for IDC said, "An efficient and productive internal IT department is definitely a good to have in any organization, private or public. However, a department that is highly confident in running its own private cloud environment may run the risk of not reaching out to other internal departments to collaborate on cloud opportunities."

To counter this possibility, IDC recommends that whenever possible, governments should consider cloud-based collaboration services rather than independent private cloud solutions.

Although governments will initially be seeking cloud-based solutions to deliver cost advantages and better manage resources, eventually, cloud implementations need to be about inter-department collaborations and citizen relationship management in order to reap the full benefits of its capabilities to deliver optimal citizen services.

This is particularly important for key initiatives like data classification for security purposes; if agencies do not align their security levels, it would prove to be a massive obstacle for future joint efforts.

A positive sign is that governments across the region are growing to recognize the need for collaboration within the cloud space. There is already a significant installed base of collaborative applications in the cloud and the numbers will grow significantly in the next 12 months.

To optimize the benefits of cloud services, IDC offers recommendations to governments:

Evaluate all aspects of cloud computing. Read everything you can get your hands on. Most suppliers will have recognized that the key to their long-term success is their short-term role as an educator. Since security is a big concern, develop security profiles for all suppliers being considered.
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) first, then cloud. The right SOA needs to be in place to facilitate a smooth connection to external cloud services. Government agencies needing to build a robust SOA require a plan that tackles the transition in bite-size pieces while solidifying long-term migration to the shared services architecture. Remove the key barriers to cloud computing.
Challenges like security concerns and decentralized data storage will be blocking issues until they are acknowledged and appropriately addressed. Many of the more complex scenarios, like customer/citizen relationship management and inter-department collaboration will depend on a government's ability to get the basics right.
Know your current environment. An inventory of the current environment should provide a good indication of whether systems contain sensitive data, including taxpayers' personally identifiable information and/or mission-critical data and (legacy) applications. This will provide an excellent start to planning for cloud services adoption.

AWS and SAP Announce Certification of AWS Infrastructure for SAP Business All-in-One

Fri, 11 May 2012 03:01:00 EDT

Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), on Friday announced the expansion of SAP certified solutions on AWS including SAP Business All-in-One solutions for both Linux and Windows, and expanded certification for SAP Rapid Deployment solutions and SAP Business Objects business intelligence (BI) solutions to include Windows Server 2008 R2. Today’s announcements provide customers the flexibility to rapidly deploy SAP solutions on the scalable, on-demand AWS platform without making long-term commitments or costly capital expenditures for their underlying infrastructure. As more enterprises seek to understand cost savings of cloud deployments, Germany based consulting firm, VMS AG has also announced industry research that finds running SAP applications on AWS provides infrastructure cost savings of up to 69% compared to the same solution on-premises. For more information on deploying SAP solutions on AWS as well as detailed research on infrastructure cost savings of running SAP solutions on AWS, visit http://aws.amazon.com/sap

Geosemble Release Integrates Social Media with the Latest Satellite Imagery

Fri, 11 May 2012 03:00:00 EDT

Manhattan Beach, CA, May 11, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Geosemble Technologies today released its newest version GeoXray™ 3.0 software suite for automatic visualization and analysis of information about places. The 3.0 release features the capability for filtering and visualizing content both by topic and location, delivering workflow acceleration for government and commercial users and a reduced need for trained staff. A major feature of the new release is the ability to tap public sources of satellite imagery to compare recent news and social media against the latest aerial image collections.

Commenting on the new release, Geosemble CEO Andre Doumitt noted that, “with so much new data being created every day, it’s becoming more difficult to find relevant information about places,” he said. “GeoXray 3.0 will allow users the benefit of automatic analysis of open source information as it relates to their areas of geographic focus. Further, users can now compare that information to the most recent, publicly available satellite imagery overlays, thereby integrating open source intelligence with open source imagery for a complete picture of a given area,” he said.

Users of GeoXray can include anyone with a geographic area of interest, including cities with geographic boundary responsibilities, Federal Government and US Military users with areas of geographic focus, and companies with sales territories where they may be monitoring business opportunities and supply chain risk. Citing recent customer feedback, Doumitt noted that “GeoXray 3.0 has the potential to save users 2-4 hours per day of search time” when topics of interest – business, government or humanitarian related issues – can consume vast research time from trained personnel focused on specific geographic regions.

The newest release of GeoXray contains important new capabilities that include:

-Imagery Web Services, integration of standard WMS/WFS image services to overlay imagery on top of a tile map. Geosemble can consume DigitalGlobe’s FirstLook online service, an on-demand crisis response subscription offering that delivers workflow-ready imagery content over approximately 100 zones per year.
-An Interface for linking to the DOD’s Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS)
-Statistical analysis across documents that refer to a location to retrieve unique keywords and phrases that represent that location
-Ability to filter on documents that contain photos
-Enhanced time filtering by hour and minute of source availability time
-Enhancements to the API to ensure robust capability when viewing GeoXray server content via other viewers such as BAE Systems’ GXP Xplorer and ESRI’s ArcGIS

About GeoXray
GeoXray™ is a software product that spatially enables unstructured text from the internet and other sources so that viewers can geographically “see” what’s related to a particular area of interest, either in a map view or as a list of textual content. Integrating news, blogs, tweets, YouTube and an organization’s proprietary data, the system gives users a “triple filter” of sorting by location, by topic and by time so that users can start with a place they care about and learn about things they’re interested in. GeoXray supports alert monitoring to desktop and mobile devices. The output of GeoXray can be viewed in its own native GeoXray viewer or tapped via an API and displayed on a variety of systems.

About Geosemble Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 2004, Geosemble Technologies helps organizations visualize relevant data geographically. The company’s flagship product, GeoXray™, links unstructured content to locations. Its MapStrata product extracts raster map data and automatically overlays and aligns it on aerial imagery. Uses for the technology include Government and Military programs, municipal redevelopment, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Search, and geographic content delivery for mobile phone users. The company is an In-Q-Tel portfolio company, a strategic Google® Earth Enterprise Partner, and a developer in the Oracle® PartnerNetwork, and a DARPA SBIR Phase II contractor. Geosemble Technologies, Inc. is privately held. Learn more at http://www.geosemble.com.

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Polish Operator Vectra Selects SeaChange’s Adrenalin Back Office for New Video-on-Demand Service

Thu, 10 May 2012 14:04:35 EDT

SeaChange International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEAC), a leading global multi-screen video software innovator, announced that Vectra, Poland’s third-largest cable operator, will implement its next generation, web-centric Adrenalin video back office. Adrenalin will support Vectra’s rollout of video-on-demand (VOD) in 2012, as well as future expansion into multi-screen services and social TV. SeaChange will demonstrate Adrenalin at The Cable Show (Boston, May 21-23) and ANGA Cable (Cologne, June 12-14).

All 7 Harry Potter eBooks Coming to Kindle Owners’ Lending Library

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:05:57 EDT

Owning a Kindle just got a whole lot better for magic-loving Muggles. Starting June 19, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is adding all seven Harry Potter books (in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish) to the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL). Harry Potter is the all-time best-selling book series in history, and Amazon has purchased an exclusive license from J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore to make the addition of these titles possible. The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library is a benefit of Amazon Prime membership—Prime members also enjoy free two-day shipping on millions of items and unlimited streaming of more than 17,000 movies and TV episodes. The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library has now grown to over 145,000 books that can be borrowed for free as frequently as once a month, with no due dates.

Research and Markets: SDP - The SOA-enabled Path to Integrate Legacy and IMS Networks: Market Analysis & Forecasts 2012 - 2016

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:45:53 EDT

Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2m2vrj/sdp_the_soaenab) has announced the addition of the "SDP - The SOA-enabled Path to Integrate Legacy and IMS Networks: Market Analysis & Forecasts 2012 - 2016" report to their offering.

Dome9 Security Enables Secure Cloud Computing With HP Cloud Services

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:17:00 EDT

Dome9 Security, the leading provider of cloud server security management for public and private clouds, as well as for dedicated and virtual private servers (VPS), today announced that its leading cloud security service supports HP Cloud Services with automated security and centralized access management. As a result of this agreement and technology integration, subscribers to HP Cloud Services (http://hpcloud.com) can leverage Dome9's proven security management capabilities to secure their HP Cloud Compute servers.

Engine Yard Expands Infrastructure Offerings With HP Cloud Services

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:45:17 EDT

Engine Yard, the leading Platform as a Service (PaaS), today announced its support of HP Cloud Services, expanding the infrastructure options available to Engine Yard customers. Engine Yard will make its PaaS available with HP's public cloud, which is based on HP's world-class hardware and software, using key elements of the HP Converged Infrastructure combined with OpenStack technology. Empowering enterprises and developers to innovate faster and more cost effectively, Engine Yard delivers an enterprise-ready, open source platform that thousands of companies depend on for their production applications.