Portland, OR (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 -- GadgetTrak Inc. the leading innovator of theft recovery and data protection technology for mobile devices, today announced it has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled Portable Host-Pluggable Appliance Tracking System, U.S. Patent No. 7,496,201. The subject of the patent deals with tracking stolen portable electronic devices such as external hard drives, MP3 players, flash drives, digital cameras and others when connected to a PC.
"This patent emphasizes our unique solutions to help curb the epidemic of electronic device theft. This is just the start of GadgetTak's innovations to track stolen electronic devices, as well as protect the data that resides on them" said Ken Westin, CTO & Founder of GadgetTrak Inc. "As the economy spirals into a recession, theft is becoming a growth industry and demand for our anti-theft software is increasing from both consumers and OEMs who wish to embed our software into their devices. This patent helps validate our position as the innovation leader."
GadgetTrak® USB for portable electronic devices can be installed on a number of devices including MP3 players, external hard drives, flash drives, digital cameras and more. If the device owner remotely activates tracking for the device and it is the accessed via a PC it will send information regarding the host system it is plugged into including the username, computer name, internal network address, location (country, state/region, city), ISP (Internet Provider Information) and other data that relates to that connection instance.
About GadgetTrak Inc.
GadgetTrak Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon is a leading innovator in anti-theft, tracking and data protection software for mobile devices. GadgetTrak's software protects tens of thousands of devices worldwide with their patented and unique solutions including laptops, mobile phones and portable electronic devices For more information on GadgetTrak Inc. and the company's products, visit www.GadgetTrak.com.
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Contact InformationKathryn Shimabukuro
GadgetTrak Inc. http://www.gadgettrak.com
1-888-594-8725
Jumeirah Launches the First Phase of its New Website
Jumeirah has announced the launch of the first phase of its brand new website, which utilises the latest technology and design.
Dubai, UAE (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 -- Jumeirah, the Dubai based luxury hotel management company, has recently launched the first phase of the Group's brand new website, which incorporates the latest online technology and innovative design.
Direct online bookings are a key focus for Jumeirah Group going forward and the new website will enable online restaurant bookings for all Jumeirah restaurants in Dubai (http://www.jumeirah.com/en/Hotels-and-Resorts/Destinations/Dubai/ ) It will also enable Sirius (the Group's loyalty programme) cardholders to earn, spend and redeem points online through a variety of means, including a unique new facility to instantly book room nights at a number of Jumeirah destinations (http://www.jumeirah.com/en/Hotels-and-Resorts/Destinations/ ).
The content of the new website is user-generated, including video and rich media, with implicit and explicit recommendations. It also incorporates online membership, live destination guides of each city, avatars of colleagues, a new careers site, itinerary planners and wish lists for guests.
The website has been designed to grow with the company and as more properties open in the future, the website will continue to grow and develop, which will be made possible by the new 'back end' system.
Terry Kane, Director of Digital Strategy at the Jumeirah Group, said: "The new Jumeirah website has three very simple principles; to generate direct revenue for the company while benefitting the guest by offering attractive rates and packages; to be simple, easy to use and offer a tantalising glimpse into what the Jumeirah experience offers and finally, to exclusively represent one of the world's most luxurious brands online."
Apo Demirtas, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Jumeirah, added: "We are extremely pleased with the new website, which represents all of the Jumeirah brands and hotels under one umbrella. The new Jumeirah.com will bring us closer to our guests while demonstrating our continued commitment to stay different online."
Expansive research on social networking and Web 2.0 applications has been completed and the next phase of Jumierah.com promises to offer another first for the hospitality industry and the online user. The second phase of the website is scheduled for completion within the next six months and will see even more developments to the functionality and look and feel of the site, with even more intuitive, personal and engaging technology to be introduced.
About Jumeirah (http://www.jumeirah.com/ ) Group:
Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts are regarded as among the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The Dubai-based luxury international hotel management group encompasses the world renowned Burj Al Arab (http://www.jumeirah.com/en/Hotels-and-Resorts/Destinations/Dubai/Burj-Al-Arab/ ), the world's most luxurious hotel, the multi-award winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai, the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in London and the Jumeirah Essex House in New York.
Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, a collection of leading Dubai based businesses and projects, initiating a new phase of growth and development for the group.
Jumeirah has extensive expansion plans to grow its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts into key gateway or letterhead cities and aspirational resort destinations worldwide. Currently, the Group has several luxury five-star properties under development in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Bali, Thailand, China, Argentina, Spain, England, Scotland and the US Virgin Islands. In 2009, the Group is eagerly anticipating the grand opening of Jumeirah HanTang Xintiandi in Shanghai, Jumeirah's first hotel in the Asia Pacific region.
Surchur Launches Update; Makes It Easier To Follow Social Media On The Internet: Calls It 'Ultimate Dashboard To Now On The Web'
Surchur the social media and blog search engine has launched a new update to improve its "dashboard to the now" concept. Surchur was built to make it easier to view the flood of blogs, bookmarks, microblogs, pictures, videos and more that a particular topic can have. The new launch advances on that concept with powerful new features.
Carnation, WA (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 -- Surchur the social media and blog search engine has launched a new update to improve its "dashboard to the now" concept. Surchur was built to make it easier to view the flood of blogs, bookmarks, microblogs, pictures, videos and more that a particular topic can have. The new launch advances on that concept with powerful new features.
"We wanted to put together an experience that was both intuitive and fun to play around with," says founder Todd Hogan. "There are just so many sources on the web for a person to read about, view, or comment on what is happening live - this instant. Surchur allows users to see all of these sources on a single page. This update dramatically improves our initial concept with faster response times, a cleaner interface and new tools to find out just what is popular and how popular it is - right now."
New features include:
* the surchmeter - a tool to measure how popular a topic is on the web right now;
* "catching fire" topics - a collection of keywords from websites like Yahoo Buzz, Google Trends, and CNN Topics so users can see what is popular right now;
* an upgraded user interface designed to enhance usability and accessbility; and
* a feed delivery infrastructure that will generate more effective feeds for users accessing the site through feed readers.
The Carnation, Washington site was launched in May of 2009 with acclaim for its novel idea of a single page for the most popular social and traditional media sources. Since then the surchur team has been busy testing new ways to engage its users with the dashboard concept and make it more enjoyable and informative.
"We know there is even more on the horizon for surchur," Mr. Hogan said, "but this update brings us a lot closer to the full potential we originally saw in the surchur concept."
http://surchur.com
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Cypress Communications to Provide Hosted Unified Communications and Hosted Call Center for Leading Financial Organization
With Cypress Communications' award-winning unified communications and contact center solutions, Ascensus will benefit from better technology and expanded functionality--while lowering their communications spend.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- Ascensus, a leading financial organization and a long-term customer of Cypress Communications, is making the move to IP communications, bringing nearly 1,000 associates from six offices--including a 300-person call center--under a Cypress. For over a decade, Cypress Communications provided traditional telephony services to select Ascensus locations, so when the company wanted to connect all of their offices with state-of-the-art VoIP and unified communications and IP-enable their call center, they turned to their trusted provider, Cypress Communications. And with Cypress' fully hosted delivery model, Ascensus will benefit from better technology and expanded functionality--without a major upfront capital investment.
"Cypress' C4 IP (http://www.cypresscom.net/solutions/C4_IP_Unlimited_Enterprise_VoIP.html) solution will allow us to refresh our entire hardware platform, reduce complexity and increase the functionality, while reducing our costs. In an economic cycle where it is hard to justify any capital spends, selecting the Cypress solution was an easy decision to make," said John Schroeder, senior vice president of information technology at Ascensus.
By centralizing their communications and deploying the same Cypress solution across all locations, Ascensus is able to create a single enterprise-wide platform for the company's call centers, utilize the same voicemail platform for all associates, eliminate long distance calling between offices, help improve employee productivity and operational efficiency, and benefit from robust business continuity and survivability.
Cypress will be providing Ascensus with its C4 IP™ hosted unified communications (http://www.cypresscom.net/solutions/C4_IP_Unlimited_Enterprise_VoIP.html) and integrate with Ascensus' contact center solution, IP-enabling Ascensus' call center. Among the many new features that Ascensus associates will soon take advantage of are Microsoft® Outlook integration, robust support for mobile workers and call recording and quality management functionality which captures both voice and screen activity.
Frank Grillo, executive vice president of marketing at Cypress Communications, added "C4 IP has the power to connect hundreds and even thousands of employees across the country and enable them to work as if they are in the same office. Gone are the days where the phone is just a phone. With C4 IP, the phone and the PC interoperate and collaborate seamlessly. We're thrilled that Ascensus has selected to continue working with Cypress, and we look forward to supporting their business goals and success with these powerful solutions."
Ascensus' call center is staffed by approximately 300 agents - nearly a third of the company's employees. With their previous system, Ascensus' agents were tied to the physical location where the call center platform resided, which created communication barriers between locations. But with Cypress' hosted delivery model, communication between agents and with customers will be virtually seamless. Known for its excellence in customer care, Ascensus will be able to address customer concerns from either one of the company's call center locations and utilize any number of remote agents. Supervisors will also have greater visibility with management control of both locations and remote employees from anywhere, at any time. But most important to Ascensus, the barriers to seamless customer care have been removed as the geographic distribution of call center agents will be transparent to their customers.
The hosted delivery model with its array of remote capabilities enables Ascensus to reach beyond their current geographic locations when hiring new associates. Additionally, the remote capabilities ensure that the company and call center can continue operating--even in the face of a disaster. If the unforeseen occurs, employees can log into the system from any location that has an Internet connection and continue working productively. And since Cypress' network is designed for maximum availability, Ascensus' associates won't be left in the dark in the event of a disaster.
Cypress' network, which has been engineered with no single point of failure, is designed to automatically detect potential faults and self-correct and is supported by redundant devices. The hosted VoIP and unified communications functionality is offered via distributed, carrier-grade switching and multimedia platforms that feature full component and geographical redundancy. Additionally, Cypress is taking business continuity to the next level with added failover capabilities which will provide alternative routes for communications traffic.
As the nation's leading independent recordkeeper and administrator for retirement plans and provider of regulatory expertise, plan document services and participant enrollment support, Ascensus' success is dependent upon its ability to provide extraordinary customer service. And with six office locations, nearly 1,000 associates and tens of thousands of customers, that success rests largely on everyone's ability to communicate effectively and efficiently. With the range of features and functionality in C4 IP and Cypress' expansive IP network built for business continuity, Ascensus associates will be able to connect, communicate, collaborate and continue™ in the face of any situation.
About Ascensus
With more than 30 years of industry experience, Ascensus provides high-quality solutions for every segment of the retirement marketplace. Ascensus is a division of Crump Group, Inc., the largest and most diversified wholesale insurance distributor in the United States. As the nation's largest independent recordkeeper and administrator for retirement plans in the micro to large market segments and a leading provider of regulatory expertise, plan document services and participant enrollment support, Ascensus services over 26,000 defined contribution plans. The company's core capabilities encompass every component of a sophisticated retirement infrastructure, including administration, recordkeeping, ERISA consulting, compliance and sales support, trust and custody services, multilingual participant education programs, training and documentation. These solutions are offered with the open architecture investment capabilities that can be tailored to support the needs of institutional retirement plan providers, third party administrators, financial advisors and their clients. For more information, visit www.ascensus.com.
About Cypress Communications
For over 20 years, Cypress Communications has been helping small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) connect, communicate, collaborate and continue™ with a range of fully hosted and managed voice, data and Internet solutions. Beginning in 2006, Cypress revolutionized the communications industry with its hosted VoIP (http://www.cypresscom.net/solutions/C4_IP_Unlimited_Enterprise_VoIP.html) and hosted unified communications (http://www.cypresscom.net/solutions/C4_IP_Unlimited_Enterprise_VoIP.html) solution, C4 IP, making it easy for SMEs to take advantage of productivity-enhancing technology such as integrated audio and Web conferencing (http://www.cypresscom.net/solutions/C4_IP_conferencing.html), multimedia collaboration tools, presence (http://www.cypresscom.net/solutions/C4_IP_presence.html), chat (http://www.cypresscom.net/solutions/C4_IP_chat.html), Microsoft® Outlook integration (http://www.cypresscom.net/solutions/C4_IP_msoutlook.html), and more. As a Deloitte Fast 50 and Fast 500 award recipient, Cypress is recognized as one of the fastest growing telecommunication companies in North America. In 2008, the company was also named one of Atlanta's Best Places to Work. Cypress' hosted unified communications solution has received numerous awards and accolades, with 10 awards for excellence and innovation to date. The company's Web address is www.cypresscom.net.
To learn more about hosted unified communications, visit Frank Grillo's UC 360 blog at http://blog.tmcnet.com/uc-360.
JP Marketing Sees Auto Dealers Making Major Shifts of Ad Spends into Online Advertising
As 2009 remains to be a difficult landscape for Franchised and Used Car Dealerships (http://santafeford.com) alike, the most successful dealers have partnered up with companies like JP Marketing at AutoDealerWebHost.com (http://autodealerwebhost.com), and are leveraging the myriad of shoppers searching for vehicles online. This shift represents a massive change in advertising spends throughout the entire automotive industry. With newspapers struggling and largely going online, tv ads are becoming more crowded and less effective, Internet Marketing and Advertising is on the rise in the automotive world.
Gainesville, FL (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- Auto Dealers in Florida (http://SantaFeFord.com) are finding it more and more difficult to reach consumers through traditional forms of advertising. This is largely in part due to the fact that consumers are by and large choosing the internet for their research and shopping. At JP Marketing (http://AutodealerWebhost.com), we can see that consumers are largely cementing this mentality of trust and infinitely available information on the internet. As we largely maintain this pattern of buying behavior, it becomes ever more comfortable and commonplace. These days the more traditional forms of advertising are a fast dying breed, and many are morphing into online ventures.
"Online advertising will grow 4.3 percent in the U.S. this year as total ads spend plunges 7 percent, but Internet advertising could shoot up 20 percent next year, without the internet, U.S. advertising would be down 10 percent." Mark Mahaney, director, Internet Sector for Citi Group Investment Research.
Today's customers demand full disclosure before responding to any form of vehicle inventory advertising. Some Internet Specialist Dealerships are offering a minimum of 52 pictures of every vehicle available in their inventory. They are taking pictures of the tread of each tire; every knob and switch, any scratch or blemish is disclosed immediately on the site. Some go as far as to refuse people at the lot if they have not been to the website and have a stock number of the vehicle they have in mind. These dealerships are doing lots of business because they have discovered what today's auto consumer has come to expect in internet shopping, full disclosure.
Believe it or not there are still car dealerships that operate like it is the mid 1980's and are still in business. These dealerships only stay afloat due to their parts and service departments, which are currently down with no clear end in sight. They will be forced to become profitable on the sales end or go under. Dealerships that attempt the old time high gross, low volume philosophy and refuse to price their vehicles fairly on the internet will not survive the next few years.
Internet savvy dealerships that connect with high quality internet search marketing firms (http://website-marketing.pro) now will have the leading edge in the future as it will become more and more difficult to topple aged search rankings. Wise dealerships, like Santa Fe Ford in Gainesville FL (http://www.santafeford.com/used-inventory/index.htm), that stock a wide variety of used cars, price them competitively and use an outside marketing firm to promote their inventory through a dedicated web presence, are doing just fine in this seemingly unfriendly market. Only the old school Joey jelly donut places are closing up shop. Independent used car dealers and franchised dealerships with strong pre-owned inventory that are effectively marketing online are making strong profits.
With bank repos rising, and credit frozen, there is an excellent opportunity right now for the dealerships that are actively buying cars at auction. Prices are depressed to unbelievable lows and dealerships with spending capital are able to buy fresh inventory very cheaply.
There is a strong opportunity for dealers generate lots of revenue this year despite the recession. Many old-timers will close up shop, but there is a strong future for the full disclosure style of internet auto sales that demand effective internet marketing to succeed.
Christian Jorn is the CEO and President of an Internet Marketing Firm representing Auto Dealerships. Contact Jorn and Price Marketing at http://AutoDealerWebHost.com or at 1-866-WEB-AUTO.
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Contact InformationChristian Jorn
Jorn and Price Marketing http://AutoDealerWebHost.com
866-932-2880
BT Tradespace reveals UK SMEs sell themselves short on internet shopping bonanza
New research by BT Tradespace indicates that six out of 10 small businesses are missing out because they are not selling their products and services online
London, UK (PRWEB) February 22nd, 2009 -- New research from BT Tradespace indicates that six out of 10 small businesses are missing out on their share of a £20 billion-a-year* web shopping boom because they are not selling their products and services online.
The new Voice of Small Business report from BT Tradespace (http://www.bttradespace.com/ ) shows that 67% have little faith they can find customers on the internet, even though more than two thirds (69%) shop online at least once a month.
The survey found that the number of SMEs with a website rose by 20% between 2007 and 2008. However, just 13% of small businesses consider websites integral to marketing strategy and only three per cent use their site to communicate with consumers.
Mick Hegarty, head of bttradespace.com, said: "Small companies can benefit greatly by exploiting the marketing and sales opportunities afforded by the internet.
"During these challenging times, more people than ever are using the web to shop because of the choice, convenience and cost savings it provides. A professional and credible online presence can open up a world of opportunities and provides a great platform to engage with customers."
The Voice of Small Business report, commissioned to discover how SMEs can best communicate and conduct business in the current economic climate, found that 92% are aware of blogging but just 18% use it for business purposes.
The research also found that the smallest companies (up to five employees) were least likely to interact with other local businesses with 47% admitting to not knowing the companies in their area.
Hegarty said: "The internet opens up a global marketplace for SMEs helping them to compete and prosper."
"Free business social networking (http://www.bttradespace.com/ ) websites and social media tools like blogging and podcasting can transform a company's fortunes at the click of a button.
"Entrepreneurs can showcase goods, enhance their online marketing profiles, maintain an ongoing dialogue with customers, and share information and expertise with like-minded companies."
Notes to editor:
*Verdict Research estimates that in 2008 online spending by consumers on retail purchases rose by a substantial 32% to £19.4bn. With Internet access growing and users purchasing more frequently and more heavily online, this strong growth is set to continue, albeit at a more subdued rate. By 2012, online retail is set to reach £42.4 billion, 12.4% of total online spending.
About BT Tradespace
BTTradespace.com is a 300,000-member online community (http://communities.bttradespace.com/ ), which enables businesses to sell products and services and connect with other people effectively - both building business and customer relationships.
BT Tradespace provides social networking for businesses (http://www.bttradespace.com/ ) and free website (http://www.bttradespace.com/freetojoin/ ) set-up.
About BT
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services.
In the year ended 31 March 2008, BT Group plc's revenue was £20,704 million with profit before taxation and specific items of £2,506 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
For more information contact:
Dan Thomas
Senior Press Officer
BT News Room
PP A5P
BT Centre
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
020 7356 5383
www.bttradespace.com
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BT Tradespace http://www.bttradespace.com/
020 7356 5383
Your town has hidden gems - that hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant or a hair dresser that knows just how to give you the style you're looking for. VillageLookup.com helps you find these businesses from restaurants to home contractors to auto mechanics. It takes a Village to provide you with all the services you need and VillageLookup is your portal to those services.
Santa Clara, CA -- VillageLookup.com Yellow Pages opens its doors today with a city by city directory of local businesses ranging from service providers (barbers, landscapers) to shops (gift stores, consignment shops). Village Lookup yellow pages (http://www.villagelookup.com) features business listings for the over 15,000,000 businesses in the United States. It functions as a window into your town - to find local restaurants, day spas, grocery stores, dentists, and night clubs. In addition, businesses can find service providers such as public relations agencies, engineering consultants, and more in VillageLookup's industrial, commercial, and manufacturing subdirectories.
"Our aim is to provide profiles for as many businesses as possible throughout the United States," says Prashant Chaudhary, site manager for VillageLookup. "The site helps people find new shops and service providers in their town. It is also a convenient resource for people who are traveling. In an unfamiliar city, VillageLookup can be browsed to find anything from sushi restaurants to a nearby dry cleaner ."
There are two ways to navigate Village Lookup. First, users can start with their city's yellow pages; IE- New York yellow pages (http://www.villagelookup.com/c/NY/New-York.html). Second, site visitors can begin with the category they have in mind (ie: Beauty Salon). From there, the user can click through to sub-pages to find the exact business they are looking for. VillageLookup is a cleanly designed business directory that can be traversed conveniently and efficiently.
VillageLookup also provides a helpful local search feature which is powered by Google. If the user clicks to the Chicago city guide page, for example, he or she can issue a specific term into the search bar and will be provided with matching business results.
About VillageLookup
VillageLookup Yellow Pages (www.villagelookup.com) is a simple, user-friendly business directory featuring over 15 million small, midsize, and large businesses in the United States across 50 states. It serves as a convenient reference both for locals looking for that great new restaurant as well as tourists in a new town who need basic services.
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Contact InformationPrashant Chaudhary
The Kali Network http://www.villagelookup.com
415-448-7695
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 InformationHeather Varian Foster
ControlScan, Inc. http://https://www.controlscan.com?campaign=Feb09A
678-279-2644
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
Global Router Market to Reach $15.9 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
The global router market is all geared up for unprecedented growth, characterized by innovation and competition. The near future would be marked by carrier Ethernet, escalating bandwidth use and growing subscriber base, besides upgrades and replacements. Service providers are likely to steer future growth, as in the past, providing huge opportunity for the global router market, as routers comprise an essential part of the next-generation networks.
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- Internet-enabled devices are fast proliferating, driven by the ever-increasing tasks and services that are managed online such as phone calls, personalized searches and downloading of games and videos, to play an essential role in the future of IT and communications. The network is in the middle of bringing big ideas to life, changing the way we work, live and learn, and routers play an essential role in the evolution of networks for human connectivity. Global router market (http://www.strategyr.com/Routers_Market_Report.asp) is projected to reach US$15.9 billion by 2015. North America is the largest router market in the world. Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing router market, exhibiting impressive growth over the analysis period. Service providers' router market (http://www.strategyr.com/Routers_Market_Report.asp) is expected to remain the largest and the fastest growing end-use segment. The service provider market is defined by heavy investments in high-end routers to enhance network capacity, construction of networks for voice-over-broadband services, integration of network elements and network overhauls.
The top trend for enterprise routers (http://www.strategyr.com/Routers_Market_Report.asp) is the integration of security features, and a major growth driver in the market for high-end enterprise routers is the demand for global communications. The latest enterprise routers include management routing features and Cisco's routers are the world's most popular enterprise routers.
The global router market is likely to expand in the coming years with Internet service providers and telecommunications pitching in the maximum. The trend would be hugely triggered by router purchase increases boosted by the ever-growing bandwidth use by businesses and consumers. The router market is expected to be on a growing spree in the long term, with sales of edge routers likely to increase faster than that of core routers, since service providers build networks capable of delivering advanced, revenue-generating services.
In 2008, North America dominated the revenues in the global market for service provider and enterprise routers followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific. In the US, the basic demand for routers remains strong with unit shipments likely to increase in 2009. The US military is into plans to test an Internet router in space aiming at delivering military communications via a satellite-based router, which might also be beneficial to civilian broadband satellite communications. China is likely to be the largest contributor with regard to router sales and with technological advancements and banking sector growing leaps and bound, the demand for routers is increasing manifold in India.
"Routers: A Global Strategic Business Report" published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. discusses the prevailing trends, issues, forecasts, and activities that affect the industry. The routers market is analyzed in US$ million by the following geographic regions - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (including Japan), and Rest of World; and end-use segments - Service Providers (http://www.strategyr.com/Routers_Market_Report.asp), Enterprises, and Research/Education & Other Applications. Analytics for the period 2001-2015 provide a comprehensive understanding of the market.
Dominant global forces profiled in the report include Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei Technologies, 3Com Corporation, Redback Networks, among several others. The study enumerates recent developments, mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic industry activities, and is an easy guide to What, Why, When, How, Where, and Who of the industry.
For more details about this research report, please visit http://www.strategyr.com/Routers_Market_Report.asp.
About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
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Search GoodFoodNearYou, Find Healthy Restaurant Food Choices Fast
GoodFoodNearYou combines location based search with restaurant food and nutrition information to find the healthiest food at restaurants near you. Search for healthy food near your location on goodfoodnearyou.com and on GPS enabled mobile devices, including the RIM BlackBerry Pearl, Curve, Storm and Bold and the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- GoodFoodNearYou (http://www.goodfoodnearyou.com) is now available to use for free on the web, Apple iPhone and iPod touch and RIM BlackBerry mobile devices. GoodFoodNearYou is an easy to use location based search to find the healthiest food at the restaurants near you. The GoodFoodNearYou free mobile applications (http://www.goodfoodnearyou.com/free_blackberry_download.html) for BlackBerry mobile devices are available to download on GoodFoodNearYou.com. The GoodFoodNearYou free mobile app (http://www.goodfoodnearyou.com/free_iphone_download.html) for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch is available to download at the Apple App Store.
The average American eats around five meals at restaurants each week. GoodFoodNearYou makes eating healthy restaurant food (http://www.goodfoodnearyou.com/gfny.html) convenient. GoodFoodNearYou displays localized search results of the healthiest food at the restaurants closest in distance. The GoodFoodNearYou search empowers people to make smart, fast and healthy dining decisions. GoodFoodNearYou also displays the menus for every restaurant listed in the search results and the typical nutritional values for each menu item including fat, calories and carbohydrates.
Nancy Clark, MS, RD, CSSD, a sports nutritionist and nutrition author says, "If you are looking for food help when you are on the go, GoodFoodNearYou.com is a handy tool. Calorie and health conscious eaters can find menu options in local chain restaurants that will support their nutritional diet goals".
GoodFoodNearYou has the food and nutrition information for 33,000 food items at approximately 220,000 U.S. restaurant locations including popular casual dining restaurants, fast food restaurants, grocery stores and convenience stores. A search on GoodFoodNearYou results in twenty of the healthiest food options at the restaurant locations closest in distance. To fulfill specific diet requirements, search results can be sorted by lowest fat, calories or carbohydrates.
"GoodFoodNearYou came about because of a need we had in the office when trying to order healthy food for lunch," explains Nick Desai, CEO of Global Fitness Media, the company that developed GoodFoodNearYou. Desai is the Founder, Chairman and former CEO of Juice Wireless and inventor of JuiceCaster, an award winning mobile social networking service offered by AT&T, T-Mobile, Nokia and others.
Desai continues, "Diets often fail because they do not fit into your lifestyle. You end up doing what is convenient, rather than what is healthy. We took the convenience of the web and made healthy restaurant food options accessible. We are excited to launch GoodFoodNearYou as there is a great demand for simple lifestyle solutions and location based help with dieting and weight loss".
Lifestyle and technology trends indicate that local search and web and mobile browsing are used more commonly for seeking out information. GoodFoodNearYou improves public access to useful local restaurant food and nutrition information.
"GoodFoodNearYou is a product that reflects the variety of ways people use technology to find information. Global Fitness Media developed mobile application versions of GoodFoodNearYou for GPS enabled devices like the Apple iPhone and the BlackBerry Curve because mobile browsers on cell phones are often used to access location based information on the web," explains Desai.
Dina Aronson, MS, RD, an internationally recognized nutritionist specializing in web technology in the health industry says, "With GoodFoodNearYou, it is not about good or bad choices, it is about making informed choices".
About GoodFoodNearYou
GoodFoodNearYou version 1.0 is available on the world wide web and includes free mobile applications for Apple and BlackBerry mobile devices including the Apple iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPod touch, and the BlackBerry Pearl, Pearl Flip, Curve, World Edition, Bold and Storm. GoodFoodNearYou was developed by Global Fitness Media. Find out more information on GoodFoodNearYou.com (http://www.goodfoodnearyou.com/about_us.html).
About Global Fitness Media
Global Fitness Media, LLC is a privately funded start up company based in Los Angeles, California. The company is founded by fitness pioneer Jake Steinfeld, CEO of Body by Jake Global and Chairman of the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness. Polar Capital Group, Tim Armstrong's private investment company, is also an investor. Tim is President, The Americas Operations & Senior Vice President, Google.
GoodFoodNearYou is the first product developed by Global Fitness Media. Fitplanet (http://www.fitplanet.com) - Global Fitness Media's flagship product - breaks new ground in the application of lifestyle solutions technology to fitness and healthy living. Fitplanet will launch in late Spring 2009.
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Last Chance to Enter Editor and Publisher and Mediaweek's EPpy™ Awards
The entry period for the 14th Annual EPpy™ Awards, which honor the best Web sites presented by media-affiliated companies, is coming to a close midnight on Friday, February 20. Entries are accepted online only at the EPpy™ Awards Web site, www.eppyawards.com.
New York, NY (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- The entry period for the 14th Annual EPpy™ Awards, which honor the best Web sites presented by media-affiliated companies, is coming to a close midnight on Friday, February 20. Entries are accepted online only at the EPpy™ Awards Web site, www.eppyawards.com.
The 2009 edition of the EPpy™ Awards honors the best media Web sites, including newspapers, TV-Cable, and magazines. Awards will be given in 35 categories, including a new competition for Best Consumer Technology Blog. In addition to the 35 category awards, the EPpy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement is expected to be given again this year.
The EPpy Awards will be presented at an awards luncheon at the Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans on Thursday, May 7, 2009. The conference and trade show is also sponsored by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek.
The 2009 EPpy Awards consist of 35 awards for media Web sites. There are three awards for best overall media-affiliated Web sites: for newspapers, magazines, and TV-Cable concerns. Each of these categories has two competitions, for large and small company Web sites. In the newspaper category, the cutoff between large and small Web sites is one million unique monthly users. The TV-Cable category is split between network and local affiliate Web sites. The magazine category is split between national magazines and regional/local magazines. An EPpy™ will also be awarded to the best Community/Suburban Newspaper Web site.
Contest fees are $150 per entry except in the College category, where each entry is $50. There is no entry fee to nominate an individual for the Individual Achievement Award.
EPpy™ Awards entries are only accepted via the Web site www.eppyawards.com, which can also be accessed from the Web sites its two sponsors: Editor & Publisher, www.editorandpublisher.com, and Mediaweek, www.mediaweek.com.
The 2008 EPpy™ Awards drew close to 500 nominations from nearly 100 U.S. and international media outlets, Web-only services providers, college and universities.
For the twelfth consecutive year, the awards program is being produced and marketed by Interactive Media Associates, Inc., of Parsippany, NJ (http://www.imediainc.com). Questions about the competition can be directed to Len Muscarella at len @ imediainc.com.
About Editor & Publisher
For 125 years, Editor & Publisher has been committed to covering the production, news and business areas of the newspaper industry. Editor & Publisher has a reputation for thorough, honest reporting of industry news, as well as reliable, well-researched, industry directories and guides - and for years has had one of the most popular and influential Web sites in the media field. Editor & Publisher is seen as the authority on the newspaper business, often being called the "bible" of the industry. In the past five years, it has won 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the top prize for trade publications. Editor & Publisher is published by Nielsen Business Media, a part of The Nielsen Company, a global information and media company.
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O3SIS Strengthening Tier-1 Carrier Footprint in Ireland
O3SIS launches next-generation Messaging Service including Over-The-Air Address Book Synchronisation. Utilizing O3SIS Living Communication Suite products, one of the most successful and popular consumer services in Ireland is reinvented by adding a range of new innovative features.
Overath, Germany (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- O3SIS AG, a leading provider of mobile messaging, email and synchronization solutions is pleased to announce that it has deployed the next generation of a popular Messaging Service with a Tier-1 mobile operator in Ireland. The new service offers advanced functionality including Address Book Phone backup and handset synchronization.
The contract represents one further proof of O3SIS' ability to capitalize on its excellent customer references from existing Tier 1 operator deployments (http://www.o3sis.com/customers.shtml). O3SIS extended its market footprint in Europe which is the key global market region for mobile data applications.
Utilizing O3SIS Living Communication Suite products, one of the most successful and popular consumer services in Ireland is reinvented by adding a range of new innovative features. It allows sending and scheduling of text messages up to 1000 characters. Sending to groups now provides a new, rich user experience with an integrated Address Book where groups can be set up for easier texting to multiple recipients. The new Address Book allows the subscribers to backup and synchronize their mobile phones and manage up to 10,000 contacts including images and multiple entries for phone numbers, emails, addresses, and more. Building on the O3SIS Living Address book products, the operator has a now a powerful launch-pad for additional online messaging services available which will be introduced in the near future.
Dirk Doerre, O3SIS' CEO said: "We are very pleased to provide an enhanced messaging and synchronization solution to set new standards in one of Europe's most competitive markets. Advancing an already popular service to a new level of user-experience is a further milestone which fuels our ambitions to keep and strengthen our achieved position as a global leader in data synchronization and messaging solutions."
About O3SIS
O3SIS AG is a leading provider of carrier-grade mobile software solutions. Our mobility products, data synchronization and push technologies are deployed by top tier mobile operators, ISPs / ASPs, and enterprises with millions of users worldwide. O3SIS living mobility products help to protect and share personal mobile data and media content. Users can interact and communicate through web, mobile phones, communities and social networks with best in class usability. O3SIS innovative products Living Push Mail (http://www.o3sis.com/carrier_products_living_push_mail.shtml), Living Communication Suite and Living Media Suite (http://www.o3sis.com/carrier_products_living_phone_safe.shtml) enable customers to save costs and create additional revenue streams.
For more information, visit O3SIS Website (http://www.o3sis.com) or contact us per mail..
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Download, Install And Drive - The Future Of Automotive Software
The computer in your home and the mobile phone in your pocket regularly download software updates to keep obsolescence at bay, why not the car in your garage? A new automotive software architecture developed by European researchers promises to keep vehicles up to date with the latest technology and interface them with other devices.
Brussels, Belgium (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- Download, install and drive - the future of automotive software
Computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices regularly download software updates to keep obsolescence at bay. That's not the norm for cars. But that could change thanks to an automotive software architecture developed by European researchers to keep vehicles up to date with the latest technology.
Developed over two and a half years by a consortium of research institutes, software companies, vehicle manufacturers and parts suppliers, the architecture represents a fundamental building block for an intelligent car able to reconfigure and update itself autonomously, as well as communicate with other devices, such as the driver's mobile phone or PDA.
"The architecture is the basis for a kind of adaptable onboard operating system… but one that's much more robust than what is on your PC," says Martin Sanfridson, a researcher at Volvo Technology in Sweden and the coordinator of the EU-funded DySCAS (http://www.dyscas.org) project in which the architecture was developed.
By using middleware solutions - software that allows different systems to interoperate - the DySCAS (http://www.dyscas.org) architecture could allow the car's onboard navigation system to automatically access addresses on the driver's PDA to save them from having to be input manually, or it could play music directly from their mobile phone. More importantly, it would make installing new features and components or changing existing ones considerably easier.
"Cars take many years to develop and most are designed to be on the road for perhaps a decade. In that time, technology can change a lot, but currently there is no efficient way to update the software in these vehicles," explains Sanfridson.
An obvious example of the technological lag is onboard entertainment. Car companies were still putting cassette players in vehicles ten years ago, even though they had been superseded by CDs and they are still putting CD players in cars today as MP3 players overtake the market. In a rapidly changing and increasingly networked environment, in-car entertainment systems will probably need to be frequently updated in the future in order to keep up with new formats.
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Much as the software on a personal computer connects to the internet to download and install updates, the DySCAS (http://www.dyscas.org) architecture allows automotive software to automatically download patches and improvements whenever the vehicle is in range of an accessible wireless hotspot - in the owner's garage, for example, or even in a public parking lot. It could then download new maps for the navigation system, update the entertainment system to play new music formats, or even adjust engine timing based on more fuel efficient settings supplied by the manufacturer.
Sanfridson sees the architecture first being used to update non-critical systems, such as navigation aids and communication and entertainment platforms, though once it proves reliable enough, it could be used to automatically update and adjust critical components and settings.
The researchers also explored the possibility of using the architecture to improve fault tolerance, so that if one electronic control unit (ECU) fails another could automatically step in and perform its function. With increasing numbers of electronic components in cars, controlling everything from security alarms and central locking to automatic braking (ABS) and engine timing, having backup systems and effective load balancing is one way of improving reliability. And ensuring reliability, particularly when a failure could affect safety, is perhaps the biggest challenge for any new automotive technology.
For that reason carmakers and parts manufacturers first concentrated on developing a static, standardised architecture to ensure interoperability between different onboard components and systems in the belief that a static system would be more reliable than a flexible one. Known as AUTOSAR, the architecture is a standard infrastructure on which to run automotive software that is installed before the car rolls off the factory floor and generally cannot be modified afterwards. It is only now starting to make its way into new models of vehicles. The DySCAS (http://www.dyscas.org) system, as a flexible and adaptable architecture, but one that has yet to be proven reliable, will therefore probably not make its way into commercial vehicles for several years.
"We have spent a lot of time discussing how to apply our architecture with AUTOSAR. Initially it will probably be installed separately to update non-critical systems but further down the road it could be integrated into it," Sanfridson says.
Volvo Technology and Daimler, the other automaker involved in the project, are both planning to continue developing the DySCAS (http://www.dyscas.org) architecture, and may start implementing some elements of the technology into their vehicles. Sanfridson also notes that Volvo Cars, formerly part of the Swedish Volvo Group and now a unit of Ford, has also expressed interest in the technology, while Volvo Group is studying how it could be used in its trucks and heavy vehicles.
The project partners will showcase their work at a public workshop on February 18 in Brussels. The DySCAS (http://www.dyscas.org) project received funding from the ICT strand of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme.
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Recurring Online Retail Sales Possible with "AUTO SHIP" fulfillment automation by OrderDynamics On-Demand eCommerce Solution
OrderDynamics, Canada's leading On-Demand eCommerce Solution provider enables its merchants to offer a recurring purchase and ship option called "auto ship".
Toronto, ON (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- OrderDynamics Corporation, Securing repeat business is important in any business especially in times of economic uncertainty. For online retailers it's becoming an essential way not only to survive, but to grow revenues on top of a reliable base. Online retailers are in a unique position to acquire recurring sales through sticky services and providing relevant information after the initial purchase thanks to having detailed customer information in their database.
As part of their new feature release strategy, OrderDynamics performs regular Dynamic Merchandising eCommerce Surveys to capture specific interest areas from its Client base. "We hear consistently from both new and current Clients that recurring purchases is a key part of their sales strategy. This helped us prioritize our AUTO SHIP feature" explains Steven Berkovitz, VP Development. OrderDynamics calls its recurring purchase and shipping feature AUTO SHIP, which is a well known term in the eCommerce community.
AUTO SHIP gives the online merchandiser point and click ease to enable their customers to automatically receive certain products on a regular basis. Merchandisers can offer special discounted pricing for customers that subscribe to AUTO SHIP as well as offer multiple shipment frequencies. Call Center agents are also able to easily up-sell shoppers and subscribe them to AUTO SHIP on their behalf. The OrderDynamics SaaS-based eCommerce solution (http://www.orderdynamics.com/Our-Software.aspx) handles the recurring charges and shipping, and provides key management metrics to the merchant to manage their AUTO SHIP program.
AUTO SHIP seamlessly integrates into existing OrderDynamics fulfillment technology. "Our One-Step Bill & Print concept totally streamlines the fulfillment process for our merchants" explains Michael Benadiba, CEO of OrderDynamics. "With a click of a button, orders are downloaded, matched to shipping manifests, then printed for warehouse staff and uploaded to the shipping company for shoppers to track their orders online. And this can be done anytime throughout the day". This process has been refined over the years specifically to reduce fulfillment errors and handle higher volumes of orders. "AUTO SHIP orders seamlessly integrate into our existing One-Step Bill & Print which makes rolling out this new feature transparent to our customer's fulfillment departments." continues Benadiba.
These enhancements are part of an overall new feature release strategy that OrderDynamics includes as part of their eCommerce solution.
About OrderDynamics Corporation:
OrderDynamics Corporation is a privately owned company that has provides turn-key eCommerce solutions to businesses looking to grow their online sales solutions. The success of OrderDynamics is highly attributed to its response to real Client requirements and Dynamic Merchandising concepts which provide superior control and help drive revenue. The OrderDynamics solution is designed for online merchants and services different business such as retail, manufacturing, business-to-business, complex online retail, and more. OrderDynamics officially launched its On-Demand eCommerce Solution (http://www.orderdynamics.com) in 2006 after 2 years of research and development.
Learn about how we've helped online merchants succeed: eCommerce Shopping Cart Case Studies (http://www.orderdynamics.com/Case-Studies.aspx).
DiscountASP.NET Launches Microsoft Failed Request Tracing Module on Windows 2008 Hosting Platform
DiscountASP.NET, a leading innovator in Windows hosting, announces introducing support for the Microsoft Failed Request Tracing Module for IIS 7.0 on their Windows 2008 hosting platform.
Pasadena, CA (PRWEB) February 18, 2009 -- DiscountASP.NET, a leading innovator in Windows hosting, announces launching support for the Microsoft Failed Request Tracing Module for Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7) on their Windows 2008 hosting platform.
With the launch of Windows 2008 and Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7), Microsoft introduced IIS Manager, a new IIS administration tool which provides end users with a familiar user interface to remotely manage IIS7 server configurations. Using IIS Manager, DiscountASP.NET customers can view settings and manipulate their web.config files for features that have been delegated to them.
The Failed Request Tracing feature provides a way to diagnose and troubleshoot often difficult-to-see problems with web applications by capturing the complete trace events for a request and recording them to a log file when the request fails. By analyzing the step-by-step request and response process, it is possible to identify problems by examining when they occurred and determining the cause.
To support this launch, DiscountASP.NET introduces new tools in their hosting control panel to allow customers to enable access to the Failed Request Tracing module, to specify where to create the log file in the event of a request failure and to control the number of log files that are created.
"Delivering on our goal to provide customers with maximum control over their shared hosting environment, we now offer a powerful tool to help our customers troubleshoot their web applications." said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing at DiscountASP.NET. "We are committed to innovation in our Windows 2008 hosting platform."
About DiscountASP.NET:
DiscountASP.NET is an innovative global leader in Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET and SQL database hosting. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, DiscountASP.NET was one of the first hosts to launch Windows 2008 hosting and SQL 2008 hosting. Through strong word-of-mouth and their commitment to ASP.NET and SQL technology, DiscountASP.NET has become the choice for affordable enterprise-class ASP.NET web hosting. For more information, visit http://www.discountasp.net.
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Aurora Lifetools Implements AssureSign Biometric Electronic Signature Solution to Enhance Customer Convenience and Expedite Contracts
Biometric Electronic Signature Solution Improves Contract Process and Lowers Costs
Orlando, Fla. (PRWEB) February 16, 2009 -- AssureSign LLC's Biometric Electronic Signature Technology has been selected as the electronic signature solution by Aurora Lifetools, an organization that assists and represents people applying for disability benefits.
AssureSign is a web-hosted service that facilitates the managed processing of documents in an all-digital, highly secure environment. The patent-pending electronic signature software provides forensically identifiable evidence of contractual acceptance with digitized electronic signatures that can be matched for authentication in much the same way as a traditional signature.
Aurora Lifetools initially implemented electronic signatures to enhance and expedite the contract process. Many of their clients do not have access to a fax machine, and would typically mail back a signed contract. Once signed contracts were returned, Aurora Lifetools would countersign the document and resend to the client for their records, leading to an overwhelming amount of paper, per strict industry retention regulations. This process was costly and took days to complete. Approximately 30% of business was lost due to failure to return paperwork.
Additionally, due to the nature of Aurora Lifetools' business, the Federal Government required a handwritten signature, and their former electronic signature vendor was unable to provide that capability. Aurora Lifetools obtained a ruling from the Social Security Administration ensuring acceptance of AssureSign's Biometric Electronic Signatures, which capture "real" signatures, enabling the company's clients to sign contracts and submit documents without leaving their homes.
"AssureSign reduced our document costs to a fraction of the previous cost of $100 per client," says Drew Hyde, Senior Partner at Aurora Lifetools. "AssureSign gives us countersigned contracts with our clients in under four minutes and guarantees us Federal Government payment for our services in less than one minute."
Since the entire AssureSign electronic signature process is tracked digitally, users have a complete forensic audit trail of the delivery and signing process. This enables users to know exactly when documents are received, when they are signed, and who has or has not signed them, providing users with complete control over the signing process.
"With just a mouse, an Internet connection and our patent-pending electronic signature, Aurora Lifetools is able to expedite the contract process, as well as provide an added convenience for their customers, a majority of which are disabled," said David W. Brinkman, chief executive officer of AssureSign LLC. "It's the perfect solution for almost any business that requires signatures and quick turnaround on contracts from customers in various locations."
About AssureSign LLC
AssureSign LLC is a leading provider of web-based electronic signature solutions, featuring unique, patent-pending technology that allows for the execution of any document with forensically identifiable, biometric signatures. AssureSign is a highly secure and flexible "cloud computing" application that requires absolutely no downloads for the document originator or the document signer. Using the standards-based DocumentNOW integration tool, AssureSign can easily integrate with existing business processes within any enterprise, regardless of size. AssureSign customers consistently experience dramatic cost savings, as well as significant reduction in the time to execute documents. For more information visit www.assuresign.com.
About Aurora Lifetools
Aurora Lifetools was launched in January 2007. Aurora Lifetools effectively represents people with disabilities for Social Security Disability applications and eases the process for those seeking benefits. People with disabilities rely on Aurora Lifetools to win the Social Security Disability benefits that are critical for fully living their lives. For more information visit www.auroralifetools.com.
Social Media Power owner Deltina Hay releases "A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization"
Austin, Texas (PRWEB) February 13, 2009 -- "A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization: Strategies, Tactics, and Tools for Succeeding in the Social Web" is a do-it-yourself handbook that demonstrates how to use Web 2.0 tools to build a successful and impressive Social Web presence. Written by Deltina Hay, owner of Social Media Power (http://www.socialmediapower.com/), the book comes with a CD packed with links to other resources, directories of Social Websites and forms and worksheets to map an effective strategy.
Set for release in March 2009, "A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization" is a landmark book that brings Web 2.0 into the mainstream. It is designed for use by individuals, businesses and is also effective inside the classroom. It avoids tech talk and illustrates, step-by-step, how to create and use the most advanced Web tools, most of which are free or inexpensive. A type of book rarely seen in the tech world, "A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization" is accessible, smart and committed to a do-it-yourself philosophy that puts technology into the hands of the public.
Readers are armed with the nuts and bolts of the new, open-source Internet through hands-on, real-world examples. From WordPress to Facebook, Squidoo to YouTube, wikis, widgets, blogs, and RSS feeds, Ms. Hay demonstrates how businesses and individuals can create and use these tools to maximize their Web presence and earn a profit.
As a publisher and small business owner, Deltina Hay's social media expertise and experience as a web developer have allowed her to become a regular contributor to IBPA's Independent, The SPAN Connection, SiteProNews and many online news sites. While she has taught at the university level, her rich knowledge of social media applications in the real world make her writings some of the most exciting and accessible in the industry today.
ABOUT DELTINA HAY:
A veteran Web developer and publisher, Deltina Hay is a pioneer of social media and Web 2.0, especially as it applies to the publishing industry. She is the principal owner of the independent press, Dalton Publishing, and the social media consulting and Web 2.0 development firm, Social Media Power. She is also the founder of the innovative Web 2.0 site, PlumbSocial.com. Her graduate education includes applied mathematics, computer science, and psychology. She has written two substantial books on social media and Web 2.0, is a regular contributor of articles on the subject, and has given countless presentations.
ABOUT WIGGY PRESS:
Wiggy Press is an imprint of Dalton Publishing, an independent publisher based in Austin, Texas. While Dalton Publishing has a focus on literary topics, Wiggy Press focuses more on topics of the mainstream. These titles are timely business, self-help, and other nonfiction titles. Adhering to the highest standards, Wiggy Press and Dalton Publishing respect the cutting-edge visions of their world-class stable of authors. Through a model of support, marketing, publicity, and social media, they provide authors a platform for success in the highly competitive publishing market. Wiggy Press titles are distributed nationally by Midpoint Trade Books. www.daltonpublishing.com
ABOUT THE BOOK:
TITLE: "A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization: Strategies, Tactics, and Tools for Succeeding in the Social Web"
AUTHOR: Deltina Hay
PUBLISHER: Wiggy Press, an imprint of Dalton Publishing
DISTRIBUTOR: Midpoint Trade Books
CLASSIFICATION: Computers / Web / Business / Marketing
PubCon, the search engine and Internet marketing conference and expo, has announced an extensive line-up of industry-leading speakers at PubCon South, Norris Executive Conference Center, Austin, Texas, on March 11-13, 2009. Themes include Organic SEO, SEM, Social Media, Networking and Linking, along with sessions of Interactive Site Reviews.
Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 13, 2009 -- PubCon, the search engine and Internet marketing conference and expo, has announced an extensive line-up of industry-leading speakers at PubCon South, Norris Executive Conference Center, Austin, Texas, on March 11-13, 2009. Themes include Organic SEO, SEM, Social Media, Networking and Linking (http://www.pubcon.com), along with sessions of Interactive Site Reviews.
Brett Tabke, PubCon's organizer and WebmasterWorld's CEO, said, "If you're serious about your business on the Internet, we've put together an extensive conference line-up to help you get the most out of your search engine and Internet marketing programs. With two top-notch keynote speakers, Guy Kawasaki and Google's Matt Cutts, and sessions covering all topical aspects of the Internet, I know attendees will come away with fresh marketing initiatives."
PubCon South is a multi-track conference with an extensive program of educational, highly topical sessions, where cutting-edge Internet marketing knowledge is shared with attendees. As an example, PubCon South will hold sessions on the theme of SEO covering:- In House SEO, Universal and Personal Search, Organic Keyword Research and Selection, Top Secret Tools of the Trade, SEO Site Design, etc. Sessions on the topic of SEM include:- Large Scale Bid Management, Conversion Optimization and Testing, Ecommerce, CMS, and Shopping Cart Optimization, etc. The Social Media Theme includes sessions on Twitter Landscape, Consumer and Community Generated Content, Emerging Social and New Media Landscape, etc. For the complete list of over 30 sessions, visit the PubCon South Session Grid. For the complete list of sessions, visit the PubCon South Session Grid.
Conference registration, and a full list of speakers and sponsors is at http://www.pubcon.com (http://www.pubcon.com)
About PubCon
PubCon is a multi-track educational conference hosted by SearchEngineWorld & WebmasterWorld. PubCon events are for thought leaders and professionals in search engine and Internet marketing to gather and to share best practices in the design, development, promotion and marketing of their Internet businesses and brands.
For more information about the conference, contact Brett Tabke at 512-231-8107 or brett at webmasterworld.com
In the U.K., contact Neil Marshall at 512-231-8107 ext 106 or engine at webmasterworld.com
For more details about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact Strategic Marketing Director Joseph Morin at 512-231-8107 ext 104 or joe at webmasterworld.com
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Contact InformationNEIL MARSHALL
WebmasterWorld Inc. http://www.pubcon.com
512-231-8107
Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1 is Now Available for Easily Building Windows and Web Database Applications and Web Services
Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1 delivers productivity-enhancing features for developers including the integration into the Studio of database management and modeling capabilities, the ability to view and modify database table definitions, and visual Data Dictionary modeling. Windows Server 2008 and Vista x64 platforms are now supported.
Miami, FL (PRWEB) February 12, 2009 -- Data Access Worldwide has announced the global availability of Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1, the company's latest release of its flagship rapid application development framework for building business software solutions for Windows and Web platforms.
Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1 (http://www.visualdataflex.com/features.asp?pageid=1006) delivers several productivity-enhancing features designed to make developers' work easier than ever. The integration of database management and modeling capabilities and the ability to view database table definitions and modify tables are now included in the Studio. Data Dictionaries, the center of Visual DataFlex applications, can now be visually modeled in the Studio. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Vista x64 platforms are now supported.
"The release of Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1 furthers the software's reputation among software developers as the fast and easy way to build Windows and Web database applications, Rich Internet Applications, Web services and other business solutions," said Chip Casanave, Data Access' President and CEO.
Early adopters of the 14.1 release are also enthusiastic about the software's new productivity-enhancing features.
"This (release) enhances the productivity of software development dramatically," said Siegfried Weissleder of the Germany-based software firm Turbo-Soft. "In previous versions, learning about properties, events and inheritance was time consuming. With the new Properties Panel, this information is made readily available and blended in, thanks to the automatic code generation."
With Visual DataFlex Studio and its application framework, class library and rich set of pre-programmed, data-aware controls and components, the design and implementation of Windows and Web applications is a structured, well managed process resulting in fast, easy visual development.
With the Visual DataFlex Web Application Server it is easy to Web-enable existing Windows solutions as well as to create new Web applications. Visual DataFlex Windows and Web applications share a common technical and operating foundation so developers can reuse large portions of Windows applications to create new, browser-based solutions in minimum time. The secure, high-performance Web Application Server seamlessly integrates with the Windows application environment. It's also easy to build Rich Internet Applications (RIA) with the AJAX Library for Visual DataFlex.
Visual DataFlex also makes it easy for developers to deliver great-looking menus, tool bars and skins in Windows applications with the included Codejock Xtreme CommandBars ActiveX controls and Xtreme Skin Framework.
Learn more about fast & easy Windows and Web database application development at www.VisualDataFlex.com.
A free Visual DataFlex Personal license is available for download from Download.com (http://www.download.com/Visual-DataFlex-2008-Personal/3000-10254_4-10045051.html).
Personal and commercial licenses can also be downloaded from www.VisualDataFlex.com/GetVDF.
Visual DataFlex 2008/14.1 also includes the Electos 3.1 Web Content Management System (http://www.electos.com) featuring new options for customizing website meta data, integrating payment providers, and the Page and Product Parameters feature that enables highly-tuned search engine optimization (SEO) practices.
Find regional Data Access Worldwide representatives at www.DataAccess.com/Buy.
About Visual DataFlex
Visual DataFlex is an advanced software tool for building Windows and Web database applications and Web services. The application development framework includes visual design tools, productivity enhancing wizards and code generators, a comprehensive class library, a compiler & debugger, connectivity for leading client/server SQL databases including Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, and Pervasive.SQL as well as an embedded database, and a scalable, high-performance Web Application Server.
About Data Access Worldwide
Data Access Worldwide is a leading global provider of application development software and professional services. The company builds advanced tools used by IT professionals to develop database independent business solutions. As consultants, the company applies their software tools and expertise to help clients automate business processes, enhance customer service and utilize information assets to make informed strategic and tactical business decisions. Data Access Worldwide has delivered over 400,000 Visual DataFlex and DataFlex software licenses to application customers in accounting, health care, finance, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing, transportation and government sectors. Established in 1976, Data Access Worldwide is headquartered in Miami, Florida with regional offices in Hengelo, The Netherlands; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Melbourne, Australia. A network of distributors and channel partners deliver and support the company's products in over 20 countries. For more information about Data Access Worldwide telephone +1 305 238-0012 or visit www.DataAccess.com.
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Contact InformationRandall Rutherford
Data Access Worldwide http://www.dataaccess.com
305-238-0012 Brienne Casanave
Data Access Worldwide http://www.dataaccess.com
305-238-0012
