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Women in Large and Small Firms: Does it Make a Difference?

By Patti Greene, Contributor

Last Thursday, July 18th, was the second annual NationalJournal event, Women 2020, an event targeted as celebrating progress on how women are changing the world.   They had a great turnout with an audience of about 650 people.  I was invited as a panelist for the session on “The Female Economy: They Myths and Realities of Women and Business.”   Our moderator was Nancy Cook, Economic and Fiscal Policy Correspondent from NationalJournal and my two co-panelists were Ryan Argentieri, President and Co-Founder of Lila Mae and Magdalah Racine-Silva, President, CEO and Co-Founder of DMS International.  I really enjoyed talking with all the panelists, and it did make me realize something.  We work on a lot of assumptions about women in the economy, primarily that it is a homogenous population working in homogenous environments. …read more

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Stephan Dietrich Goes to Extremes to Build Neolane into Fast-Growing Conversational Marketing Platform Company

Getting Off On The Right Foot: How To Find The Best Cofounder

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The following article is by Franck Nouyrigat is the Co Founder of Startup WeekendStartup Weekend is an organization that supports the development and expansion of entrepreneurship through events worldwide that educate aspiring entrepreneurs by immersing them in the process of moving an idea to market

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KKR Appoints New Chairman, New CEO for Japan

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KKR Appoints New Chairman, New CEO for Japan

Shusaku Minoda Elevated to Chairman, Hirofumi Hirano Joins as CEO

TOKYO & NEW YORK & HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, “KKR“) today announced the elevation of Shusaku Minoda to Chairman of KKR Japan from his position as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hirofumi Hirano has been hired as the new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of KKR Japan. Mr. Hirano joins KKR from AlixPartners Asia LLC where he was Managing Director and Head of Asia Financial Service Industry Practice. Both appointments are effective April 15, 2013.

Henry R. Kravis, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of KKR, said: “Shu Minoda has led our business as CEO of KKR Japan for six years and has built an excellent platform for future growth. As Chairman, we look forward to his continued leadership in maintaining trusted relationships with our business partners and key stakeholders as well as in our government relations.”

“The appointment of Hiro Hirano as MD and CEO of KKR Japan is an important step forward as KKR continues to grow our private equity franchise and broaden our focus to other areas of asset management and capital markets,” said Joseph Y. Bae, Managing Partner of KKR Asia.

“Hiro has a unique combination of private equity investing and operational consulting with a 30-year track record of helping Japanese companies revitalize their businesses and expand globally to achieve their full potential,” added Mr. Bae. “He will lead our team on a day-to-day basis at KKR Japan as we build on the firm foundation that KKR has created in Japan.”

Prior to joining AlixPartners, a turnaround specialist consulting firm, Mr. Hirano was CEO of the merchant-banking group of Nikko Cordial Group (now known as SMBC Nikko Securities) and also chairman of Nikko Principal Investments. During his career, he also served as a director of numerous companies, including Nikko Citigroup and Nikko Asset Management.

At AlixPartners, he led the team that advised on the turn-around efforts of Japan Airlines, as well as Sumitomo Trust‘s acquisition of Nikko Asset Management from Citigroup, and the subsequent acquisition by Nikko Asset Management of DBS’s Singapore asset management subsidiary. Mr. Hirano graduated from Keio University and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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Mobisante Launches Tablet Ultrasound System

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Mobisante Launches Tablet Ultrasound System

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Mobisante is pleased to announce the release of the MobiUS™TC1 tablet ultrasound system. Building upon the success and innovative features of the MobiUS SP1 smartphone ultrasound system, this system brings high-resolution point-of-care ultrasound imaging within reach of health care professionals everywhere, helping healthcare professionals practice better medicine and reduce costs. The system supports a quick look, triage, routine screening, and ultrasound-guided procedures to name a few. The MobiUS TC1 ultrasound system is an ideal choice for emergency departments, clinics, rural and community hospitals, disaster relief organizations, and the uniformed services.

Leveraging the power and ubiquity of cutting edge mobile computing technology, the MobiUS systems are available at a fraction of the cost of typical ultrasound systems. They utilize standards-based technology for easy implementation and shorter learning curves. The MobiUS TC1 is highly mobile and compact to fit into a broad range of uses and locations, and provides instant connectivity through Wi-Fi.

Quote from Sailesh Chutani, CEO and Co-Founder, “Devices like MobiUS TC1 enable more care to be provided outside of expensive settings like hospitals into settings that are less expensive, such as clinics and other locations where the patient needs immediate care. This is key to improving access while reducing costs.”

The system enables diagnosis and treatment in trauma (FAST exam, lung, cardiac screening), abdominal pain, AAA and other routine screening such as bladder assessment, OB/GYN assessments, triage, ultrasound-guided procedures and much more. The tablet also supports endocavity probes for gynecology or prostate imaging, in addition to the already wide array of probes that cover multiple clinical applications.

About Mobisante, Inc.

Mobisante, based in Redmond, Washington, aims to transform medical imaging by making safe, simple, non-invasive, and affordable ultrasound technology available to a broad range of clinicians. This allows them to move imaging closer to the point of patient care, which has been shown to improve clinical outcomes and efficiency in healthcare delivery. By leveraging the steadily increasing power and ubiquity of advanced, standards based mobile computing technology, Mobisante, www.mobisante.com, is able to provide simpler, more flexible and lower cost solutions that contrast to the expensive and complex products that previously limited broad access to point of care medical imaging.

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With $54 Million from Goldman Sachs; Infusionsoft is on a Roll

By Eric T. Wagner, Contributor

Here I sit on a plane. Hunched over in a seat made more for a man or woman with a banana-shaped back. How any human can have comfort in one of these ergonomically incorrect seats is a mystery to me. But nonetheless, it’s time to share a hero’s story with you. So I must put pen to paper and carry on. You see, I am fresh off 5 days in the Arizona desert. Down to capture ‘the vibe’ (thanks Carmen Sognonvi) of over 2,000 entrepreneurs at an annual event called InfusionCon. Started 8 years ago with 29 entrepreneurs crammed in a small room; it is slated to welcome over 4,000 next year to the Phoenix Convention Center. Created as a way to engage and teach it’s customers; host company Infusionsoft has Co-Founder and CEO Clate Mask at its helm. Mask leads an army of nearly 400 ‘Infusionites’ (employees) from a new 90,000 square foot facility with a small football field in the center and Cereal Bar to the side. And yes — to answer your question — any employee can belly up to the bar and have a bowl of cereal on the house and then work it off in a quick game of football. With revenue just a tick under $40 million for 2012, Mask and his team have raised $71 million in capital which includes a recent infusion (no pun intended) of $54 million led by investment bank Goldman Sachs. Serving 13,546 customers and 48,565 users, this six-time Inc. 500/5000 company operates an SaaS business model. It’s main product geared at what Mask refers to as the ‘true’ small business — over $100k in annual revenue with up to 25 employees. At last count, there are millions of these worldwide. As a covert spy in the shadow of Mask while he walks the floor of the event (thanks Aly Saxe), I watch as one customer shakes his hand and says “you have something really special going on here and I’m glad to be a part of it”. And the guy is right — there is something special going on. Thus my quest to uncover it. But in order to discover the secret sauce of Infusionsoft; we must go back to the beginning. A time of late nights, police raids and the near death of a startup. Humble Beginnings This story begins in 2001 with two guys writing software code and one guy trying to sell it. Shacked up in a retail strip mall in Mesa, Arizona; co-founders Scott Martineau, Eric Martineau and Mask did the typical 16 hour days you hear of most successful startups. In fact, legend has it police officers showed up late one night ready to raid their tiny office. The reason? Because of “weird smells, late hours and covered windows” the officers thought the boys were running a meth lab. Of course, turns out they were just running a startup. (Which is almost as crazy.) More than once Mask had the discussion with his …read more

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Cowen Group, Inc. and The Seaport Group Enter into an Exclusive Partnership

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Cowen Group, Inc. and The Seaport Group Enter into an Exclusive Partnership

Partnership Includes the Origination and Distribution of Corporate, Convertible and Other Fixed Income Securities

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Cowen Group, Inc. (“Cowen”) (NAS: COWN) and The Seaport Group (“Seaport”) today announced that they have entered into an exclusive partnership for the origination and distribution of corporate, convertible and other fixed income securities. The relationship also includes special situations such as restructurings, reorganizations and bankruptcies. Under the terms of the agreement, Cowen will focus on origination activities for these securities and Seaport will provide distribution services.

“I am delighted to announce this partnership with Seaport,” said Jeffrey Solomon, Chief Executive Officer of Cowen and Company, Cowen Group‘s broker dealer business. “Seaport has built a leading independent fixed income distribution platform covering all areas of the credit spectrum. Increasingly, companies in our sectors have chosen Cowen not only to provide valuable strategic advice, but to bring debt financings to market as well. We believe that Seaport’s comprehensive distribution capabilities complement Cowen’s outstanding origination and execution abilities within our industry focus areas of Healthcare, Technology, Energy, Transportation, Consumer, Aerospace and Defense/Industrials, Metals and Mining and Chemicals. We worked with Seaport on our last several debt offerings following the expiration of our previous distribution agreement and have found them to be a value-added partner.”

Michael Meagher, Co-Founder of The Seaport Group, added “Having executed over $40 billion of average annual credit-related transactions volume in the last three years, Seaport has a deep and varied distribution base. Issuers continue to turn to independent firms like Seaport to help them widen their investor base and today’s announcement firmly places Seaport at the forefront of that change. By partnering with Cowen and their impressive client roster, we are taking Seaport Group one step further in providing our buy-side clients with the diverse product offerings that they are now seeking.”

About Cowen Group, Inc.

Cowen Group, Inc. is a diversified financial services firm and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, provides alternative asset management, investment banking, research, and sales and trading services through its two business segments: Ramius and its affiliates make up the Company’s alternative investment segment, while Cowen and Company and its affiliates make up the Company’s broker-dealer segment. Ramius provides alternative asset management solutions to a global client base and manages a significant portion …read more

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Dolby and Philips Announce Dolby 3D Format Specification for Delivering High-Quality, Glasses-Free 3

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Dolby and Philips Announce Dolby 3D Format Specification for Delivering High-Quality, Glasses-Free 3D Video Content to Broad Range of Devices


Dolby demonstrates how creative professionals can use industry-leading tools like The Foundry’s NUKE and OCULA to create Dolby 3D content

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYS: DLB) and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG; AEX:PHI) today announced the Dolby® 3D format, a new content delivery specification for Dolby 3D. The Dolby 3D format ensures that 3D content delivered to TVs, smartphones, PCs, and tablets enabled with Dolby 3D looks its very best, and accurately reflects what the content creator originally intended.

The Dolby 3D format, which attaches essential playback information to content, will be available through a licensing program. Leading postproduction tool provider The Foundry will be demonstrating the future integration of the Dolby 3D format into its popular NUKE and OCULA postproduction products.

Dolby 3D is a comprehensive suite of technologies for the creation, delivery, and playback of glasses-free 3D content, producing auto-stereoscopic images with lifelike realism. In addition to eliminating the need for glasses, Dolby 3D has no narrow “sweet spot,” so viewers can enjoy the sharpest images regardless of where they sit.

Roland Vlaicu, Senior Director, Broadcast Imaging, Dolby Laboratories explained, “The Foundry’s award-winning products and tools are behind the groundbreaking 3D visual effects in such films as Avatar, Tron: Legacy, and Hugo. By providing powerful tools to create Dolby 3D content, Dolby and Philips will make it easier than ever for Hollywood to create content for glasses-free 3D TVs and other devices.”

“The professionals using our postproduction tools want to know that whatever they create is going to look great, no matter where or how viewers choose to watch,” said Simon Robinson, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of The Foundry. “The Dolby 3D format will ensure that creative professionals’ artistic vision is recreated intact in the home.”

According to Guido Voltolina, manager of the joint project between Dolby and Philips, the Dolby 3D format specification is a crucial milestone in clearing the hurdles to easy and customizable 3D viewing on TVs, tablets, smartphones, and laptops. “By demonstrating a brilliant 3D experience that doesn’t require glasses using The …read more

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What does Climate Change Have to Do With Health Care?

By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note:  Gary Cohen is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, India, established to help heal people affected by the Bhopal gas tragedy. He is on the board of the American Sustainable Business Council and Health Leads. …read more

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The Fight to End Pandemics

By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note:  Gary Cohen is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, India, established to help heal people affected by the Bhopal gas tragedy. He is on the board of the American Sustainable Business Council and Health Leads. …read more

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ThingWorx and Industrial Networking Solutions Partner to Deliver M2M Solutions to the Industrial Mar

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ThingWorx and Industrial Networking Solutions Partner to Deliver M2M Solutions to the Industrial Marketplace

Partnership combines INS’s industrial IT services with the ThingWorx Platform, bringing the benefits of remote asset management and Machine-to-Machine applications to industrial solutions

EXTON, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ThingWorx™ today announced an integration partnership with Industrial Networking Solutions (INS), a leading provider of network products and engineering services for the industrial marketplace. This partnership will allow INS to offer Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions at minimized cost, risk, and time to market for its customers by utilizing the ThingWorx Platform—the industry’s first application development platform designed to reduce the effort required to build M2M and network applications for the emerging connected world.

With industry leading organizations estimating that the number of Internet-connected devices will reach 50 billion by 2020, companies in many industrial markets are seeing M2M as a new avenue for business growth and sustained revenue. By combining INS‘ world-class industrial IT services and solution delivery capabilities with the ThingWorx M2M platform, customers can capitalize on these opportunities and take advantage of a 10X improvement in solution development and delivery for connected applications.

“ThingWorx is a revolutionary M2M application platform that INS is excited to be able to offer our customer base,” said Stephen Woram, Founder of INS. “Our new partnership with ThingWorx allows the INS IT Service group to provide a complete M2M solution, assisting our customers in not only connecting remote assets to the cloud, but also in facilitating a secure and reliable data stream between users and remote assets via the Cloud, and developing valuable user interfaces, reporting, and historical data analysis tools for users to manage their remote asset investment.”

INS‘s industrial domain expertise and IT services, coupled with the latest in M2M technology offered by the ThingWorx Platform, will help customers capitalize on emerging business opportunities and innovations that are possible through the integration of their connected assets with their business processes. This integrated offering enables customers to rapidly build applications and make business decisions based on data coming from the intelligence at the edge of the network, creating new avenues for business growth and sustained revenue in industrial markets such as oil and gas, consumer product manufacturing, water and wastewater management, and transportation.

“We are pleased to be partnering with INS, a well recognized solution provider for M2M solutions in the industrial markets,” said Russ Fadel, CEO and Co-Founder of ThingWorx. “INS represents another important step in …read more

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Blueprint Capital Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results

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Blueprint Capital Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Blueprint Capital, LLC, the leading residential construction lender in Seattle, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012.

2012 Financial and Operational Highlights

  • Year-over-year net income growth of 76%
  • Year-over-year increase in net loans receivable of 74%
  • Raised $15.4 million in new equity capital
  • Low debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58 to 1 at December 31, 2012
  • Efficiency ratio of 22.4%
  • Portfolio mix of 93% new construction
  • Collateral mix of 96% one- to four-family residential
  • Zero non-performing loans since inception
  • Posted 34 consecutive monthly distributions to investors as of December 2012
  • Market share of 39% of new homes sold between $400,000 and $1.0 million in Seattle

“Our outstanding operating results for 2012 showcase the success of our business model as well as the benefit to our investors,” said Mark Knoll, Co-Founder and CEO of Blueprint Capital. “In our third year of operations, we retained our leadership as Seattle’s top one- to four-family construction lender, expanding our target market share to 39% in 2012 from 32% last year. We returned an average of 10.95% on members’ equity investments, and through the end of 2012, we’ve made 34 consecutive monthly preferred distributions to investors as well as declaring three special distributions.

“We believe that the most effective way to maximize value is continuing the hard work of building complementary service and finance businesses,” Knoll continued. “This integrated model benefits our customers and, coupled with our technology platform, strengthens our enterprise. Looking ahead, we plan to expand the Blueprint model to East King County with an independent investment fund. The new Eastside fund, called Blueprint Capital II, will focus on lending in Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond.”

Operating Results

Blueprint achieved a 76% increase in net income …read more
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White House Hangout: The Maker Movement

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This week, the White House will continue a series of conversations with Administration officials on Google+. On Thursday, March 28th at 3:00 pm ET, White House innovation advisor Tom Kalil will join a Google+ Hangout to discuss the Maker Movement with leading innovators and Makers from around the country.

More and more Americans are becoming Makers, a growing community of young people and adults who are designing and building things on their own time. For example, 120,000 people participated in the May 2012 Maker Faire in San Mateo, California, sharing projects such as a flame-powered pipe organ, a fully automated ragtime band, and a 12-foot-tall aluminum robotic face controlled by 12 joysticks.

President Obama believes we need to give more young people the ability to become Makers. As the President said at the launch of his Educate To Innovate campaign to improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, “I want us all to think about new and creative ways to engage young people in science and engineering, whether it's science festivals, robotics competitions, fairs that encourage young people to create and build and invent—to be makers of things, not just consumers of things.” The Maker Movement can also promote innovation in manufacturing, one of President Obama’s top priorities.

During the Hangout, Tom Kalil will discuss the elements of an “all hands on deck” effort to promote Making, with participants including:

Watch the hangout with Tom Kalil live on WhiteHouse.gov, or tune in to the White House's Google+ page or YouTube channel. You can also join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #WHHangout.

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Beazer Homes and GSO Capital Partners Announce $150 Million Land Banking Arrangement

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Beazer Homes and GSO Capital Partners Announce $150 Million Land Banking Arrangement

ATLANTA & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYS: BZH) and GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO“), the credit arm of The Blackstone Group (NYS: BX) , announced today that GSO will make available up to $150 million as part of a land banking arrangement. Funds managed by GSO will acquire new land parcels identified by Beazer Homes and option finished lots on a pre-determined takedown schedule to the Company.

“I’m very pleased that GSO has agreed to make available to the Company additional capital to enhance our land acquisition and development activities,” said Allan Merrill, CEO of Beazer Homes. “Expanding our active community count beginning in fiscal 2014 is a key part of our path-to-profitability plan and will enable us to more fully participate in the strengthening housing market.”

Doug Ostrover, Senior Managing Director of Blackstone and Co-Founder of GSO, said, “As the housing recovery continues to gain momentum, we are excited to partner with Beazer and extend our land banking business. GSO has a long history of working with Beazer, and we have great confidence that the management team is positioning the company well in order to capitalize on the recovery and regain profitability. We look at this incremental capital as just the first step in what we hope to be many successful future ventures with Beazer.”

ABOUT BEAZER HOMES:

Headquartered in Atlanta, Beazer Homes is one of the country’s 10 largest single-family homebuilders. The Company’s homes meet or exceed the benchmark for energy-efficient home construction as established by ENERGY STAR® and are designed with flexible floorplan options to meet the personal preferences and lifestyles of its buyers. In addition, the Company is committed to providing a range of preferred lender choices to facilitate transparent competition between lenders and enhanced customer service. The Company offers homes in 16 states, including Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Beazer Homes is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BZH.” For more info visit Beazer.com , or check out Beazer on Facebook and Twitter .

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Groupon Holds First-Ever Grouponicon Conference for Small Businesses in Dallas-Fort Worth Area

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Groupon Holds First-Ever Grouponicon Conference for Small Businesses in Dallas-Fort Worth Area

Panel discussions, hands-on technology training and networking opportunities further empowered local business operators to grow their businesses

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– On Monday, March 25, Groupon (http://www.groupon.com) (NAS: GRPN) hosted its first Grouponicon: an invite-only opportunity for merchants to network with peers, connect with Groupon in an intimate setting and learn about the latest tools available to help them grow their businesses. Attendees enjoyed a custom schedule featuring topics most relevant to their business operations, including digital marketing, mobile payments, restaurant technologies and social media.

“Groupon’s core mission is to help local merchants become more successful,” said Sanjay Gupta, VP of Merchant Marketing, Groupon. “Grouponicon was a great way for us to get to know our Dallas-Forth Worth partners, providing resources and guidance to help their businesses flourish.”

Attending merchants participated in half- and full-day sessions complete with activities, panel discussions and networking opportunities with other small business owners—including a luncheon with an inspirational speech from Hall of Fame quarterback and real estate entrepreneur Roger Staubach.

Participants were joined by industry leaders from around the country as well as local organizations that cater to small businesses, sharing the latest trends in their fields and demonstrating products that support business development.

“Today’s Grouponicon event helped local merchants discover new ways to leverage the power of the Internet and technology to better market their businesses,” said Rieva Lesonsky, Co-Founder, SmallBizDaily. “In addition to gaining expert advice and a better understanding of their colleagues’ best practices, attendees learned how to grow their businesses without spending a fortune, which is invaluable.”

The activities and panel discussions for Grouponicon were hosted at businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that work with Groupon.

“We were honored to host our fellow merchants who face many of the same challenges running a business as we do,” said Bobby Cornelius, Owner, Cornelius Photography. “It’s important that businesses our size understand resources like Groupon and utilize them appropriately to help them grow. Groupon allowed us to reach local customers in a crowded marketplace who may not have otherwise come into our business.”

About Groupon

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Systech SysLINK M2M Gateway Certified as ThingWorx Ready

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Systech SysLINK M2M Gateway Certified as ThingWorx Ready

Pre-integrated solution simplifies machine-to-machine (M2M) application development and improves time to market for customers in a wide range of markets

EXTON, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ThingWorx™ today announced that Systech Corporation, an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of Serial-to-IP and Dial-to-IP network conversion devices for enabling IP communications, has completed certification of its SysLINK M2M Gateway as ThingWorx Ready™. This certification makes the SysLINK family of gateways compatible with the ThingWorx platform, resulting in a pre-integrated solution that improves time to market and reduces overall solution costs for customers utilizing the SysLINK M2M Gateway.

The ThingWorx Ready Program allows hardware and software companies to pre-integrate their products with the ThingWorx rapid application development platform, greatly simplifying the creation and deployment of M2M solutions. This program is being utilized by a growing ecosystem of ThingWorx partners, from software system and cloud platform providers to hardware companies that provide smart sensors, devices, gateways, and machines. For Systech, the integration of ThingWorx with the SysLINK M2M Gateway combines Systech’s flexible, modular architecture with the rapid application development tools provided by ThingWorx. This provides customers with a secure, easy approach to developing new M2M applications for building automation, point of sale, security, energy management, mobile health, and industrial environments, among others.

“Being able to provide M2M solutions to customers in days, rather than weeks or months, is a huge benefit,” said Robert Lutz, Director of Business Development of Systech. “M2M is such a diverse market, and customer application requirements are all over the map. The drag-and-drop mashup architecture of ThingWorx is a good match for the flexible plug-and-play hardware option cards of our SysLINK Modular M2M Gateway.”

Systech’s certification as ThingWorx Ready includes pre-integration of the ThingWorx Edge MicroServer with the SysLINK gateway, which is uniquely able to communicate and bridge a wide variety of protocols and standards while providing edge intelligence to analyze, filter, and take action on remote sensor readings and device data. This integrated solution creates greater flexibility in connectivity with cloud-based monitoring services, and provides a secure, easy approach to developing new applications for home, commercial, and retail environments.

“The number of new and innovative applications that utilize connected devices is growing fast and providing a tremendous opportunity for companies that can quickly develop end-to-end solutions,” said Russ Fadel, CEO and Co-Founder of ThingWorx. “Now that Systech’s SysLINK M2M Gateway is ThingWorx Ready, Systech can offer …read more
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CloudCheckr and UX World Announce Strategic Partnership

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CloudCheckr and UX World Announce Strategic Partnership

Partnership to include product integration and co-marketing initiatives

ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CloudCheckr and UX World proudly announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver customers more effective solutions for optimizing the performance of Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure. The companies will begin joint product development, integrate their technologies, and deliver new capabilities for improving availability and security of cloud infrastructure, which are recognized as major barriers for public cloud adoption.

“CloudCheckr and UX World share a common goal, lowering the barriers to cloud adoption,” said Aaron Newman, CTO and Co-Founder of CloudCheckr. “Our respective solutions both address the complexity of maintaining uptime and enhancing security on cloud infrastructure.”

CloudCheckr monitors the underlying Amazon Web Services resources and configurations to provide visibility into a customer’s AWS security and availability posture that is currently unavailable through native AWS functionality. CloudCheckr users can more tightly manage their AWS infrastructure and policies than simply using the native AWS interface. Its cutting edge analytics provide decision support for managing and scaling AWS deployments while optimally balancing performance, risk and spend.

UX World responds to the cloud-specific problem of impermanent IP addresses for virtual servers, streamlining the process for diagnosing failed cloud servers and rapid re-provisioning. The UX World virtual DNS appliance is the leading solution for maintaining DNS security within the outsourced DNS management environment of cloud computing and invaluable for cloud users. “I am pleased to partner with CloudCheckr. Like us, they recognize the importance of creating cloud-native solutions to solve cloud-unique issues,” said Nick Desai, CEO and Founder of UX World. “We look forward to working with CloudCheckr.”

About CloudCheckr:

CloudCheckr is based in Rochester, NY with satellite office in San Francisco and Argentina. CloudCheckr analytics provide decision support for cloud resource control, purchasing and configurations so companies can scale their cloud infrastructure while balancing performance, security, and spend. It is an Amazon Web Services Technology Partner.

About UX World:

UX WORLD offers a targeted and secure solution to manage DNS and DHCP. This purpose-built application is being offered as a physical device or a virtual appliance. The OVA distribution is compatible with VMware ESXi, CA AppLogic, Xen, and Amazon Web Services. As part of the core functionality, dnslfy resolves a …read more
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