Announcement of the three finalists for the 2013 Investissement Québec CEO of the Year Award


Announcement of the three finalists for the 2013 Investissement Québec CEO of the Year Award


MONTREAL, Feb. 11, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, the Quebec Technology Association revealed the names of the three finalists for the prestigious 2013 Investissement Québec Technology CEO of the Year Award. The three finalists are:

  • Daniel Handfield, CEO, Médiamed Technologies
  • Paul Raymond, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alithis
  • Sébastien Vachon, President, Korem

Since 2003, this contest has been shining the spotlight on CEOs of technology companies in recognition of their exemplary leadership and contributions to the visibility of the Quebec Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. The finalists were chosen by an independent selection committee comprised of CEOs of ICT companies and representatives of Investissement Québec and the Quebec Technology Association.

"The ICT industry plays a substantial role in economic development and Investissement Québec is proud to recognize the contributions of this industry's leaders. Our three finalists are clearly representative of the broad range of companies that drive the Quebec ICT industry," stated Jacques Daoust, President and Chief Executive Officer of Investissement Quebec.

Awards will be presented during CEO Vision, an exclusive event for CEOs of technology companies, which will be held from February 20 to 23 at Mont Tremblant. Attendance at the awards ceremony is reserved exclusively for CEOs registered for CEO Vision, as well as event sponsors and partners. In addition to receiving extensive press coverage, the finalists will present their projects to their peers who will then select the 2013 winner by secret ballot during the gala event on February 21.

"We congratulate all three of our CEO finalists for their insight and determination to drive their company's growth. Together they provide a clear picture of the scope and variety of successful companies active across several market segments," said Nicole Martel, CEO of AQT.

The 2013 Investissement Québec CEO of the Year Award relies on the support of its media partner Les Affaires, whose next issue includes exclusive Web coverage of each of the finalists.

About the finalists

About the Quebec Technology Association (AQT) www.aqt.ca
The Quebec Technology Association promotes innovative SMEs in the ICT industry by helping their CEOs and management teams reach business development objectives. Now the largest ICT business network in Quebec, the AQT, a non-profit, self-funded organization, provides its 500 member and affiliate companies with local and international networking opportunities, as well as business comparison and improvement tools - true building blocks of success!

About Investissement Québec
Investissement Québec's mission is to foster the growth of investment in Québec, thereby contributing to economic development and job creation in every region. It offers businesses a full range of financial solutions, including loans, loan guarantees and equity investments, to support them at all stages of their development. It is also responsible for tax incentive administration and foreign investment prospecting.

À propos des finalistes

SOURCE: Quebec Technology Association (AQT)

For further information:

AQT - Valérie Danger - 514 874-2667
Investissement Québec - Chantal Corbeil  - 514 873-7161




















































































Adobe Extends Critical Business Processes to Mobile Workforce for Enterprise and Government Agencies with LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 4

Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 4 Extends Business Processes to Mobile Workforce

Enterprises and Government Agencies Can Broaden Reach, Simplify Access to Business-critical Forms and Content

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Feb. 12, 2013 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® LiveCycle® ES4 , an enterprise form and document platform for capturing data, protecting sensitive information and delivering personalized communications. New capabilities in LiveCycle ES4 enable organizations to extend forms processes on mobile devices, and through integration with Adobe Experience Manager, connect forms and document processes to websites.

“LiveCycle ES4 helps organizations connect people to critical processes and engage with them in an easy-to-use and more secure environment, wherever they are and on the device of their choice,” said Arun Anantharaman, vice president and general manager, LiveCycle, Adobe. “With significant innovations in our latest version, businesses and government agencies can now better connect back-end processes and services to compelling applications, reducing their development costs while speeding time to market.”

The requirement for organizations to easily capture and process information, and securely deliver personalized communications to customers, especially across mobile channels, is changing the shape of business today. LiveCycle plays a role in helping enterprises meet this demand.

Significant new features in LiveCycle ES4 include:

·         Mobile forms support—Easily render forms to HTML5, PDF and paper from one template, extending self-service options to users on mobile devices.

 

·         Mobile Workspace application—Broaden reach of tasks and forms-related processes to mobile devices, enabling access for workers in the field, whether online or offline, helping improve productivity and reduce the opportunity for errors. Forms and associated data are automatically submitted to appropriate processes when workers next connect to the network.

 

·         Forms management capabilities—Streamline process of updating, retiring and managing thousands of forms. Marketing departments can easily maintain brand consistency by aligning form and document content with campaigns.

 

·         Integration with Adobe Experience Manager—Rapidly publish documents and enterprise forms on websites while minimizing IT support. Advanced web search capabilities make it easy for clients and constituents to find the necessary forms or documents.

 

·         Extended rights management—Protect sensitive information across devices by extending rights-managed documents to mobile users with the free Adobe Reader® Mobile application. Authorized users can search rights management-protected documents in Microsoft SharePoint.

“As a long-time customer, it’s great to see Adobe continue to advance LiveCycle capabilities to meet the evolving requirements of our market,” said Christian Schulze-Amelung, business unit leader, DSV Group, a German-based media company serving the banking industry. “The demand for online self-service on mobile is only growing among customers. The new capabilities in LiveCycle ES4 supporting business processes across devices are a welcome addition.”

“The release of LiveCycle ES4 comes at a pivotal time for public service organizations looking for ways to meet the demand of improving citizen interaction and satisfaction. Our clients are facing an unprecedented challenge to provide data from both legacy and leading edge IT investments for an increasingly mobile customer,” said David McCurley, Accenture Software’s practice lead for government clients. “By connecting LiveCycle ES4 to our Accenture Public Service Platform (APSP), we can make these new features available to our entire suite of software products. This helps our clients improve productivity and deliver powerful, intuitive experiences whether they are accessing information from home, at work, or by mobile devices in the field.”

 

Availability

Adobe LiveCycle ES4 is available now. For more information, please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle/.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

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Lenovo Canada Wins Top Reseller Choice Awards

Lenovo Canada Wins Top Reseller Choice Awards

Lenovo chosen as industry leader for channel programs and channel support

 

TORONTO, ON – February 13, 2013:  Lenovo Canada today announced it was chosen as Vendor of the Year matched with leading awards at the 6th Annual eChannel News Reseller Choice Awards ceremony. For this particular year, over 500 vendors were nominated in 82 categories. The eChannel Awards are based on the results of 16,000 votes from value added resellers across Canada.

 

“These are important awards for Lenovo, so we are humbled by the attention and you have my commitment, and the commitment of my teams that we will work hard to live up to these accolades,” said Stefan Bockhop, director channel sales Lenovo Canada. “We’re a channel-first organization, so to have validation from the partners means that we’re doing the right things. We’re bringing the products to market that they want to deliver to their customers.

 

“Lenovo programs and support are what our partners need to be successful and profitable. It’s a really important validation for us.”

 

In addition to the coveted Vendor of the Year award, Lenovo also won in the following categories:

 

Hardware Awards

Best Business Notebook

Best Business Desktop

Best Tablet Computer

Best Workstation

 

General Awards

Best Profitability

Best Vendor Support

Best Channel Programs

 

In reference to the 2012 awards, Bockhop stated: “Most of the changes we’ve made to our channel program in the past few years have come as direct feedback from our business partners -- how to make it easier, more effective or quicker to do business with our mutual customers. I hope our partners continue to give us feedback and engage with our teams, both informally but also through events like our yearly Accelerate conference.”

 

Accelerate 2013, is Lenovo’s annual channel partner forum, taking place April 29 to May 1 at Mandalay Bay, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event provides channel partners with hands-on access to Lenovo’s newest products, programs, and solutions. Attendees will be able to hear from Lenovo’s top executives during keynotes, industry expert presentations and feedback roundtables. For more information, visit http://www.lenovoaccelerate.com

 

 

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About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a US$30 billion personal technology company – the second largest PC maker in the world and an emerging PC Plus leader – serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution.  Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the Company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo, a global Fortune 500 company, has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina.  For more information see www.lenovo.com.

CONTACT:
John Swinimer
Lenovo Canada
PR & Communications
jswinimer@lenovo.com
(416) 383-2874

CA Technologies ARCserve MSP Program 3.0 Sets New Standard for Simplicity and Service Provider Enablement

CA Technologies ARCserve MSP Program 3.0 Sets New Standard for Simplicity and Service Provider Enablement

 

Extends Leadership in Data Protection Offerings for MSPs With Unmatched Licensing Flexibility, Expanded Technology and New Promotional Resources

 

ISLANDIA, NY, February 13, 2013—CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the third major release of its industry-leading Managed Service Provider (MSP) licensing program for CA ARCserve®.  With a further simplified licensing structure, new partner enablement resources and an expanded technology portfolio, the CA ARCserve MSP program empowers partners to quickly and cost-efficiently deliver effective, profitable data protection services.

 

The enhanced program includes options for MSPs to license CA Technologies industry-leading data protection technology on their choice of per-server, per-workstation, per-socket, per-virtual machine or per-terabyte models—allowing them to structure their software costs to best align with their individual go-to-market strategies.

 

This flexible approach to licensing complements the CA ARCserve MSP Program’s true pay-as-you-go pricing model, which adds a new pricing tier that provides even more incentive, margin, and revenue opportunity for its growing MSP partner community.  MSPs only need to pay for what they have used in the previous month—with no minimum volume and no extended lock-in period.

 

“A combination of factors—including exponentially growing data volume, limited IT budgets and an abundance of available network bandwidth—have created tremendous opportunities for MSPs in the data protection services market,” said Chris Ross, vice president, Worldwide Sales, Data Management, CA Technologies.  “With zero upfront commitment and flexible subscription licensing, the CA ARCserve MSP Program uniquely enables MSPs to capitalize on this market opportunity.”

 

The CA ARCserve MSP Program has also been enhanced with a smaller, simpler set of product SKUs that make it easier for MSPs to put together their market offerings.

 

MSP Zone Streamlines Enrollment

 

In addition, a new dedicated “MSP Zone” on CA ARCserve.com streamlines MSP enrollment.  New resources include service use-case playbooks that provide high-level descriptions of services, licensing options and sample service level agreements.

 

A new, easy-to-use solution chooser helps MSPs to identify the best managed service and technology to offer their customers. The online tool provides a simple decision tree that helps MSPs tailor their managed service offerings to meet customers’ Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO).

 

The MSP Zone also includes an invitation-only area that showcases select MSP profiles and links to their respective sites to give them greater market visibility.

 

"CA ARCserve provides the ideal combination of comprehensive data protection and unmatched time-to-value," said Phil Ware, director at Allware Systems Ltd. a UK provider of IT consultancy services to small and medium enterprises. "The latest enhancements to the CA ARCserve MSP program enable us to go to market even more quickly and efficiently with robust data protection service offerings that meet our customers' needs while improving margins for everyone in the chain."

 

To learn more about the CA ARCserve MSP Program visit arcserve.com/mspzone.

 

About CA Technologies

 

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services.  Organizations leverage CA Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the data center to the cloud.  Learn more about CA Technologies at www.ca.com

 

Follow CA Technologies

 

Twitter

Social Media Page

Press Releases

 

Legal Notices

 

Copyright © 2013 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. The information and results illustrated here are based upon the speaker’s experiences with the referenced software product in a variety of environments, which may include production and nonproduction environments. Past performance of the software products in such environments is not necessarily indicative of the future performance of such software products in identical, similar or different environments.































































































CA Technologies ARCserve MSP Program 3.0 Sets New Standard for Simplicity and Service Provider Enablement

CA Technologies ARCserve MSP Program 3.0 Sets New Standard for Simplicity and Service Provider Enablement

 

Extends Leadership in Data Protection Offerings for MSPs With Unmatched Licensing Flexibility, Expanded Technology and New Promotional Resources

 

ISLANDIA, NY, February 13, 2013—CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the third major release of its industry-leading Managed Service Provider (MSP) licensing program for CA ARCserve®.  With a further simplified licensing structure, new partner enablement resources and an expanded technology portfolio, the CA ARCserve MSP program empowers partners to quickly and cost-efficiently deliver effective, profitable data protection services.

 

The enhanced program includes options for MSPs to license CA Technologies industry-leading data protection technology on their choice of per-server, per-workstation, per-socket, per-virtual machine or per-terabyte models—allowing them to structure their software costs to best align with their individual go-to-market strategies.

 

This flexible approach to licensing complements the CA ARCserve MSP Program’s true pay-as-you-go pricing model, which adds a new pricing tier that provides even more incentive, margin, and revenue opportunity for its growing MSP partner community.  MSPs only need to pay for what they have used in the previous month—with no minimum volume and no extended lock-in period.

 

“A combination of factors—including exponentially growing data volume, limited IT budgets and an abundance of available network bandwidth—have created tremendous opportunities for MSPs in the data protection services market,” said Chris Ross, vice president, Worldwide Sales, Data Management, CA Technologies.  “With zero upfront commitment and flexible subscription licensing, the CA ARCserve MSP Program uniquely enables MSPs to capitalize on this market opportunity.”

 

The CA ARCserve MSP Program has also been enhanced with a smaller, simpler set of product SKUs that make it easier for MSPs to put together their market offerings.

 

MSP Zone Streamlines Enrollment

 

In addition, a new dedicated “MSP Zone” on CA ARCserve.com streamlines MSP enrollment.  New resources include service use-case playbooks that provide high-level descriptions of services, licensing options and sample service level agreements.

 

A new, easy-to-use solution chooser helps MSPs to identify the best managed service and technology to offer their customers. The online tool provides a simple decision tree that helps MSPs tailor their managed service offerings to meet customers’ Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO).

 

The MSP Zone also includes an invitation-only area that showcases select MSP profiles and links to their respective sites to give them greater market visibility.

 

"CA ARCserve provides the ideal combination of comprehensive data protection and unmatched time-to-value," said Phil Ware, director at Allware Systems Ltd. a UK provider of IT consultancy services to small and medium enterprises. "The latest enhancements to the CA ARCserve MSP program enable us to go to market even more quickly and efficiently with robust data protection service offerings that meet our customers' needs while improving margins for everyone in the chain."

 

To learn more about the CA ARCserve MSP Program visit arcserve.com/mspzone.

 

About CA Technologies

 

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services.  Organizations leverage CA Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the data center to the cloud.  Learn more about CA Technologies at www.ca.com

 

Follow CA Technologies

 

Twitter

Social Media Page

Press Releases

 

Legal Notices

 

Copyright © 2013 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. The information and results illustrated here are based upon the speaker’s experiences with the referenced software product in a variety of environments, which may include production and nonproduction environments. Past performance of the software products in such environments is not necessarily indicative of the future performance of such software products in identical, similar or different environments.































































































CA Technologies Streamlines Identity and Access Management for the Hybrid Enterprise with Latest Rollout of CA CloudMinder

         

CA Technologies Streamlines Identity and Access Management for the Hybrid Enterprise with Latest Rollout of CA CloudMinder

 

CA IAM-as-a-Service Extends On Premise and Cloud Applications Support, and Helps Organizations Strengthen Customer Relationships

 

ISLANDIA, NY, February 12, 2013 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the next rollout of its CA CloudMinderTM identity and access management (IAM) service solution. With extended out-of-the-box support for social identities and additional on-premise and cloud applications such as Microsoft Office 365TM, CA CloudMinder helps organizations strengthen customer relationships, while streamlining how they manage users and their access for greater operational and cost efficiencies. 

 

CA CloudMinder provides enterprise-grade IAM for both cloud-based or on-premise applications in a highly scalable multi-tenant IAM as-a-Service solution. The three components of CA CloudMinder can be deployed individually or together in a single, integrated IAM service:

 

·         CA CloudMinder Advanced Authentication protects against unapproved and unauthorized access using multiple forms of strong authentication and risk analysis to validate a user’s identity.

·         CA CloudMinder Identity Management provides user provisioning and de-provisioning to a broad set of on-premise applications and cloud services as well as comprehensive user management capabilities. With the ability to operate and synchronize with existing on-premise identity stores such as Active Directory or other LDAP-compliant directories, CA CloudMinder Identity Management leverages existing technologies for faster deployment.

·         CA CloudMinder Single Sign-On (SSO) supports today’s extended and hybrid enterprise with reliable identity federation in a unified, cloud-based single sign-on solution. Leveraging CA SiteMinder® technology, CA CloudMinder Single Sign-On is scalable and controls access for millions of users from within or outside an organization. 

Companies have seen the benefits that IAM as-a-service can provide. “In one test, CA CloudMinder allowed a team to accomplish in just three days what had taken almost two months of building, installing, configuring and testing with an on-premise approach,” said Drew Koenig, president, CA Security Global User Community. “That company estimated it could employ CA CloudMinder for a reduced cost and get three IAM capabilities versus just one plus free up staff time. By not having to work on maintaining the on-premise infrastructure, the team can focus more on strategic identity initiatives.”

 

Leveraging CA Technologies leading IAM technology and more than a decade of experience providing Authentication as-a-Service, CA CloudMinder provides a single source of identity and access control across the hybrid enterprise and drives cost efficiencies through speed of deployment, predictability of expense and reduced infrastructure and management needs.

 

“Identity and access management demands are evolving as organizations employ different ways to save money and grow the business, such as incorporating cloud services, adopting bring-your-own-device policies and supporting social identities as a way to get closer to the customer,” said Mike Denning, general manager, Security business at CA Technologies. “This evolution and customer demand drove our vision for CA CloudMinder to be able to function as that single bridge that manages the identities and access for employees, partners and customers to cloud or on-premise applications no matter what device or what identity they chose to use.”

 

New capabilities in CA CloudMinder include:

 

Support for Social Identities: With support for OpenID, OAuth, WS-Fed and SAML, CA CloudMinder provides SSO and self-registration to vendor sites using Facebook and Google identities, helping to drive social media marketing campaigns. CA CloudMinder Advanced Authentication also adds step-up security to the typical user name and password login. Extending the support of CA CloudMinder to help drive customer engagement, satisfaction and retention increases the value of IAM to an organization beyond the traditional demands of security, compliance and operational efficiencies. 

 

Extended Support for On Premise and Cloud Applications: CA CloudMinder helps organizations save money by reducing the time it takes to deploy identity management capabilities. By adding more than 30 connectors for provisioning, including support for Office 365, mainframes and other popular enterprise applications, CA CloudMinder has increased its number of out-of-the-box configurations for improved deployment time.

 

Support for IAM Choice: CA CloudMinder gives customers a choice in how they support their IAM needs on the operational back end, while streamlining management and administration on the front end. By connecting to the CA Technologies provisioning, federation and advanced authentication solutions already in place on-premise, CA CloudMinder preserves the investment in configuring those solutions as it unifies IAM administration into the CA CloudMinder interface. This gives customers a choice: they can use CA CloudMinder IAM as-a-service alone to manage all on-premise or cloud applications, or they can use a mix of CA CloudMinder with CA Technologies on-premise IAM solutions – all managed from a single user interface.

 

Partner Ecosystem

 

CA CloudMinder also presents a variety of opportunities for partners, including hosting the CA CloudMinder service operations in their own data center and / or managing the IAM administration on behalf of the customer in its tenant environment. These options enable partners to focus on their strengths, while leveraging CA Technologies IAM knowledge and experience.

 

“Efficiently managing identities and their access across the hybrid enterprise with an eye toward the future is a complex and resource-intensive challenge for many of the organizations we work with today,” said Jeremy Britton, a director in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s security & privacy practice and its CA alliance leader.  “This is especially true with the large number of external users that businesses are now bringing into their applications. By combining an IAM service that can remove the hardware and operational burden with Deloitte’s application management offering, which provides the staff and knowledge to manage IAM administration, organizations can outsource their IAM function and apply resources to other areas to drive business growth.”

 

The latest release of CA CloudMinder is available today. Pricing starts with a base tenant set-up fee of $10,000 plus $5,000 per service. Monthly fees are based on the number and types of users (internal business users or external consumer users).

 

For additional information, please visit http://www.ca.com/mindyourcloud.

 

About CA Technologies

 

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services. Organizations leverage CA Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the data center to the cloud.  Learn more about CA Technologies at www.ca.com.

 

Follow CA Technologies

 

Twitter

Social Media Page

Press Releases

 

Legal Notices

 

Copyright © 2013 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. Microsoft, Office 365 and Active Directory are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. Some information and results identified above are based upon the speaker’s experiences with the referenced software product in a variety of environments, which may include production and nonproduction environments. Past performance of the software products in such environments is not necessarily indicative of the future performance of such software products in identical, similar or different environments. 
















































































































































Apigee Experiencing Over 200% Growth as Enterprises Embrace Apps


 

Apigee Redefines Big Data Analytics in the App Economy

 

Apigee Insights Empowers Organizations to Make Better Business Decisions by Analyzing Data from APIs, Apps, Social and Mobile Ecosystems – with Context

 

PALO ALTO, Calif. – February 12, 2012 –Apigee, the API company, today launched Apigee Insights, a big data analytics platform that lets organizations gain new business insights using "broad" data generated in the app economy. With Apigee Insights, businesses can connect and analyze potentially massive amounts of external data from APIs, apps, social, and mobile ecosystems, together with other data sources for context. Apigee Insights is the industry's first broad data platform that empowers organizations to get full visibility into customer, developer and partner behavior by integrating and analyzing all points of customer interaction -- from both inside and outside the enterprise.

 

"In the app economy, where business is often conducted through mobile and social channels, organizations no longer own -- much less control -- all the data they need to make accurate business decisions," said Chet Kapoor, Apigee CEO. "Every enterprise needs to rethink their data platform for this new world. Those that can capture, add context and analyze new broad data sources outside of the enterprise will succeed."

 

"With the introduction of Apigee Insights, along with our leading API platform, we now deliver a powerful complement of solutions to extend and optimize our customers' business success in the app economy," continued Kapoor.

 

New Sources of Data in the App Economy

As organizations increasingly interact with customers, developers and partners through mobile, social and other app experiences, the data it needs to understand is expanding beyond the enterprise core.  For example, when a company exposes its services through an open API, important customer interactions can happen in third-party apps across millions of mobile devices. Traditional data solutions are not designed for this dynamic new world, where the data can change continuously in volume, size and shape -- creating new requirements for accurate analytics.

 

"The information an enterprise typically collects – point of sales, procurement, even website data – is not enough anymore," said Anant Jhingran, Apigee vice president of products. "In this new world of apps and APIs, the real value of data - the interaction with customers - has moved one or two tiers away from the enterprise.  The more you know about the data in your app ecosystem, your 'broad' data, the better you’ll understand your business."

 

Apigee Insights is a highly distributed platform that stitches together data from a customer's API programs with data from internal systems and online data sources. It delivers in-depth analysis and performance with a multi-channel data aggregator, distributed processing engine, intelligent data storage, analytic accelerators and expert services. Apigee Insights is flexible enough to deal with the changing number, volume, size and sources of app economy data, and it enables customers to get near real-time feedback loop to test, experiment and rollout changes immediately.  It allows enterprises to gain insights through the entire app value chain or to focus specifically on the context of the app user, the app developer, or on information analytics.

 

Apigee Insights is specifically designed for the big, continuously changing and less structured broad data in the app economy. It can serve as a powerful stand-alone analytics solution or a complement to existing legacy data warehousing or ETL systems.

 

mBlox,  the leading global provider of B2C mobile engagement services, is using Apigee Insights to build a developer adoption model that combines multiple data sources such as its API access logs, app and API traffic, GitHub data and Google analytics for its developer Web pages.

"Apigee Insights takes API analytics to a completely new level," said Michele Turner, chief product officer at mBlox. "By combining data on our API usage with many other sources of data that enable broader usage context, we now have a much deeper understanding of what our developers need and how we can best optimize app development." 

 

Pricing and Availability

Apigee Insights is offered today as technology and services solution for an introductory price of $5,000 per month. It is available with "Analytic Accelerators" that include pre-defined data models and sample user interfaces to help customers quickly gain insights into their developer adoption, customer behavior and data usage.

 

For more information about Apigee Insights, visit the Apigee website at http://apigee.com/about/product/insights.

 

In another announcement today, Apigee announced that it is experiencing over 200 percent year-over-year growth as businesses increasingly expand their digital ecosystems into the app economy.  Apigee revealed that 30 percent of its new 2012 customers are listed on the Fortune 500 or Global 500 lists of the largest companies in the world.   

 

About Apigee

Apigee is the leading provider of API technology and services for enterprises and developers. Hundreds of companies including Walgreens, Bechtel, eBay, Pearson, and Gilt Groupe as well as tens of thousands of developers use Apigee to simplify the delivery, management and analysis of APIs and apps.  Apigee's global headquarters are in Palo Alto, California, and it also has offices in  Bangalore, India; London; and Austin, Texas. To learn more, go to www.apigee.com.

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Apigee Experiencing Over 200% Growth as Enterprises Embrace Apps

 

API Leader Closes Record Fiscal Quarter on Heels of Major Expansion in 2012 

 

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Feb. 12, 2013 – Apigee, the API company, today announced that it is experiencing over 200 percent year-over-year growth as businesses increasingly expand their digital ecosystems into the app economy. Apigee's fiscal quarter that ended January 31, 2013 set a record for the company in terms of both licenses and total revenues, coming on the heels of an unprecedented year of expansion and growth in 2012. The company's success has been fueled by the growing demand by businesses – including many of the world's largest companies -- to expand and innovate in the app economy. Apigee revealed that 30 percent of its new 2012 customers are listed on the Fortune 500 or Global 500 lists of the largest companies in the world.  

 

"Apps are becoming transformative to everything we do – dictating how we get information, shop and communicate with people -- and even our cars. This has catapulted us into an undeniable 'app economy,' said Apigee CEO Chet Kapoor.

 

"APIs are the nervous system of the app economy, and in the last year, we saw a significant uptick in businesses of all sizes delivering APIs to drive mobile strategies, create new revenue opportunities and spur innovation. In 2013, we look forward to aggressively broadening our API offerings to help customers drive ongoing business value from APIs and the apps built on them."

 

Today, 20 percent of the Fortune 100 and six of the largest 12 U.S. retailers use Apigee, including the largest drugstore chain in the United States, Walgreens. To learn more about how Walgreens is using Apigee, go to http://apigee.com/about/customers/walgreens-putting-api-around-their-stores.

 

Apigee experienced growth and expansion in many areas last year.  Major 2012 milestones included:

 

In another announcement today, Apigee launched Apigee Insights, a big data analytics platform that lets organizations gain new business insights using data generated in the app economy. For more information about Apigee Insights, go to the Apigee website at http://apigee.com/about/product/insights.

 

About Apigee

Apigee is the leading provider of API technology and services for enterprises and developers. Hundreds of companies including Walgreens, Bechtel, eBay, Pearson, and Gilt Groupe as well as tens of thousands of developers use Apigee to simplify the delivery, management and analysis of APIs and apps. Apigee's global headquarters are in Palo Alto, California, and it has offices in Bangalore, India; London, Austin and Detroit. To learn more, go to www.apigee.com.

 

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VMware to Acquire Virsto

VMware to Acquire Virsto

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 11, 2013) -  VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Virsto® Software, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of software that optimizes storage performance and utilization in virtual environments. 

"VMware is committed to continuing to deliver software innovations that bring significant efficiencies to our customers while simplifying infrastructure and IT," said John Gilmartin, vice president of storage and availability, VMware. "We believe that the acquisition of Virsto will accelerate our development of storage technologies, allowing our customers to greatly improve the efficiency and performance of storage in virtual infrastructure."

Organizations are looking for solutions to address the increasing complexity and cost of storage within virtual and cloud environments, particularly for virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), large software development and test centers and to support business-critical applications. Virsto provides breakthrough storage optimization technologies that improve storage performance and utilization in these environments. When implemented within a VDI, Virsto can reduce the cost of storage per desktop by as much as 70 percent. 

As part of its strategy to deliver the software-defined datacenter, VMware continues to invest and innovate to extend the benefits of virtualization to every domain in the datacenter -- compute, network, storage and the associated security and availability services. VMware has been at the forefront of innovations to storage in virtual environments, and the acquisition of Virsto will expand VMware's storage portfolio, which includes the storage virtualization and management capabilities of VMware vSphere® and the VMware vSphere Storage Appliance™. In addition, EMC Corporation plans to license the Virsto technology, extending the cooperative efforts between the two companies in storage architectures.

"VMware and Virsto share a highly aligned vision to remove complexity and increase efficiencies through virtualization," said Mark Davis, CEO, Virsto. "We are excited to combine forces with VMware to provide customers a more cost-effective, efficient, and agile storage architecture."

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition is scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2013 subject to customary closing conditions.

Additional Resources

  • Read VMware's John Gilmartin blog "VMware to Acquire Virsto Software" here
  • Read Virsto's Mark Davis blog "I Have a Dream" here
  • Connect with VMware on Twitter and Facebook

About Virsto
Virsto® Software Corporation changes the economics of storage in virtualized environments by improving utilization, increasing performance, and accelerating VM storage provisioning. Virsto reduces the cost and complexity of storage for VDI, test and development, business-critical application virtualization, cloud computing and other virtualization initiatives. Founded in 2007, Virsto is backed by leading Silicon Valley venture firms. For more information, visit www.virsto.com.

About VMware 
VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2012 revenues of $4.61 billion, VMware has more than 480,000 customers and 55,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

VMware, vSphere, and vSphere Storage Appliance are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Forward-Looking Statements 
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other things, statements regarding the consummation of the acquisition of Virsto, the planned integration of Virsto technologies with VMware product offerings, plans to license Virsto technology in conjunction with EMC Corporation and the prospective benefits to customers. These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) the satisfaction of closing conditions for the transaction; (ii) the successful integration of Virsto and VMware technologies; (iii) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (iv) delays or reductions in consumer or information technology spending; (v) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into the virtualization market, and new product and marketing initiatives by our competitors; (vi) our customers' ability to develop, and to transition to, new products and computing strategies such as cloud computing and desktop virtualization; (vii) the uncertainty of customer acceptance of emerging technology; (viii) rapid technological and market changes in virtualization software and platforms for cloud and desktop computing; (ix) changes to product development timelines; (x) VMware's ability to protect its proprietary technology; (xi) VMware's ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees and (vii) the ability to license Virsto technology on terms satisfactory to VMware and EMC. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and effect as well as other risks detailed in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that we may file from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. VMware assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

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VMware Introduces VMware vSphere(R) With Operations Management™ and VMware vSphere Data Protection™ Advanced

VMware Introduces VMware vSphere® With Operations Management™ and VMware vSphere Data Protection™ Advanced

New Offerings Help Organizations Achieve Greater Value From Their VMware vSphere Environments

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 12, 2013) - VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today introduced two new offerings to help customers further leverage their investments in VMware vSphere - VMware vSphere with Operations Management andVMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced.

"Increasingly, customers have standardized on VMware vSphere® as the core of their data centers," said Mike Clayville, vice president, product marketing, cloud infrastructure, VMware. "To help maximize the value of their investments in VMware vSphere, customers require purpose-built, integrated solutions to more efficiently manage, optimize and protect their virtualized environments. We've made it convenient for new and existing customers of VMware vSphere to enhance the core capabilities of their virtual infrastructure with vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™ and VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced™."

Today, VMware is announcing a new VMware vSphere product line that combines the industry-leading virtualization platform with the award-winningVMware vCenter Operations Management Suite. In addition, VMware is introducing a new edition of VMware vSphere Data Protection, the backup and recovery solution first introduced as part of VMware vSphere 5.1 in August 2012. With these new offerings, customers can:

  • Reduce Capex costs by up to 30 percent; (1)
  • Optimize capacity, improving utilization by up to 40 percent and consolidation ratios by 37 percent; (2)
  • Improve application availability and performance, cutting downtime by more than a third and reducing the time it takes to find and resolve problems by up to 26 percent; (2) and,
  • Reduce backup storage capacity by up to 95 percent and backup on network traffic by up to 99 percent. (3)

New Offerings Enhance Management, Backup Capabilities of VMware vSphere

  • VMware vSphere with Operations Management - Improve performance, health and utilization of virtualized environments
    VMware vSphere with Operations Management unites the leading virtualization platform for all applications, including business-critical and low-latency applications, with patented analytic capabilities to provide insight into the performance, health and efficiency of virtualized environments. By providing a simple, visual and holistic view of the entire environment, VMware vSphere with Operations Management allows customers to proactively monitor and maintain performance and improve availability while optimizing the virtual environment through integrated capacity planning. The VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite helps customers nearly double the operational savings they receive from VMware vSphere. 
    Learn more about VMware vSphere with Operations Management
  • VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced - Proven, efficient and simple backup solution built for VMware vSphere
    Developed for mid-sized VMware vSphere environments, VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced offers increased scalability and new backup and recovery capabilities for business critical applications specifically Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server. Based on EMC Avamar, VMware vSphere Data Protection delivers the most efficient backup solution with industry-leading deduplication, full support of Changed Block Tracking and single-step restores. Tight integration with VMware vSphere enables administrators to manage their virtual infrastructure, including back and recovery, from a single console. 
    Learn more about VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced

"VMware selected EMC Avamar software to provide the underlying technology for the introduction of VMware vSphere Data Protection," said Shane Jackson, vice president of marketing, EMC Backup Recovery Systems division. "Customers have enthusiastically adopted this solution, and they expect that we will continue to leverage the technology collaboration between EMC and VMware to deliver enhanced backup and recovery capabilities for customers. The introduction of VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced does just that by incorporating EMC Avamar features that can extend the value proposition for VMware customers. As a result, they gain an easy path to more scalability and additional support for business critical applications which are in demand in rapidly growing virtual environments."

Pricing and Availability 
VMware vSphere with Operations Management is expected to be available in Q1 2013, and will be offered in three editions: Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. Pricing starts at $1,745 per processer with no core, vRAM or number of VM limits. Go to VMware vSphere Pricing/Buy page. For a limited time, existing VMware vSphere edition customers will be able to upgrade to VMware vSphere with Operations Management editions or Acceleration Kits at 15 percent off the list price. New customers will be able to purchase VMware vSphere with Operations Management Acceleration Kits at 15 percent off the list price.

VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced is expected to be available in Q1 2013, and will be priced at $1,095 per processor with no restrictions on number of protected VMs per license. VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced is a separate, standalone solution that will be available for purchase a-la-carte and included with VMware vSphere with Operations Management Acceleration Kits (Enterprise and Enterprise Plus Editions). 
Go to VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced Pricing/Buy page

Additional Resources

About VMware
VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2012 revenues of $4.61 billion, VMware has more than 480,000 customers and 55,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

VMware, vCenter Operations Management Suite, vSphere Data Protection, and vSphere are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.

EMC and Avamar are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

(1) Forrester Consulting, "The Total Economic Impact Of VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite," December 2012 
(2) Management Insight Technologies, "The Benefits of VMware's vCenter Operations Management Suite," September 2012 
(3) EMC, "EMC Avamar: Deduplication Backup Software and Systems," March 2012

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Canadian Digital Media Network Adds Five More Ontario Innovation Centres to its Cross-Canada Network

Canadian Digital Media Network Adds Five More Ontario Innovation Centres to its Cross-Canada Network

WATERLOO REGION, ON, Feb. 12, 2013 /CNW/ - The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN)announced today that five more Ontario digital media innovation centres have been added to the CDMN's cross-Canada network. The additional 'nodes' on the network include: The Accelerator Centre Waterloo; Innovation Factory Hamilton; NORCAT Sudbury; NWO Innovation Thunder Bay; and WEtech Alliance Windsor. This brings the number of nodes located coast-to-coast on the CDMN network to 21.

"Thanks to an excellent climate of collaboration and the strong Ontario Network of Excellence program, Ontario boasts numerous digital media hubs and we're pleased to add five more to our national network," said Kevin Tuer, CDMN Managing Director. "These centres and the existing nodes are dedicated to furthering Canada's competitiveness in the digital economy by accelerating time to market for innovative ideas."

Here is a look at the unique focus of each of the new nodes:

Accelerator Centre, Waterloo: Located in the heart of Waterloo, the Accelerator Centre (AC) is a centre for the cultivation of technology entrepreneurship, dedicated to accelerating the creation, growth, and maturation of sustainable new technology companies.

Innovation Factory, Hamilton: Innovation Factory helps advance Hamilton's innovation community, serves as an expert resource for entrepreneurs and fosters connections across the community to accelerate growth for all.

NORCAT, Sudbury: The Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) is a leading private, non-profit organization that empowers clients, staff, and community partners to drive a culture of productivity, innovation, and life-long learning.

NWO Innovation, Thunder Bay: The Innovation Centre offers support to innovative entrepreneurs, businesses, and community projects in the region of Northwestern Ontario. The Centre looks to improve, enhance and invigorate a commercialization system in the region, and is a driving force to improve economic vitality.

WEtech Alliance, Windsor: WEtech Alliance is Windsor-Essex's Technology Accelerator; an industry-led non-profit organization focused on driving the growth and success of Windsor-Essex's technology centric companies & entrepreneurs through, mentoring, programs and connections. WEtech strives to identify, find solutions and foster the development of the technology industry and innovation sector, as well as companies who utilize technology.

Today's announcement follows addition in December, 2012 of Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centreand Tech South East (Moncton, N.B.) to the CDMN.

By joining the CDMN, nodes have at their disposal Canada's largest members-only online collaboration of commercialization resources, immediately expanding their client support capability while enabling national access to their regional resources. They also gain domestic and international market exposure for their organizations and client companies, and have access to unique services that enable their facilities and their clients to leverage proven regional programming and best practices of network members.

About The Canadian Digital Media Network
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), a federal Centre of Excellence in Commercialization and Research (CECR), is dedicated to establishing Canada as a world leader in digital media (ICT + mobile) by creating and enabling connections and collaboration between entrepreneurs, companies, research institutes, government and intermediary organizations across the country.  CDMN helps bring more digital media solutions to market to create more companies, jobs and wealth in Canada.

Learn more at www.cdmn.ca or follow @CDMN on Twitter, join the Canadian Digital Media Network Group on LinkedIn, and like the Canadian Digital Media Network Page on Facebook.

SOURCE: The Canadian Digital Media Network