New Survey Shows Secure Mobile Workstyles Driving Desktop Virtualization Demand

 

New Survey Shows Secure Mobile Workstyles Driving Desktop Virtualization Demand

 

SANTA CLARA, CA — December 7, 2011 — According to a new global market study commissioned by Citrix, securing the explosive growth of mobile workstyles is on pace to drive a significant spike in demand for desktop virtualization over the next two years.  Fifty-five percent of companies surveyed expect to roll out new desktop virtualization deployments for the first time by 2013, with 86 percent citing security as a primary driver. The top factors driving this growth included:

·         Secure access for mobile and user owned devices

·         Increased app and data security

·         Business agility for an increasingly mobile workforce

·         Simplified risk management

 

“Desktop virtualization delivers centralized control and management of desktops, applications and data delivered to any endpoint device. It also offers granular, policy-based access control and supports compliance requirements. It embeds an important infrastructure level of information governance that enhances risk management across information security and compliance,” said Kurt Roemer, chief security strategist, for Citrix.

 

Other key benefits identified by IT decision makers included the immediate provisioning and de-provisioning of app and desktop access at 60 percent, instant isolation of a compromised application at 54 percent, and the ability to remotely wipe data from mobile and PC devices at 32 percent.

 

Eighty six percent of those surveyed believe that desktop virtualization offers a strategic approach to improved information security, regardless of whether or not they intend to use desktop virtualization within their own organization.

 

Of the senior IT decision makers that will have desktop virtualization in place at the end of 2013, 95 percent believe it is very effective at protecting information while providing workers with fast and effective access to the information they require. Ninety seven percent said that they expect desktop virtualization to help their organization respond to new and emerging security threats.

 

Benefits at the Device Level

At a device level, 74 percent of senior IT decision makers envisage using desktop virtualization to instantly update an entire enterprise’s network of PC and computing devices and sixty six percent cite the secure delivery of applications and data as a critical security capability that led to their decision to implement desktop virtualization. Compliance requirements are also a key driver to adoption, with 61percent citing access management and 53 percent citing activity monitoring, logging and reporting as important capabilities delivered by desktop virtualization.

 

“As desktop virtualization has matured, and been implemented by organizations around the world, there is increasing recognition of the inherent information security benefits that it delivers,” stated Roemer. “Desktop virtualization is now regarded as a strategic investment that forms a fundamental part of an organization’s IT infrastructure.”

 

 

Benefits at the Infrastructure Level

Ninety one percent of senior IT decision makers implementing desktop virtualization say it is very effective at supporting compliance requirements. Eighty nine percent also say such solutions protect against the exposure of private data and data loss.

 

Centralized, granular policy control enabled by desktop virtualization allows IT to handle compliance proactively by allowing an organization to develop an appropriate information security strategy for its own industry, business needs and risk profile.

 

 

Related Links

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·  Whitepaper: Desktop virtualization and security: a global market research report

·  Expert Blog: Congratulations, Citrix – Security Organization of the Year!

·  Expert Blog: CLOUD2 Delivers Cloud Computing Recommendations to Obama Administration

·  Webpage: Citrix security solutions

·  Whitepaper: Five Customers Use Desktop Virtualization for Security

·  Whitepaper: Top 10 Reasons to Strengthen Information Security with Desktop Virtualization

 

 

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Sample size

The research for the Citrix Security Index was conducted independently by Vanson Bourne in October 2011, and is based on 1100 IT professionals across eleven countries. One hundred IT professionals were surveyed in each of eleven countries including: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, The Netherlands, UK and the USA. Three quarters of respondents were from organizations of 1000 or more employees, one quarter were from organizations of 500-999 employees.

 

 

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help people work and play from anywhere on any device. More than 250,000 enterprises rely on Citrix to create better ways for people, IT and business to work through virtual meetings, desktops and datacenters. Citrix virtualization, networking and cloud solutions deliver over 100 million corporate desktops and touch approximately 75 percent of Internet users each day. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.

 

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SYMANTEC REPORT: Behavioural Risk Indicators of Malicious Insider Theft of Intellectual Property

Symantec Releases New Research Revealing Psychology Behind Intellectual Property Theft by Corporate Insiders

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Dec. 7, 2011 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today released the findings of a new report “Behavioral Risk Indicators of Malicious Insider Theft of Intellectual Property: Misreading the Writing on the Wall”.  The report addresses the high level of organizational anxiety surrounding potential theft of sensitive, proprietary, intellectual property or similar critical data by employees.  It describes what is known about the people and organizational conditions which contribute to this risk. The research paper was authored by Dr. Eric Shaw and Dr. Harley Stock, experts in the fields of psychological profiling and employee risk management.

 

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“Most organizations are aware of the security threats posed by outsiders, but the malicious insider within their own ranks may pose an even greater risk,” said Francis deSouza, group president, Enterprise Products and Services, Symantec Corp.  “In this era of global markets, companies and government entities of all sizes are recognizing the ever-expanding challenges of protecting their most valuable asset—their intellectual property—from rivals.”

 

Theft of intellectual property costs U.S. businesses more than $250 billion per year and FBI reports confirm that insiders are a major target of opponent efforts to steal proprietary data and the leading source of these leaks. Based on a review of empirical research, Dr. Stock and Dr. Shaw have identified the key behaviors and indicators that contribute to intellectual property (IP) theft by malicious insiders.  The most compelling patterns observed include:

·         Insider IP thieves are often in technical positions - The majority of IP theft is committed by current male employees averaging about 37 years of age who serve in positions including engineers or scientists, managers, and programmers. A large percentage of these thieves had signed IP agreements.  This indicates that policy alone—without employee comprehension and effective enforcement—is ineffective.

·         Typically insider IP thieves already have a new job - About 65% of employees who commit insider IP theft had already accepted positions with a competing company or started their own company at the time of the theft.  About 20% were recruited by an outsider who targeted the data and 25% gave the stolen IP to a foreign company or country.  In addition, more than half steal data within a month of leaving.

·         Malicious insiders generally steal information they are authorized to access - Subjects take the data they know, work with and often feel entitled to in some way. In fact, 75% of insiders stole material they were authorized to access.

·         Trade secrets are most common IP type stolen by insiders - Trade secrets were stolen in 52% of cases. Business information such as billing information, price lists and other administrative data was stolen in 30%, source code (20%), proprietary software (14%), customer information (12%), and business plans (6%).

·         Insiders use technical means to steal IP, but most theft is discovered by non-technical employees - The majority of subjects (54%) used a network--email, a remote network access channel or network file transfer to remove their stolen data. However, most insider IP theft was discovered by non-technical staff members.

·         Key insider patterns precede departure and theft – Common problems occur before insider thefts and probably contribute to insider’s motivation. These precipitants of IP theft support the role of personal psychological predispositions, stressful events and concerning behaviors as indicators of insider risk.

·         Professional setbacks can fast-track insiders considering stealing IP - Acceleration on the pathway to insider theft occurs when the employee gets tired of “thinking about it” and decides to take action or is solicited by others to do so. This move often occurs on the heels of a perceived professional set-back or unmet expectations.

 

The report features pragmatic recommendations for managers and security personnel concerned with intellectual theft risk, including:

·         Build a Team:  To fully address insider theft, organizations need to have a dedicated team made up of HR, security, and legal professionals that create policies, drive training, and monitor problem employees

·         Organizational Issues:  Organizations need to evaluate whether they are at greater risk due to inherent factors—employee morale, competitive risk, adversary operations, local overseas, use of local contractors, etc.

·         Pre-Employment Screening:  The information collected during this process will help hiring managers make informed decisions and mitigate the risk of hiring a “problem” employee.

·         Policies and Practices:  This is a checklist of specific policy and practice areas that should be covered within an organization’s basic governance structures.

·         Training and Education:  These are essential to policy effectiveness since policies and practices that are not recognized, understood and adhered to may be of limited effectiveness. For instance, most IP thieves have signed IP agreements.  Organizations should have more direct discussions with employees about what data is and is not transferrable upon their departure and the consequences for violating these contracts

·         Continuing Evaluation:  Without effective monitoring and enforcement, compliance will lapse and insider risk will escalate.

 

In addition, Symantec recommends:

·         Preempt IP theft by flagging high-risk insider behavior with a security technology like Data Loss Prevention (DLP).

·         Implement a data protection policy that monitors inappropriate use of IP and notifies employees of violations, which increases security awareness and deters insider theft.

·         Alert managers, HR, and security staff when exiting or terminated employees access and download IP in unusual patterns with a file monitoring technology like Data Insight.

 

Dr. Eric Shaw aids corporate and government organizations in the investigation of insider cases, insider research, employee risk assessments, and the evaluation of organization insider risk.  He also helps these organizations develop training in the area of insider security awareness.  Dr. Shaw is a clinical psychologist and a former intelligence officer.  He has served as an expert witness on insider-related litigation including representing the Department of Justice in a recent Anthrax case.  He is president of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Limited. located in Washington DC.  Dr. Shaw also specializes in the psycholinguist risk and holds eight patents on psychological content analysis software designed to locate, assess, and monitor disgruntled at-risk for insider activity.  He is a professorial lecturer at the Elliot School of International Affairs of George Washington University and a behaviorial consultant Stroz Friedberg Incorporated, an international corporate investigations and computer forensic fraud.

 

Dr. Harley Stock is a managing partner with the Incident Management Group (IMG). Dr. Stock's specialty is high risk threat assessment in the workplace. Dr. Stock and his group have developed a comprehensive violence prevention program using forensic psychology, linguistic analysis, protective security and deployment of innovative labor and legal strategies to resolve individual cases and executive preventive programs. IMG threat management services are routinely used by Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. government.  Dr. Stock guides clients through the intricacies of case handling and presents decision makers with security and psychological assessment strategies and a range of practical management options.   He is one of 250 board certified forensic psychologists in the U.S.

 

Resources

·         Podcast: Psychology of Insider Theft

 

Connect with Symantec

 

About Symantec

Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.  Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

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Dell Research Reveals Canada Has Room for Growth In Consumerization of Technology In The Workplace

 

Dell and Intel Global Research Reveals Canada Has Room for Growth In Consumerization of Technology In The Workplace

 

·         Seven in ten employees would choose to work for an organization that offers the latest technology

·         Less than a third (31 per cent) of Canadian employees has the ability to influence the choice of technology provided by their employer

·         Older employees have a greater appreciation for technology as a business enabler

·         Nearly half of Canadian employees feel overloaded with work and one in four feels threatened by outsourcing

 

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Toronto, Ontario, Dec. 7, 2011 – Shifts in technology are not only changing the way Canadians work and do business, they are also changing workplace dynamics, presenting  new opportunities and challenges to employers and employees, according to a new study released today by Dell and Intel. Findings from the Phase 2 of the Evolving Workforce Research Program, highlighted the responses of employees to major evolving workforce trends.

 

Based on responses from 8,360 interviews with employees worldwide, including 500 Canadians, Report #2: The Workforce Perspective highlights employee attitudes towards new working practices and technologies, emerging approaches to measuring productivity, the role technology plays as a business and innovation enabler as well as the potential schisms between employers and employees and between workers with differing levels of technology expertise. Among the key findings of the report are:

 

·         Have a Say on Technology: Nearly a third (31 per cent) of Canadian workers has the option to influence or choose the type of computer or technology their employer provides, but there is still room for growth. While this number is higher than in many other developed countries such as the U.S. (29 per cent), the UK (27 per cent) or France (28 per cent), Canada still lags emerging markets in consumerization of IT such as China (59 per cent), Mexico (57 per cent) and Brazil (50 per cent). The freedom of an employee to choose the technology used in the workplace is more common in the private sector than in the public sector (36 per cent vs. 20 per cent) and with small to medium size business vs. large enterprises (40 per cent vs. 27 per cent). Interoperability between devices is more important (40 per cent) than having a single technology device to meet all work needs (36 per cent).

 

·         Technology and Talent: Employers who vie for top talent should take note of the role technology plays in attracting and retaining employees. Seven in ten Canadian professionals admit they are attracted to work for a company that offers the latest technology. This is true for respondents across all age groups. At the same time, nearly four in ten (41 per cent) of respondents cited IT problems as a frustration in their daily working life.

 

·         Technology as a Business Enabler: Aligned with global perception, 84  per cent of Canadian employees agree that the Internet and technology are creating opportunities to do business in different ways. Interestingly, awareness of technology as a business enabler is more prevalent (90 per cent) among older employees (55-64) who likely have experienced a pre-Internet era workplace versus the younger generation (70 per cent of 18-24s) who grew up with the web. On the downside, these technological advances also surface a sense of insecurity. About one quarter (23 per cent) of Canadian respondents fear outsourcing as a threat to their role and 28 per cent perceive it as a threat ten years from now. This notion is more pervasive among those working in large enterprises (29 per cent) than SMB workers (16 per cent).

 

·         Trust in the Workplace: While an overwhelming majority of Canadian employees (90 per cent) feel trusted to use company’s resources responsibly, about a third of respondents believe employers monitor their emails (30 per cent) and their time (39 per cent) during the day. This perception is more prevalent among workers in large enterprises than in SMBs. Thirty eight percent of employees in large enterprises believe their email is monitored and nearly half (47 per cent) think their employers monitor time. This is compared to 22 per cent and 35 per cent for SMB employees respectively. 

 

·         Work-Life Balance: Although technology enables more flexibility in the workplace and productivity is now measured by outputs rather than time spent at work for 75 per cent of Canadian employees, many of them still find it challenging to manage the work-life balance. More than four in ten (43 per cent) respondents find it difficult to switch off from work during their free time and nearly half (48 per cent) believe they have too much work on their plate to complete in a traditional 9-to-5 schedule.

 

The Evolving Workforce Research is a series of three studies that have been commissioned in response to these challenges as well as to predict some of the key trends that will shape how IT will support the workforce in the years ahead. Working with TNS Global Research, this quantitative phase of the research comprised a 20-minute survey speaking directly to the working consumer in 11 countries. A total of 8,360 interviews were conducted in October 2011, including 500 from across Canada.

 

The first phase of the research introduced seven key trends or hypotheses to a group of influential global experts – including senior technologists, analysts, consultants, journalists, HR/recruitment professionals, advisers, architects/designers, futurists and organizational psychologists – who came together to offer commentary and predictions on the implications of these trends for workers and organizations as well as IT departments. 

 

Quotes:

“As technologies continue to evolve and individuals become more sophisticated in their usage, so too will their desire to transfer these experiences to the workplace to be more productive and effective,” said Paul Cooper, country manager, Dell Canada . “The results of this research demonstrate the growing correlation between access to the right technology in the workplace and employee satisfaction, productivity and innovation. Organizations that vie for top talent should embrace the consumerization of IT phenomenon and assess how best to adapt to meet growing employee demands.”    

 

Additional Information:

The Evolving Workforce Research Program

Direct2Dell

Enterprise Efficiency

Dell Storify

Facebook Dell Enterprise

Dell Slideshare

Dell Google+

Join the conversation on Twitter @Dell and @DellEnterprise using #workforce

 

About Dell:

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. For more information, visit www.dell.ca.

 

Contact Information

Media Contacts:

Gal Wilder/

Melissa Lee

Cohn & Wolfe

416-924-5700

gal.wilder@cohnwolfe.ca

melissa,lee@cohnwolfe.ca

Janet Fabri

Dell

416-758-3398

janet_fabri@dell.com

 

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Avema's partner proposition for BYOD and mobile device management

                                                                       
NEW CHANNEL PROGRAM ENABLES VARS TO TAP INTO MOBILE SECURITY MARKET

T
oronto, Canada, December 6th, 2011:  Avema Critical Wireless announced a new channel program for value-added resellers (VARS) that will enable them to leverage Avema’s expertise and tap into the growing mobile security market.  Through Avema’s Partner Program, VARS can provide mobile device management (MDM) services to their clients.
 
With the significant computing power and capabilities of smart phones and tablets, employees are often using them like portable computers.  As increasing volumes of sensitive corporate data are being stored on these devices, it’s becoming essential to be able to secure them.  Just like a portable computer, a smart phone becomes a point of entry into the corporate network.  Companies would never consider allowing an unsecured computer to access their network.  However, employees are frequently accessing corporate information with their mobile device, sometimes without the sanction or knowledge of their employer.
 
Mobile security through an MDM solution is no longer an option, but a necessity.  Avema’s Partner Program enables VARS to tap into this expanding market with solutions that address the client’s specific needs.  With so many available MDM vendors, resellers can draw on Avema’s vendor-neutral expertise to help clients develop the solution that meets their security requirements. 
 
“Corporations are looking to their service providers for advice on mobile device security,” said Roger Yang, CEO of Avema Critical Wireless.  “Our goal is to help our partners succeed in delivering the solutions that their customers need.”
 
Through Avema’s Partner Program, VARS can either resell the MDM solution or garner a lead-based commission.  To become a member of the Avema Partner Program, please go to http://www.avema.com/partners.html or call 416-364-5711.
 
About Avema Critical Wireless
 
A pioneer in telecom and wireless cost optimization, and a leader in mobile device management deployment, Avema’s expertise has helped hundreds of organizations including Suncor, RBC and Spectra Energy.  Avema’s software and managed services helps large organizations to clearly understand their telecom and mobile costs, rid themselves of manual administrative chores, address their mobile security needs and free up more time to focus on higher value strategic work. For more information visit www.avema.com

Contact Information:

 

Avema Corporation

Roger Yang

Chief Executive Officer

 

Upstream PR

Carrie Davis-Sydor

Xplornet Conducts Successful Trials of Alvarion(R) 4Motion TD-LTE Capability


Xplornet Conducts Successful Trials of Alvarion® 4Motion TD-LTE Capability

A Broadband Breakthrough for Rural Canada - First Canadian Demonstration of TD-LTE using 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz Frequencies

WOODSTOCK, NB and WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 8, 2011 /CNW/ - Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's leading provider of rural broadband services and Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), a provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions addressing the connectivity, capacity and coverage challenges of public and private networks, today announced that Alvarion's 4Motion® solution supporting TD-LTE was successfully tested in the 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz frequency bands. The trials were the first in Canada to demonstrate a seamless TD-LTE option over existing WiMAX infrastructure, offering a smooth migration path from WiMAX to TD-LTE technology based on a software-defined radio solution from Alvarion.

The trial in 3.5 GHz was conducted using the same 3.5 GHz spectrum band that Xplornet uses for existing deployments, demonstrating the opportunity to leverage Xplornet's existing 3.5 GHz WiMAX network. The trial in 2.5 GHz, which took place at Xplornet's Canadian facilities, was conducted under a development license issued by Industry Canada.

Xplornet tested the network for outdoor coverage from 5 to 12 km away from the transmitting station and realized high-speed, uninterrupted access to applications such as high-bitrate streaming media and online video conferencing. The TD-LTE network displayed good results with high quality, low latency and system stability.

"This represents a breakthrough for rural broadband," said John Maduri, CEO of Xplornet Communications Inc. "With licensed spectrum, this technology combines the reliability of a WiMAX solution in relevant frequency bands with a path to participate in the TD-LTE ecosystem of the future to provide a state of the art broadband solution for rural Canada."

Mr. Maduri further added: "Technically-speaking, how we deploy spectrum - a public resource - is important in our rural market. TD-LTE, as compared to the traditional approach, uses spectrum more efficiently for broadband use, which allows for more robust download speeds than could be offered with equal spectrum on FD-LTE. Ultimately, this more efficient approach to spectrum will better support video-streaming, drive more choice and offer better value for our end consumers."

"We are committed to responding to the unique needs of rural broadband operators, which include the flexibility to take advantage of the full scope of the 4G device ecosystem as it evolves," said Eran Gorev, president and CEO of Alvarion. "Xplornet is bringing advanced broadband capabilities to every Canadian province and territory and we are proud to support their efforts with a 4G platform that will meet their needs today and into the future as well."

About Xplornet Communications Inc.
Headquartered in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Xplornet Communications Inc. (formerly Barrett Xplore Inc.) is Canada's leading rural broadband provider.  We believe everyone should have access to the transformative benefits of broadband, so we make our service available everywhere in Canada, including the hard to reach places.  We overcome the challenges of Canada's vast geography through our deployment of Canada's first national 4G network, which leverages both fixed-wireless towers on the ground and next-generation satellites in space.  Our customers live in the farthest reaches of the country and just outside of major urban centres, and through our coast-to-coast network of local dealers we connect them to all that the Internet offers.  Xplornet is high-speed Internet - for all of Canada.
(www.xplornet.com)

About Alvarion
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR) provides optimized wireless broadband solutions addressing the connectivity, capacity and coverage challenges of telecom operators, smart cities, security, and enterprise customers.  Our innovative solutions are based on multiple technologies across licensed and unlicensed spectrums.
(www.alvarion.com)

Investor Contacts:

Lior Shemesh, CFO
+1.760.685.2007
lior.shemesh@alvarion.com 

Press Contacts:

In the U.S.: John Conrad
+1.703.390.1538
conrad@merrittgrp.com


Claudia Gatlin
+1.212.830.9080
claudia.gatlin@alvarion.com

In the U.K.: Bridget Fishleigh
44. 7946.342.903
bridget@nomadcomms.com

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current expectations or beliefs of Alvarion's management and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: potential impact on our business of the current global recession, the inability of our customers to obtain credit to purchase our products as a result of global credit market conditions, the failure to fund projects under the U.S. broadband stimulus program, continued delays in 4G license allocation in certain countries; the failure of the products for the 4G  market to develop as anticipated;, Alvarion's inability to capture market share in the expected growth of the 4G market as anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive reasons or failure to execute in our sales, marketing or manufacturing objectives; the failure of the Alvarion's strategic initiatives to enable Alvarion to more effectively capitalize on market opportunities as anticipated;  inability to further identify, develop and achieve success for new products, services and technologies; increased competition and its effect on pricing, spending, third-party relationships and revenues; as well as the inability to establish and maintain relationships with commerce, advertising, marketing, and technology providers and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's 20-F Annual Report Risk Factors section as well as in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Information set forth in this press release pertaining to third parties has not been independently verified by Alvarion and is based solely on publicly available information or on information provided to Alvarion by such third parties for inclusion in this press release. The web sites appearing in this press release are not and will not be included or incorporated by reference in any filing made by Alvarion with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which this press release will be a part of.

You may request Alvarion's future press releases by contacting Sivan Farfuri, Sivan.farfuri@alvarion.com or +972.3.767.4333. For more information visit the Investor section of the Alvarion website at http://www.alvarion.com/index.php/en/investors

Alvarion®, its logo and certain names, product and service names referenced herein are either registered trademarks, trademarks, trade names or service marks of Alvarion Ltd. in certain jurisdictions.  All other names are or may be the trademarks of their respective owners. "WiMAX Forum" is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum. "WiMAX," the WiMAX Forum logo, "WiMAX Forum Certified" and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum.

For further information:

Media Inquiries: please contact:
Jeff Hecker, Director, Marketing Communications and Public Relations
(905) 944-7969

Call for the introduction of fiscal measures to help bring innovations to market


Call for the introduction of fiscal measures to help bring innovations to market

MONTREAL, Dec. 8, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec Technology Association (AQT, www.aqt.ca) has made the Quebec Minister of Finance and Revenue aware of the critical importance of ensuring that budget measures take the realities of the ICT sector (Information and Communications Technologies) into consideration.

"We believe it is essential to develop measures that address the greatest challenge facing our industry today - bringing innovations to market, stated Nicole Martel, CEO of AQT. Urgent action is needed to achieve new heights in growth."

Quebec Government support over the last decade, provided through R&D assistance programs, has allowed businesses in our sector to develop solutions that have helped them establish a global reputation for innovation. However, if a company is to succeed on the market, it must be prepared to invest several times more in the marketing phase than it did in the R&D phase.

"Sixty percent of companies never make it to the growth phase. This means that, in most cases, start-up funding provided by the Quebec government and both private and institutional investors leads to a dead end!" explained Michel Lacasse, Chairman of the AQT Board of Directors.

Consequently, in its capacity as industry spokesperson, the AQT recommends the following measures for both local and international markets:

  • The introduction of fiscal measures to help bring innovations to market would allow companies to optimize the impact of private and public funding by developing and deploying sustained marketing strategies, and investing in marketing and sales.
  • These measures could include R&D credit extensions or even venture loans to maximize direct and indirect benefits for taxpayers.

The ICT industry is a jewel of the Quebec economy. Companies in this sector are active across every sphere of economic activity and employ more than 130,000 people.

About the Quebec Technology Association (AQT) www.aqt.ca

The Quebec Technology Association (AQT, www.aqt.ca) represents the leaders of growth-oriented small and medium-sized Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) companies across Quebec that employ between 4 and 1,000 employees. The AQT Growth Accelerator gives them access to best practices in management and marketing, and connects them with a vast business network. The AQT is a self-sustaining entity with more than 500 ICT member companies and affiliate members.

For further information:

AQT - Valérie Danger, 514 874-2667 or vdanger@aqt.ca


EMC Drives Evolution of Big Data Analytics and Business Agility with Breakthrough Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform

EMC Drives Evolution of Big Data Analytics and Business Agility with
Breakthrough Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform

Delivers Game-Changing Combination of a Relational Database with Hadoop
Processing and a Social Network for Collaboration Among Data Science
Teams

News Summary:

* EMC® Corporation (NYSE:EMC) today announced the industry’s
next-generation platform to support Big Data analytics – the EMC
Greenplum™ Unified Analytics Platform
(http://www.greenplum.com/products/greenplum-uap)(UAP), combining
co-processing of structured and unstructured data with a productivity
engine and social network that shatters current barriers and enables
collaboration among data science teams.
* The new EMC Greenplum UAP
(http://www.greenplum.com/products/greenplum-uap) fuses three
Greenplum products into the industry’s only unified offering to
support Big Data analytics: 1) the award-winning EMC Greenplum database
for structured data; 2) the enterprise Hadoop offering EMC Greenplum HD,
for the analysis and processing of unstructured data; and 3) EMC
Greenplum Chorus™, which acts as a productivity engine and social
network for data science teams.
* EMC Greenplum Chorus (http://www.greenplum.com/products/chorus) opens
data science teams up to an entirely new way to collaborate across
dispersed geographies and with very large data sets. Through the Chorus
interface, users get ready access to tools, data and supporting
resources that enable enterprise-wide Big Data productivity.
Frictionless and rapid collaboration across data science teams helps to
ensure useful insights get back to the business in time to take the
right actions, thus increasing agility and innovation.
* Greenplum UAP is the foundation of a data analytics strategy that
enables organizations to be far more disciplined and proactive with
their most valuable asset, data. Across sectors, it helps organizations
achieve the operational and business agility (previously achieved by
Web-scale companies) required to compete effectively in the era of Big
Data.

Full Story:

HOPKINTON, Mass. – December 8, 2011 – EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC)
today unveiled the industry’s next-generation platform to support Big
Data analytics – the EMC Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP).
Greenplum UAP is a single, unified data analytics platform that is
extensible to other tools and uniquely able to support the analytics
process by facilitating the discovery and sharing of insights from Big
Data, in turn leading to greater business value than ever before.

Like many top Web-scale companies before them, mainstream businesses
are starting to catch the Big Data analytics wave, recognizing data as
the key enabler of business agility – the ability to adapt rapidly,
proactively and cost efficiently to changes in the business environment.
Traditional business intelligence (BI) tools typically crunch numbers to
report what happened in the past and why. In the era of Big Data, new
technologies like the Greenplum UAP and the emerging discipline of data
science help organizations achieve an unprecedented degree of foresight
and business agility.

Top Internet companies have set new standards for organizations that
want to reap the benefits of Big Data analytics by anticipating the
future through advanced or predictive analytics and then rapidly turning
that insight into action. The results include greater customer intimacy
and responsiveness, highly agile operations, faster time-to-market and
new value creation. Across sectors,companies are preparing to bring
these capabilities into their organizations and start realizing the
benefits of Big Data analytics.

Why a Unified Platform?

Due to technology limitations, many companies approach Big Data
analytics as a “departmental science project.” This prevents the
broader organization from taking advantage of all of their data, systems
and people – and its ab
ility to become more data-driven and
competitive. Leading organizations know that if they are going to keep
pace with the fast-evolving data landscape, they must quickly update
their business intelligence infrastructure with Big Data technologies
and embed analytics into the core of every key business process.

Greenplum’s non-monolithic approach to Big Data analytics leverages
all of an organization’s data – structured and unstructured – and
includes next-generation tools to empower the data scientist and other
professionals who are increasingly part of the data science team. In
order to glean insight from massive volumes of data and take the right
actions, organizations need to do more than handle the co-processing of
structured and unstructured data. They also need to ensure that the
people who work with the data are able to iterate and collaborate on
datasets and be as productive as possible. EMC Greenplum Chorus meets
this need, offering a single interface for all an organization’s data
together with virtual databases for exploration and innovation, and
social collaboration for insight and analysis.

By providing the foundation for organizations to become data driven and
develop a data-centric culture, Greenplum UAP helps organizations
realize the full promise of business agility in the era of Big Data.
Greenplum UAP will be available in the first quarter of calendar 2012.

Supporting Quotes

Mike Brown, Chief Technology Officer, comScore

“We believe UAP will be transformational in the industry because it
will provide a unifying platform for powerful and agile analytics. The
seamless processing of the structured and unstructured data is critical
to driving rapid innovation that is required in today's environment. It
is the fusing of these multiple types of data at large scale that is
where the magic lies to drive innovation and agility in business
today.”

Julie Lockner, Senior Analyst, Vice President Data Management,
Enterprise Strategy Group

“EMC is leveraging Big Data analytics to drive business value for its
customers and prospects. With the introduction of the EMC Greenplum
Unified Analytics Platform, they are setting industry direction giving
data science teams a better way to accelerate the time to value for Big
Data. All the components necessary for a successful implementation are
available in Greenplum UAP. While everything is conveniently packaged in
a single platform, EMC is also providing open integration and APIs with
the customer’s tool vendor of choice. The beauty is that they are not
about locking customers into a single tool or technology stack. This,
combined with Greenplum Chorus, makes the company’s offer very
compelling.”

Scott Yara, Senior Vice President of Products, Greenplum, a division of
EMC

“There’s no mistaking it, the Big Data era has arrived. Everyone is
talking about it, everybody wants to do it but not everyone knows how.
We think that analytics are the key to success in the Big Data era. With
the introduction of the EMC Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform, EMC is
delivering the keys to helping organizations extract the most value out
of vast amounts of data and create more agile, data-savvy
businesses.”

From our Partners:
Click here
(http://www.emc.com/collateral/about/news/uap-partner-quotes.pdf) to
see Advanced Praise for EMC Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform

Additional Resources
* Connect with EMC via Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EMCcorp),
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/emccorp?ref=tsas), YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/emccorp), LinkedIn
(http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=44934&trk=anet_ug_grppro)
and Greenplum (http://www.twitter.com/greenplum)
* Read (http://www.greenplum.com/) about Greenplum
(http://www.greenplum.com/)
* Learn about updates toGreenplum Database 4.2
(http://www.greenplum.com/products/greenplum-database)
* Read about how EMC Delivers Industry’s First Unified Big Data
Analytics Appliance
(http://www.greenplum.c
om/news/press-releases/EMC-delivers-industrys-first-unified-big-data-analytics-appliance)
* For the latest industry news, research, webcasts and use cases
covering big data, analytics, and the data scientist community visit
theGreenplum Media Center (http://www.greenplum.com/media-center)

About Greenplum, a division of EMC

Greenplum, a division of EMC, is driving the future of Big Data
analytics with breakthrough products that harness the skills of data
science teams to help global organizations realize the full promise of
business agility and become data-driven, predictive enterprises. The
division's products include Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform,
Greenplum Data Computing Appliance, Greenplum Database, Greenplum
Analytics Lab, Greenplum HD and Greenplum Chorus. They embody the power
of open systems, cloud computing, virtualization and social
collaboration, enabling global organizations to gain greater insight and
value from their data than ever before possible.

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing.  Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted
and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com.

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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For more information contact:
Mike Martin/Michelle Chang
StrategicAmpersand
416-961-5595
mike@stratamp.com
michelle@stratamp.com


 

SAP to Accelerate Cloud Strategy with Acquisition of SuccessFactor

SAP to Accelerate Cloud Strategy with Acquisition of SuccessFactors

Creates Global Cloud Leader with World-Class Applications, Technology and Expertise; Gains Immediate Scale and Momentum in Fast-Growing Cloud-based Human Capital Management Segment

WALLDORF, Germany and SAN MATEO, California - December 03, 2011 -

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and SuccessFactors, Inc. (NYSE: SFSF) today announced that SAP’s subsidiary, SAP America., Inc., has entered into a definitive merger agreement with SuccessFactors, the market-leading provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions, pursuant to which a subsidiary of SAP would offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of SuccessFactors for $40.00/per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of approximately $3.4 billion. The acquisition will add SuccessFactors’ widely respected team and technology to SAP’s powerful cloud assets, significantly accelerating SAP’s momentum as a provider of cloud applications, platforms and infrastructure. The combination of SAP and SuccessFactors will establish an advanced end-to-end offering of cloud and on-premise solutions for managing all relevant business processes.

The SuccessFactors board of directors has unanimously approved the transaction. The per share purchase price represents a 52% premium both over the December 2nd closing price and the one month volume weighted average price per share. The transaction will be funded from SAP’s cash on hand and a €1 billion term loan facility.  The closing of the tender offer is conditioned on SuccessFactors stockholders tendering at least a majority of the outstanding shares of SuccessFactors common stock (on a fully diluted basis) and clearances by relevant regulatory authorities. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012 and be slightly dilutive to SAP’s Non-IFRS earnings per share in 2012 and accretive in subsequent years.

The acquisition marks another stride in SAP’s strategy of delivering solutions on premise, in the cloud and on mobile devices.  It builds on a series of strategic moves in SAP’s targeted growth areas to drive innovation in its core applications and analytics; introduce breakthrough in memory technology; establish leadership in enterprise mobility; and grow its cloud portfolio. SuccessFactors’ solutions are highly complementary to SAP’s core HCM offerings as well as SAP’s strong cloud assets: SAP Business ByDesign for the suite cloud market and SAP’s line of business cloud offerings for large enterprises such as SAP Sales on Demand.

“The cloud is a core of SAP’s future growth, and the combination of SuccessFactors’ leadership team and technology with SAP will create a cloud powerhouse. The acquisition will help us address the top priority for CEOs globally – managing people and talent,” said Bill McDermott, Co-CEO, SAP.  ”Together, SAP and SuccessFactors will create tremendous business value for customers, with potent synergies to accelerate our growth in the cloud.”

“The depth and experience that SAP brings to customers via our cloud and on-premise portfolio fit elegantly with SuccessFactors’ world-class expertise in providing high-performing, low-cost, native cloud applications that customers are passionate about,” said Jim Hagemann Snabe, Co-CEO, SAP.  “Together, we will lead the industry in providing end-to-end solutions consistently to meet any deployment preference, whether on premise, in the cloud or on device.”

“This is a revolutionary combination of proven capabilities that will allow SuccessFactors to accelerate our roadmap by 10 years, and bring the world’s leading application knowledge and intellectual property to our customers through the cloud, and the largest applications customer base instantly,” said Lars Dalgaard, Founder and CEO, SuccessFactors. “Expanding relationships with SAP’s 176,000 customers with our speed to value, friendly user interface, on mobile devices and the web, and seamlessly delivering more SAP solutions in the cloud will be legendary, as organizations adopt the cloud to improve their business. SuccessFactors has proven we have the technology and people to deliver the world’s biggest cloud deployments in terms of users and countries per customer, and also the most applications per customer from the same flexible scalable cloud platform. The business world is ready for enterprise-class cloud applications and together, we can deliver incredible new innovation for global businesses.”

SuccessFactors is believed to operate the largest scale of paying cloud users with 15 million subscription seats. With more than 3,500 customers in 168 countries, SuccessFactors is growing rapidly, recording 77 percent revenue growth year-over-year in the third quarter 2011 and 59 percent revenue growth year-over-year in the first nine months of 2011.   SuccessFactors’ scalable cloud application platform supports organizations of all sizes from dozens to millions of users.  With proven deployments in SAP environments at companies in diverse industries, the combination of SuccessFactors and SAP holds significant growth potential considering the more than 500 million employees of SAP customers and its 15,000 HCM deployments.

With headquarters in San Mateo, California, and more than 1,450 employees, the SuccessFactors team is widely regarded for creating innovative technology, generating more than 80 percent of new sales from applications that did not exist five years ago, and as one of the fastest growing leaders in cloud applications.  Upon completion of the transaction, the CEO of SuccessFactors, Lars Dalgaard, will lead the cloud business of SAP in addition to his responsibility as CEO of SuccessFactors. SuccessFactors will remain independent and be named “SuccessFactors, an SAP company”. The chairman of SAP’s supervisory board, Hasso Plattner, recommended that Lars Dalgaard be appointed to the executive board of SAP AG.

SAP and SuccessFactors Customers to Benefit from Combined Application and Technology Footprint

  • The combination of SuccessFactors and SAP will create a comprehensive HCM solution, marrying strength in enterprise applications with people-focused cloud applications.
  • SuccessFactors’ complementary solutions will be an attractive option for more than 500 million employees of SAP customers. 
  • SuccessFactors’ applications are designed for businesses of all sizes, and offer easily adopted solutions for customers of SAP Business Suite, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business All-in-One, and SAP Business One.
  • SuccessFactors’ cloud expertise and know how, rapid cloud innovation and proven success running large scale cloud deployments will help SAP customers more rapidly adopt cloud applications.
  • SuccessFactors’ mobile applications combined with the mobile expertise of SAP and Sybase will offer customers a powerful business-to-employee mobility portfolio.
  • SuccessFactors’ focus on enabling business insight and execution fits well with SAP’s business analytics platform, promising new levels of real time decision making across the enterprise. 

Financial Analyst and Media Conference Call
SAP and SuccessFactors will host two conference calls for financial analysts and media to discuss the transaction:
On Saturday, December 3rd, at 7:00 pm CET / 1:00 pm Eastern (Dial-in numbers: Germany: +49 69 5899 90797, UK: +44 20 7190 1595, US: +1 480 629 9771; Replay numbers: UK +44 207 154 2833, US +1 303 590 3030, Germany +49 69 58 99 90 568, Access Code: 4493863#)
Listen to the Webcast

On Monday, December 5th, at 3:00 pm CET / 9:00 am Eastern (Dial-in numbers: Germany: +49 69 5899 90797, UK: +44 20 7190 1595, US: +1-480 629 9722, Conference ID: 4493869; Replay Numbers: UK +44 207 154 2833, US +1 303 590 3030, Germany +49 69 58 99 90 568, Access Code: 4493869#)
Listen to the Webcast

About SAP
As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 176,000 customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

Symantec Releases New Research Revealing Psychology Behind Intellectual Property Theft by Corporate Insiders

Symantec Releases New Research Revealing Psychology Behind Intellectual Property Theft by Corporate Insiders

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Dec. 7, 2011 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today released the findings of a new report “Behavioral Risk Indicators of Malicious Insider Theft of Intellectual Property: Misreading the Writing on the Wall”. The report addresses the high level of organizational anxiety surrounding potential theft of sensitive, proprietary, intellectual property or similar critical data by employees. It describes what is known about the people and organizational conditions which contribute to this risk. The research paper was authored by Dr. Eric Shaw and Dr. Harley Stock, experts in the fields of psychological profiling and employee risk management.


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“Most organizations are aware of the security threats posed by outsiders, but the malicious insider within their own ranks may pose an even greater risk,” said Francis deSouza, group president, Enterprise Products and Services, Symantec Corp. “In this era of global markets, companies and government entities of all sizes are recognizing the ever-expanding challenges of protecting their most valuable asset—their intellectual property—from rivals.”


Theft of intellectual property costs U.S. businesses more than $250 billion per year and FBI reports confirm that insiders are a major target of opponent efforts to steal proprietary data and the leading source of these leaks. Based on a review of empirical research, Dr. Stock and Dr. Shaw have identified the key behaviors and indicators that contribute to intellectual property (IP) theft by malicious insiders. The most compelling patterns observed include:

  • Insider IP thieves are often in technical positions - The majority of IP theft is committed by current male employees averaging about 37 years of age who serve in positions including engineers or scientists, managers, and programmers. A large percentage of these thieves had signed IP agreements.  This indicates that policy alone—without employee comprehension and effective enforcement—is ineffective.
  • Typically insider IP thieves already have a new job - About 65% of employees who commit insider IP theft had already accepted positions with a competing company or started their own company at the time of the theft.  About 20% were recruited by an outsider who targeted the data and 25% gave the stolen IP to a foreign company or country.  In addition, more than half steal data within a month of leaving.
  • Malicious insiders generally steal information they are authorized to access - Subjects take the data they know, work with and often feel entitled to in some way. In fact, 75% of insiders stole material they were authorized to access.
  • Trade secrets are most common IP type stolen by insiders - Trade secrets were stolen in 52% of cases. Business information such as billing information, price lists and other administrative data was stolen in 30%, source code (20%), proprietary software (14%), customer information (12%), and business plans (6%).
  • Insiders use technical means to steal IP, but most theft is discovered by non-technical employees - The majority of subjects (54%) used a network--email, a remote network access channel or network file transfer to remove their stolen data. However, most insider IP theft was discovered by non-technical staff members.
  • Key insider patterns precede departure and theft – Common problems occur before insider thefts and probably contribute to insider’s motivation. These precipitants of IP theft support the role of personal psychological predispositions, stressful events and concerning behaviors as indicators of insider risk.
  • Professional setbacks can fast-track insiders considering stealing IP - Acceleration on the pathway to insider theft occurs when the employee gets tired of “thinking about it” and decides to take action or is solicited by others to do so. This move often occurs on the heels of a perceived professional set-back or unmet expectations.

The report features pragmatic recommendations for managers and security personnel concerned with intellectual theft risk, including:

  • Build a Team:  To fully address insider theft, organizations need to have a dedicated team made up of HR, security, and legal professionals that create policies, drive training, and monitor problem employees
  • Organizational Issues:  Organizations need to evaluate whether they are at greater risk due to inherent factors—employee morale, competitive risk, adversary operations, local overseas, use of local contractors, etc.
  • Pre-Employment Screening:  The information collected during this process will help hiring managers make informed decisions and mitigate the risk of hiring a “problem” employee.
  • Policies and Practices:  This is a checklist of specific policy and practice areas that should be covered within an organization’s basic governance structures.
  • Training and Education:  These are essential to policy effectiveness since policies and practices that are not recognized, understood and adhered to may be of limited effectiveness. For instance, most IP thieves have signed IP agreements.  Organizations should have more direct discussions with employees about what data is and is not transferrable upon their departure and the consequences for violating these contracts
  • Continuing Evaluation:  Without effective monitoring and enforcement, compliance will lapse and insider risk will escalate.

In addition, Symantec recommends:

  • Preempt IP theft by flagging high-risk insider behavior with a security technology like Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
  • Implement a data protection policy that monitors inappropriate use of IP and notifies employees of violations, which increases security awareness and deters insider theft.
  • Alert managers, HR, and security staff when exiting or terminated employees access and download IP in unusual patterns with a file monitoring technology like Data Insight.

Dr. Eric Shaw aids corporate and government organizations in the investigation of insider cases, insider research, employee risk assessments, and the evaluation of organization insider risk. He also helps these organizations develop training in the area of insider security awareness. Dr. Shaw is a clinical psychologist and a former intelligence officer. He has served as an expert witness on insider-related litigation including representing the Department of Justice in a recent Anthrax case. He is president of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Limited. located in Washington DC. Dr. Shaw also specializes in the psycholinguist risk and holds eight patents on psychological content analysis software designed to locate, assess, and monitor disgruntled at-risk for insider activity. He is a professorial lecturer at the Elliot School of International Affairs of George Washington University and a behaviorial consultant Stroz Friedberg Incorporated, an international corporate investigations and computer forensic fraud.


Dr. Harley Stock is a managing partner with the Incident Management Group (IMG). Dr. Stock's specialty is high risk threat assessment in the workplace. Dr. Stock and his group have developed a comprehensive violence prevention program using forensic psychology, linguistic analysis, protective security and deployment of innovative labor and legal strategies to resolve individual cases and executive preventive programs. IMG threat management services are routinely used by Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. government. Dr. Stock guides clients through the intricacies of case handling and presents decision makers with security and psychological assessment strategies and a range of practical management options. He is one of 250 board certified forensic psychologists in the U.S.


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Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

MD Physician Services receives Conditional Approval for Ontario EMR Specification 4.0

MD Physician Services receives Conditional Approval for Ontario EMR Specification 4.0

OTTAWA, Dec. 7, 2011 /CNW/ - MD Physician Services Software Inc. has received Conditional Approval for Ontario EMR Specification 4.0 from OntarioMD for PS Suite® EMR 5.2.

PS Suite EMR, the number one ranked EMR for funded physicians in Ontario by market share, received this Conditional Approval after completing rigorous evaluation of  its 5.2 release against the EMR Specification 4.0 requirements. Reference site testing of the release is currently underway with Funding Eligible status expected in early 2012.

"We are extremely pleased with achieving this key milestone," states Paul Mason, president of MD Physician Services Software Inc.  "With the 5.2 release, we are confident that PS Suite EMR will continue to be the strong market leader in Ontario. Designed and written by physicians, for physicians, it is a flexible clinical management solution that improves practice efficiencies and workflow in the delivery of quality healthcare."

PS Suite EMR 5.2 will be available for both local and ASP installations.

About MD Physician Services

MD Physician Services provides financial products and services, the MD family of mutual funds, investment counselling services and practice management products and services through the MD group of companies.  For a detailed list of these companies, visit md.cma.ca.

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