Cirrus Tech Improves its Private Virtual Servers Hosting Offering

Cirrus Tech Improves its Private Virtual Servers Hosting Offering

Toronto Hosting Company Enhances its VPS Hosting Services with Further Plesk 11 Integration and Expansion of OS Offerings

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Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) September 27, 2012

Cirrus Tech Ltd., a Toronto hosting company specializing in private virtual servers and virtual machine hosting, announces improvements to its VPS services. The enhancements include better integration with Parallels Plesk Panel 11 and a revamp of the operating systems available to customers running virtual private servers. This is in addition to Cirrus’ VPS hosting plans already offering customers instant provisioning, automated management, hardware independence and pay for what you use scalability.

Cirrus’ virtual private server hosting network recently upgraded in June to Parallels Plesk Panel 11 and the Canadian web host has further improved its integration with the award winning web hosting control panel. Cirrus customers running private virtual servers can now benefit from one bundle package that encompasses all Plesk components. The different modular components that Plesk offers, such as plesk-base, plesk-php and plesk-mailman amongst other options, are now all included in one package, making ordering and using Plesk features easier for users. The improved integration has also resulted in a more streamlined user experience for those running on Virtuozzo. Previously, compatibility issues with the Parallels Power Panel that is offered on Virtuozzo required manual adjustments. With the enhanced Plesk 11 integration, the configuration of power panel settings is automatic and allows VPS customers to use Power Panel concurrently with Plesk Panel 11 without any manual changes required.

In addition to the improved integration with Plesk 11, Cirrus VPS Linux server plans have also been supplemented with new operating systems. Virtual private server customers running on Linux now have access to openSUSE 11.4, openSUSE 12.1 and Ubuntu 12.04. With these newer operating systems, users get access to the most recent components, such as PHP and MySQL. Older OSes Debian 5 and Ubuntu 8 have been removed from Linux VPS hosting plans as they are no longer supported by Parallels for Plesk installations. As a Linux VPS host, Cirrus offers customers a variety of distributions, a flexibility that allows users to tailor their virtual private server environments to their specific needs and run the most up to date technology available. The revamped VPS plans also offer both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

“When it comes to our web hosting services, we are always on the look out for ways to make our offerings more flexible and in tune with the needs of our customers,” shares Cirrus CEO Ehsan Mirdamadi. “For this reason, we made our integration with Plesk 11 on VPS plans easier and more intuitive, and brought on board industry leading operating systems that offer the greatest wealth of features and benefits to our users.”

To find out more about Cirrus’ Windows and Linux VPS hosting services, visit them at http://www.cirrushosting.com or call 1.877.624.7787 Opt. 3

About Cirrus Hosting
Cirrus Tech Ltd. has been a leader in providing affordable, dependable VHS and VPS hosting services in Canada since 1999. They have hosted and supported hundreds of thousands of websites and applications for Canadian businesses and clients around the world. As a BBB member with an A+ rating, Cirrus Hosting is a top-notch Canadian web hosting company with professional support, rigorous reliability and easily upgradable VPS solutions that grow right alongside your business. Their Canadian data center is at 151 Front Street in Toronto.

All company names and products mentioned in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Gartner Says Alternative Offshore Locations for IT Services Are Emerging as Global Delivery Models Evolve

Gartner Says Alternative Offshore Locations for IT Services Are Emerging as Global Delivery Models Evolve

Analysts to Discuss Evolving Global Delivery Models at Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit 2012, October 8-9 in London

STAMFORD, Conn., September 27, 2012—

IT services providers are investing in delivery centers in alternative locations around the world in order to meet the needs of multinational corporations, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner believes that India’s dominant position as an offshore location is being diluted by effective alternative destinations as more and more countries are considered potential offshore or nearshore locations. 

In addition to the 30 leading global locations identified by Gartner,* analysts said that an additional 50  countries** have either started initial activities to establish an environment attractive to companies considering investing in lower-cost countries, or become home to external service providers that are beginning to sell services abroad. 

 “Business opportunities are growing in emerging markets, and this is causing organizations to reassess their global delivery choices,” said Ian Marriott, research vice president at Gartner. “They are reconfiguring their sourcing strategies to support a broader geographic footprint as new locations emerge for offshore services.”

Currently, 63 percent of buyers of IT services use Latin American locations, 55 percent use locations in EMEA and 63 percent use locations in Asia/Pacific. Table 1 shows the top three locations in each region. Western European buyers use predominantly India (35%), Poland (21%), Brazil (18%) and China (16%).

Table 1

Top Three Most Used Countries for Offshore IT Services by Region in 2012

Latin America

Percentage

EMEA

Percentage

Asia/Pacific

Percentage

Mexico

50.2

Poland

25.3

India

48.5

Brazil

46.8

Russia

19.2

China

45.9

Argentina

22.1

South Africa

16.6

Malaysia

13.9

Source: Gartner (September 2012)

Mr. Marriott said that new and emerging locations such as Brazil, Poland and Malaysia provide valuable additions to providers’ delivery capabilities, though providers do not intend them to replace India. Traditional India-based providers are establishing global delivery models to deliver the right volume of resources, with the right skills, at the right place, in the right time zone, and at the right price to meet the needs of customers. 

Gartner said that these additional locations will gain importance as customers seek benefits beyond cost reduction, and demand more focus on local-language skills, greater cultural compatibility with demand centers, and the benefits of proximity in terms of reduced travel times and same-working-day communications.

“Providers are beginning to de-focus further investments in India and will aim to create critical mass across a number of these centers,” said Mr. Marriott. “This will allow them to establish a global delivery network through a combination of common methodologies, tools, processes and procedures, to provide seamless and consistent delivery capabilities to their customers, wherever they are located.”

At the same time, the globalization of business and business opportunities means that sourcing and operational leaders must carefully consider how their businesses will need to change to operate in different locations, and how these changes can be best supported. 

To determine the effectiveness of a service provider’s global delivery model, Gartner uses 10 key criteria: (1) range of services; (2) quality and professionalism; (3) domain expertise; (4) responsiveness; (5) innovation; (6) pricing; (7) delivery process/methodology; (8) knowledge management; (9) contracting practices; (10) commercial flexibility and maturity.

“Despite the widespread use of offshore services, many organizations still struggle to make critical provider choices, and focus on cost as the dominant factor in globally delivered services,” said Mr. Marriott. “By focusing on 10 key criteria to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of the global delivery models of potential or incumbent providers they dramatically improve their chances of finding a provider that will meet their broader service needs.”

Mr. Marriott will discuss the current and future state of global delivery models at the Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit 2012, to be held from October 8 to 9 in London. More information is available at www.gartner.com/eu/outsourcing. Members of the media can register by contacting Laurence Goasduff at laurence.goasduff@gartner.com.

Additional information from the event will be shared on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Gartner_inc and using #GartnerOUT.

* Gartner's top 30 locations for offshore services, alphabetically by region, are:

  • Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay
  • Asia/Pacific: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam
  • Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA): Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Mauritius, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Turkey and Ukraine

** Additional locations with potential for offshore services are:

  • Americas: Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama and Puerto Rico
  • Asia/Pacific: Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore and Taiwan
  • EMEA: Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Croatia, Cyprus, Dubai, Egypt, Estonia, Ghana, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Moldova, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Uganda and Wales

 About the Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit 2012

Today’s outsourcing is all about meeting business needs by using the right products and services from the right providers in the right locations. CIOs and other senior IT staff and business leaders must strike a delicate balance between meeting business expectations, operating efficient and effective IT-enabled processes and operations, remaining agile and enhancing the customer experience. At the Summit, Gartner analysts will help them achieve business success through sourcing excellence, seize new opportunities through emerging technologies, and create stronger relationships with strategically important service providers.

Contacts:

Rob van der Meulen
Gartner
+44 0 1784 267892
rob.vandermeulen@gartner.com

Christy Pettey
Gartner
+1 408 468 8312
christy.pettey@gartner.com


About Gartner:
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is the valuable partner to clients in 12,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 5,000 associates, including 1,280 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. For more information, www.gartner.com.

Lenovo Partners with United Nations Secretary-General to Launch Global Initiative on Education

Lenovo Partners with United Nations Secretary-General to Launch Global Initiative on Education – Education First

 As a Founding Member of the Global Business Coalition for Education, Lenovo also Helps Launch Efforts of Business Community to Implement the Education First Initiative   
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 27, 2012: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City played an instrumental role in launching the United Nations Secretary-General’s ambitious and critical Education First initiative. As the second largest PC company in the world, Lenovo is also a founding member of the new Global Business Coalition for Education which today announced a joint commitment as part of Education First to send high-level business delegations to meet with the leadership of key countries in support of the organization’s mission to improve learning outcomes around the world.  

“Education is an essential ingredient for driving so many critical elements of our society, from a qualified workforce and economic growth to social justice and participatory forms of government,” said Tom Looney, vice president and general manager for Lenovo North America. “Companies today can no longer think in terms of short term gain, but must instead devote their resources to partnering with governments, academics and non-profit organizations to build sustainable, healthy societies and economies for the long term. The Education First initiative launched at the United Nations today represents the best of what we can accomplish by working together, and Lenovo is honored to be part of it.”
 
Education First, led by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, BAN Ki-moon, gathers a broad spectrum of world leaders and advocates who all aspire to use the transformative power of education to build a better future for all. The initiative aims to raise the political profile of education, strengthen the global movement to achieve quality education and generate additional and sufficient funding through sustained advocacy efforts. Education First will officially be launched on the margins of UN General Assembly by the Secretary-General and world leaders.
 
The Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Ed) - which today also announced its commitment to aid Education First efforts - brings together corporate leaders committed to delivering on the promise of quality education for all of the world’s children.
 
"For the first time, we are bringing together companies from across the globe to cooperate in using their core business assets, social responsibility and philanthropy portfolios to move the needle on education,” said Sarah Brown, chair of the GBC-Ed executive board. “The business community has been a missing link in helping us to meet our education goals and today represents a new direction to advance progress."
 
“Global Business Coalition for Education members believe that their core business assets, social responsibility and philanthropy, when used in collaboration with government and other stakeholders, can be a powerful tool for providing access to quality education and improving learning outcomes globally,” said Tom Looney. “Lenovo is proud to serve as a founding member of the organization, and we look forward to getting to work on behalf of the Coalition and other worthy efforts around the world.” 
 
Lenovo Aims to Advance, Enhance and Extend Education at All Levels
Lenovo’s work with the Global Business Coalition for Education and Education First are just the latest efforts by the company to improve learning outcomes around the world. As the world’s number one PC company in the education market, Lenovo has and continues to support an array of education related programs through the company’s industry leading products and technologies, community investments and program sponsorships. Instead of engaging in education-related philanthropy to merely improve the company’s reputation, Lenovo engages as an activist investor in education technology innovation. Working with government, non-profit and other corporate actors, Lenovo leads projects which ultimately create shared value within the markets where it operates.  The company’s investments build profound knowledge of the education sector and its challenges, while allowing it to imbue value in its devices for students and teachers.  Simultaneously, Lenovo’s direct investments immediately help local schools, national education systems and its research partners.  Lenovo advocates educational improvement not by making donations, but actively and purposefully engaging the global community.
 
Two innovative examples from the past year include Lenovo’s Space Lab initiative that enabled students worldwide to submit experiments through YouTube for a chance to see them conducted in space, and the company’s ground-breaking partnership with the National Academy Foundation to create and a deliver cutting edge curriculum designed to foster and develop interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education among high school students by teaching them how to create and market their own mobile apps.
 
 Lenovo Conducts Primary Research with University of Pennsylvania to Drive Education Innovation and Classroom Results

Since 2010, Lenovo has conducted and commissioned primary research on education technology focused on addressing two of the most prevalent problems in education today – improving learning outcomes and increasing the operational efficiency of schools. Today, Lenovo released the results of a yearlong study with the University of Pennsylvania that produced three reports on the subjects of virtual learning, student engagement and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education:
  • “Revealing Complex Interactions of Scientific Phenomenon at Multiple Levels: How Digitally Augmented Visualizations Can Enable Learning in a Science Museum” by Susan Yoon, associate professor of education and co-director of C4LS, Penn’s Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences
  • “What Makes Competitions Fun to Participate? The Role of Audience for Middle School Game Designers” by Yasmin Kafai, professor of education and of computer and information science, and co-director of C4LS, Penn’s Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences
  • “Hop, Skip, and Jump: A Pedagogical Progression to Promote Computational Thinking from Schoolyard Games to Block-Based Programming to Text-Based Programming” by Jean Griffin, director of computer science partnerships for Moelis Access Science, a program of Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships
Note: Research results will be made available to the public in the coming weeks.
 
"Penn and Lenovo have enjoyed a long-standing relationship that has its roots in providing high-quality technology products in support of world-class teaching, learning and research,” said Christopher Bradie, associate vice president of Penn’s Business Services Division, who worked with Lenovo to initiate this project. “The Lenovo Education Research Initiative allows us to broaden that relationship to include support for research initiatives designed to understand how we can use technology to better support the educational challenges and opportunities in our communities."
 
About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US30 billion personal technology company and the world’s second largest PC company, 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 has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, see www.lenovo.com.
 
About the University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, the country's first university, is an Ivy League institution with a distinctive past.  Its four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate and professional schools are located in Philadelphia on an attractive urban campus, a diverse community with more than 20,000 students from throughout the nation and around the world.  Ranked consistently among the top 10 national universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of “America’s Best Colleges,” Penn has a longstanding reputation for excellence in graduate and professional education, with a number of its graduate and professional schools ranked at or near the top in their fields. For more information visit www.upenn.edu.


Intel and its Partners Unveil Range of Tablet Designs and Experiences Running Windows* 8

Intel and its Partners Unveil Range of Tablet Designs and Experiences Running Windows* 8

Acer*, ASUS*, Dell*, Fujitsu*, HP*, Lenovo*, LG Electronics*, Samsung* and ZTE*
to Offer Host of New, Full-Featured Intel-Based Tablets

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
  • Intel-powered tablets and tablet convertibles offer users the best Windows* 8 experience and deliver a range of new features from enhanced media capabilities to security built for the enterprise.
  • Intel-based tablets with Windows 8 are optimized for mobility, provide support for the Windows user interface and maintain flexibility to support for the millions of existing applications, and a full range of devices and other full-featured peripherals such as printers.
  • New Intel® Atom™ processor Z2760 architected specifically for Windows 8 offers outstanding battery life, and always-on technology in sleek designs that are lighter, more responsive and enable a multitude of options for mobile users.


SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 27, 2012 – Intel Corporation and its OEM partners today unveiled the first wave of new tablets and tablet convertible designs based on Intel Core® vPro™, Intel® Core™ and Intel® Atom™ processors, including the new Atom processor Z2760 (formerly codenamed "Clover Trail").


The new Intel Atom processor-based devices provide consumers and business users with a wide choice of innovative, sleek and stylish designs with long battery life and class-leading performance. Additionally, they will be able to experience Windows* 8 while continuing to run all the programs they know and love.

"This is just the beginning of Intel's effort in the tablet market, and our goal is to deliver products that fit the spectrum of evolving needs of both consumers and business users without compromising on compatibility, experience or battery life," said Erik Reid, general manager, Application Processor Platforms for Intel's Mobile and Communications Group. "When people or corporations buy a device with Intel Inside®, they're getting the best of Windows 8 features with a computing experience that just works."

The Intel Atom Processor Z2760 allows for the thinnest, lightest tablets built on Intel® architecture -- as thin as 8.5mm and as light as 1.5 pounds - making carrying and storing a powerful tablet less cumbersome and more convenient.

As more and more people take their devices on-the-go, such considerations as battery life and size have become increasingly important, and devices using the Intel Atom Z2760 offer a full-featured tablet computing experience that doesn't compromise its performance over battery life. The dual-core, four-thread SoC provides exceptionally long battery life with more than 3 weeks of connected standby and more than 10 hours of local HD video playback.1

Tablets and tablet convertibles powered by Intel Atom processors and running Windows 8 deliver a highly intuitive and responsive experience using touch, keyboard and mouse or a pen, while providing capabilities such as Intel® Burst Technology, Intel® Hyper-threading Technology. Utilizing the multitasking capability of Intel architecture, people will experience incredibly fast response, allowing them to swiftly load and switch among their favorite applications.

Enhanced Security, Collaboration and Software Support in the Enterprise
Intel is enabling a choice of innovative mobile designs for the enterprise, including those powered by Intel Atom, Intel Core, and Intel Core vPro processors. Intel architecture provides corporations with the flexibility and compatibility they are used to, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) coupled with the personalized productivity that people crave.

Intel tablets with Windows 8 support the millions of existing applications, devices and full-featured components used within corporations and include the security and manageability features corporate IT managers demand. Additionally, these devices easily integrate into existing corporate infrastructures, providing the ability to join a domain, access shared network resources and run both new Windows Store apps and familiar Windows desktop applications side by side.

The Intel Atom Processor Z2760 tablets deliver the mobility and experience that business users desire and set a new bar for addressing IT demand for built-in security and manageability with Windows 8. The new Intel Atom Processor Z2760 is built to seamlessly integrate into a business computing environment. Intel Atom Z2760 offers Secure Boot and firmware-based Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT).

Intel Core processor-based tablets with Windows 8 will provide the intelligent performance and responsive power for the most productive and personalized employee experience. In addition, tablets based on the Intel Core vPro processors deliver the most comprehensive and flexible enterprise-class hardware-assisted security, manageability and virtualization capabilities for business computing.

With Intel vPro technology, Intel Core-based processors provide remote system access and management, regardless of power or OS state, and offer the most robust set of security features including Enhanced Intel® Anti-Theft Technology, Intel® Secure Key, Intel® OS Guard, Enhanced Intel® Identity Protection Technology, and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology.

Intel is actively engaged with a broad cross-section of the software ecosystem to provide the best experience possible for applications running on Intel-based devices. With over 7,000 member companies, the Intel® Software Partner program helps support optimization efforts by concentrating resources, references, and tools for software optimization into key Technology Focus Areas. Additionally, through the Intel® Software Network, developers can connect with communities, tools, training and events to help deliver more efficient, higher-performing software to the market more quickly.

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About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.

Intel, Atom, Core and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

1 Based on power measurements on a 10 inch Intel reference design at 200 nits with WiFi on, 30Wh battery.


TEDxVancouver Announces More Confirmed Speakers for 2012 Program


TEDxVancouver Announces More Confirmed Speakers for 2012 Program



"Confluence" to be theme for this year's event at the Orpheum Theatre

VANCOUVER, Sept. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - With TEDxVancouver 2012 just over three weeks away, the organization is thrilled to announce four additional speakers to its existing lineup. Two more rounds of speakers will be announced before TEDxVancouver 2012 takes place at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Vancouver on Sunday, October 21.

Presenters at TEDxVancouver are handpicked for their inspired thinking, and in the TED tradition, each is challenged to offer their audience an idea worth sharing in "the talk of their life" in 18 minutes or less. It is with great excitement that we present the next four speakers for TEDxVancouver 2012.

The following prolific speakers join John Bromley, Chen Lizra, Joel Solomon and Eric Winsborrow at TEDxVancouver 2012:

TEDxVancouver Speaker's Lineup 2012 (*Part 2 of 4):

Dr. Jean Carruthers - "Beneath the Surface of Botox"

Jean D. Carruthers, M.D., is Clinical Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where she specializes in facial cosmetic surgery. In 1987 her husband, Dr. Alastair Carruthers, and she pioneered the cosmetic use of botulinum A exotoxin ("Botox") that has since grown to become the most commonly performed cosmetic procedure in the world. She has been invited to give more than 200 presentations worldwide on topics in cosmetic surgery and has authored more than 250 scientific articles and book chapters. This spring, she and her husband Alastair were awarded the highest honour given by the American Academy of Dermatology - The Eugene Van Scott Award for Innovation and Philip Frost Leadership Award. Despite these accolades, the cosmetic use of Botox remains a contentious subject for many, and Dr. Carruthers has spent the better part of her professional career balancing the frank disbelief of her colleagues with the smiling faces of her loyal patients.

Dr. John Izzo - "Better Late Than Never: How a New "Grey Corps" Could Save Us All"

A provocative and passionate public speaker and thought leader, Dr. John Izzo consults and advises some of the most admired companies in the world. With a Masters degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in organizational communication, he has devoted his life and career to showing leaders how to create workplaces that bring out the best in people, and people who create the best workplaces. A best-selling author, he has taught at numerous prominent North American universities, and continues to conduct leading edge research on workplace values.  Dr. Izzo believes our society is at a pivotal moment in history where a surprise group of people might be poised to lead us towards meaningful change… if they answer the call.

Natacha Beim - "Why the Over-prepared Underachieve"

Recognized internationally as an educational leader, author, speaker, child advocate and parenting expert, Natacha is a strong believer in the power of a well-rounded education. In 1996, she founded CEFA Early Learning, a revolutionary, open-source educational approach rooted in the values of contribution and empathy. The enriched curriculum features a unique partnership of core subjects, such as reading and math with fine arts, including drama and yoga, providing children with the freedom to learn and grow through play. By empowering students to adapt to their surroundings, she provides an incredible opportunity to not only explore and learn, but to discover how they can contribute to the world.

Doug Schmitt - "It's a bird, it's a plane, no…. it's 5,000 Meteors."

Doug Schmitt is a Partner with Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, who has been practicing maritime law for over 32 years. Drawing on similarities in jurisdictional challenges, Doug has leveraged his legal expertise to indulge a long-standing scientific curiousity, becoming one of the world's leading experts in meteorite law.  A member of the Meteoritical Society, a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote the study of extraterrestrial materials, he sits on that organization's Working Group drafting the code of ethics for collecting and distributing meteorites. Doug's scientific and legal backgrounds position him ideally to offer insight from two distinct disciplines into a fascinating topic: the possible consequences for humankind of a failure to reach consensus on the issue of meteorite ownership.

TEDxVancouver's fourth annual event is taking place on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at the historic Orpheum Theatre. The event's theme, "Confluence", will explore the exponential merging of nature, humans, and technology that is propelling our collective awareness to incredible new levels.

HOW TO GET TICKETS TO THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM:

Interested attendees are invited to register to attend the October 21st event at www.tedxvancouver.com.  The conference will be accompanied by a select offering of optional pre- and post-event activities, catering to diverse tastes and interests.  A live webcast of the event will be available in high-quality video for free live viewing on the Internet.

[*Note: TEDx Vancouver will announce more speakers over the next 3 weeks in a series of releases to the press. Speakers and Talk Focus are subject to change in advance of October 21, 2012, official program will be announced at least 1 week prior to actual event.]

About TEDxVancouver

TEDxVancouver is part of the TEDx family of events. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized meetings that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. The event is called TEDxVancouver is, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Edinburgh, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to organize local, independent TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

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For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration

For more information about TEDxVancouver:
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Epson Expands Portfolio of Classroom Solutions with New DC-20 Document Camera

Epson Expands Portfolio of Classroom Solutions with New DC-20 Document Camera

Full-featured Document Camera Offers Powerful Optical Zoom and HDMI Connectivity

LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson America today announced the new EPSON® DC-20 document camera, a valuable teaching tool designed to enhance the K-12 classroom experience. With advanced features including powerful optical zoom and HDMI digital connectivity, the DC-20 is the ideal solution to help educators engage students and make a bigger impact with their curriculum. 

A new addition to Epson's document camera lineup, the DC-20 features a 12x optical zoom and 10x digital zoom to provide detailed images without any sacrifice in image quality. The camera also comes equipped with a large imaging sensor that captures more light per pixel than smaller imaging sensors, resulting in brighter images with amazing quality and crisp details.  Additionally, the DC-20 is able to connect to projectors via its HDMI output, allowing for full 1080p HD quality video projection.

"Technology in the classroom continues to advance and teachers require tools to facilitate visual learning and enhance classroom interaction," said Sara Kim, associate product manager, K-12 Education Marketing, Epson America, Inc. "The DC-20's powerful optics and flexible design makes it easier than ever to display lesson materials and classroom projects with exceptional clarity and detail."  

More about the DC-20

The DC-20 provides teachers and their classrooms with a variety of advanced features to enrich learning, including:

  • PC-free Annotation: Write or draw over live images by simply plugging in a wired USB mouse – no computer necessary
  • Built-in Microphone: Record audio with video lessons
  • Application Software:  Provides advanced functionality such as editing captured images, recording time-lapse photography, video web upload, and file management
  • Microscope Adapter: Connect to any standard microscope eye-piece to share magnified images with the entire class
  • Image Storage: Capture, store and present images via 1GB internal memory, SD card slot or USB flash drive port
  • Split Screen Function: Display images side-by-side, perfect for comparing before and after photos
  • Camera Flexibility: Camera head rotates +/- 90 degrees to capture many angles - record white board images, student faces, or classroom wall

As a leader in innovation and partnership, Epson also offers the Brighter Futures® program, a unique sales and support initiative available specifically for schools. Designed to help educators select and implement the best products for their classrooms while making the most of their budgets, Brighter Futures offers special pricing, extended Epson limited warranty coverage for three years, dedicated education account managers, and toll-free technical support for all Epson projectors and associated accessories.

Availability and Support

The DC-20 document camera will be available in November 2012, through national resellers, pro audio/visual dealers, mail order, distribution, and through the Brighter Futures program.

Epson's DC-20 document cameras come with a two-year limited warranty – three-years for Brighter Futures – that includes two elite technical support services – Epson PrivateLine® phone support with priority access to a dedicated telephone support agent, and a Road Service replacement program that includes product exchange in one business day with paid shipping. For additional information, visit www.epson.com/documentcameras.

About Epson

Epson is a global imaging and innovation leader whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and 3LCD projectors to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its customers worldwide, Epson delivers customer value based on compact, energy-saving, and high-precision technologies in markets spanning enterprise and the home to commerce and industry. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 75,000 employees in 97 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates. To learn more about Epson, please visit http://global.epson.com.

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SAP Helps Companies Unlock More Value From “Big Data” With New Analytics Editions

SAP Helps Companies Unlock More Value From “Big Data” With New Analytics Editions

Tailored for Specific Industries and Lines of Business, Analytics Editions of SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence and SAP® Crystal Solutions Help Companies Manage “Big Data” and Transform It Into “Intelligent Data”

WALLDORF, Germany - September 26, 2012 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced new analytics software that bundles SAP® BusinessObjects™ business intelligence (BI) solutions and the SAP® Sybase® IQ server, a high-performance data foundation designed specifically for analytics. The solutions help organizations of all sizes gain better insight into "big data" with advanced data visualization, self-service data discovery, mobile BI and predictive capabilities.

Rogers Communications, one of Canada's largest communications companies, services millions of customers every day with wireless voice and data communications, cable services and media assets. The company needed an enterprise solution that would enable self-service access to data and reports, uphold security policies and scale with changing reporting needs as data volumes grow. Rogers selected SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions and SAP Sybase IQ to accomplish this. Today, 600 users are provided with increased data access, autonomy and visibility. Permission to access data is controlled based on the user's role with optimized query times using adaptive enriched embedded data structures. Users can now build their own reports and pinpoint the exact information they want to see. The result is a reduction in time spent on building reports, allowing decision-makers to focus on data analysis that supports operational and service decisions. Rogers and SAP are further working together to develop and manage the deployment of newly packaged enterprise mobile applications, which leverage the SAP mobile platform.

SAP currently offers the following analytics editions:

  • SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence suite, analytics edition
  • SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence platform, analytics edition
  • SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI, Edge analytics edition
  • SAP® Crystal Server, analytics edition

"With the new analytics editions of SAP BusinessObjects BI and SAP Crystal solutions, customers can start driving their own decision revolutions more cost-effectively than ever before," said John Schweitzer, senior vice president and general manager, Analytics, SAP. "As technologies such as BI, data warehousing and data integration continue to come together, organizations large and small are looking for end-to-end solutions that can turn 'big data' into 'intelligent data' and quickly answer any business question. The analytics editions take this even further by offering the expert content they need to accelerate return on investment."

Analytics editions are highly scalable so they can evolve with organizations as their data and analytics needs grow. This can be important for small and midsize (SME) companies that traditionally face many challenges when entering the field of data analysis. Analytics editions of SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions and SAP® Crystal solutions package data warehousing and data integration products with best-practice content and use cases tailored for key industries and lines of business. Whether on desktops or mobile devices, the easy-to-use tools let people quickly discover, access, manipulate and analyze transactional data in enterprise systems, machine- or device-generated data and Web data. They can even help analyze data from social networks such as Twitter to understand public sentiment about their products and services.

For more information, visit the SAP Newsroom.

About SAP
As market leader in enterprise application software, 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 195,000 customers (includes customers from the acquisition of SuccessFactors) to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

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Autonomy, an HP Company, Helps Enterprises Automate Policy Management with New Information Governance Solution

Autonomy, an HP Company, Helps Enterprises Automate Policy Management with New Information Governance Solution

New integrated releases of HP TRIM and Autonomy ControlPoint deliver on HP’s meaning-based information-governance vision

ARMA International Conference and Expo — CHICAGO, Sept. 24, 2012

Autonomy, an HP Company, today announced the industry’s first and only integrated solution for automatically applying policy, based on meaning, to both structured and unstructured data, regardless of format or location within an organization.

The new, integrated releases of the HP TRIM records management and Autonomy ControlPoint policy application products enable organizations to understand the concepts and ideas contained within their data. This ability to understand the meaning of information is the foundation of HP’s meaning-based information governance vision, and allows businesses to automate the application of a governance policy based on the meaning held within content.

The new features of HP TRIM 7.3 and Autonomy ControlPoint 3.0 are built on Autonomy’s Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) platform, which allow organizations to identify the location and compliance status of their information assets, and then apply the correct organizational policy. The policy includes security, storage, and retention settings for each asset. This enables organizations to achieve a new level of governance by removing the significant burden of traditional manual approaches.

“HP is delivering on its promise to demonstrate tangible synergies from its Autonomy acquisition,” said Sue Clarke, analyst at Ovum, a leading industry analyst firm. “The meaning-based information governance platform underpinned by IDOL, is an example of how Autonomy is bringing together different products from both the Autonomy and HP’s stables, integrating them, and creating solutions-based approaches to address real issues faced by organizations.”

The new integrated solution enables customers to leverage Autonomy ControlPoint’s ability to automatically identify and classify business records using Autonomy IDOL’s meaning-based analysis and, if appropriate, declare and manage these business records via the HP TRIM record repository. Autonomy ControlPoint can apply policy to content across multiple repositories, which eliminates the need to move content or duplicate data, enabling customers to reduce storage costs while mitigating risk.

“Businesses need a comprehensive information governance solution to automatically and consistently administer policies and determine risk," said Randolph Kahn, ESQ., founder of Kahn Consulting and Delve Information Technologies and author of "Information Nation". "Autonomy takes a unique approach to implementing and managing policies to govern the lifecycle of information."

Traditional, siloed approaches to policy application are typically limited to managing structured data from business applications that reside within a single system like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). These antiquated approaches struggle to effectively manage the surge of diverse human information, such as audio, email, video and social media, which is overwhelming many IT organizations due to its growth and complexity. These traditional solutions typically cannot automate the application of policy, forcing companies to take a manual approach to governing tens or hundreds of millions of data assets. This limits an organization’s ability to holistically and effectively manage corporate information for compliance and enterprise value. The inability to defensibly dispose of content further increases compliance risks, as well as IT resources and storage costs.

In addition to the integration with Autonomy ControlPoint, the new release of HP TRIM 7.3 also delivers new capabilities including:

  • Automatic classification of all records in HP TRIM to increase transparency and eliminate manual overhead
  • Expanded access to third-party systems via Autonomy IDOL Connectors to break down silos and to manage-in-place without data relocation
  • Unified universal search and view across diverse unstructured data sets and files including Microsoft® SharePoint files to improve productivity
  • Enhanced performance with IDOL-powered indexing to improve search effectiveness

“Information Governance has become a new way of describing the critical elements of a records and information program that insures and documents compliance,” said David Steward, director of Records, Husch Blackwell LLP, an Autonomy Information Governance customer.  “As a member of the Chicago symposium on law firm Information Governance, I can state that my firm sees this area as essential to our delivery of quality service.  Much of what a firm possesses belongs not to the firm, but to the clients.  Holding this information creates a fiduciary responsibility.  “Fiduciary” means “to hold in trust”.  Can our clients trust us with their information?  And how do we demonstrate that trust is properly placed?  I believe it is our duty to consistently ensure compliance and document success through our Information Governance processes.”

“Managing the exponential growth of data is becoming a significant challenge for both businesses and government organizations,” said Neil Araujo, general manager, Enterprise Content Management, Autonomy, an HP Company. “Autonomy’s unique ability to understand, manage and classify 100 percent of an organization’s data makes information governance practical on a large scale.”

Additional information is available at www.hp.com/TRIM.

About Autonomy

Autonomy, an HP Company, is a global leader in software that processes human information, or unstructured data, including social media, email, video, audio, text and web pages, etc. Autonomy’s powerful management and analytic tools for structured information together with its ability to extract meaning in real time from all forms of information, regardless of format, is a unique tool for companies seeking to get the most out of their data. Autonomy’s product portfolio helps power companies through enterprise search analytics, business process management and OEM operations. Autonomy also offers information governance solutions in areas such as eDiscovery, content management and compliance, as well as marketing solutions that help companies grow revenue, such as web content management, online marketing optimization and rich media management. Please visit www.autonomy.com to find out more.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

IBM Launches Global Initiatives to Help Managed Service Providers Capture Burgeoning Cloud Opportunity

IBM Launches Global Initiatives to Help Managed Service Providers Capture Burgeoning Cloud Opportunity

Comprehensive Program Arms IBM's Global Ecosystem to Deliver A Simplified Approach to IT

WALTHAM, MA. - 26 Sep 2012: IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a broad set of global initiatives to better position clients to take advantage of cloud opportunities. This effort is aimed at further expanding IBM's cloud ecosystem, enabling organizations to develop solutions and services on IBM SmartCloud and PureSystems, built on open standards.  As more clients embrace cloud computing, they are looking to local technology providers known as Managed Service Providers (MSP) to help them quickly develop cloud based services in a more simplistic, secure and economical way.  

Managed service providers deliver a defined set of technology solutions or services to clients with a pay-as-you-go model. MSPs are largely leveraged by customers which want to take advantage of cloud technologies but lack the internal IT skills, resources and time. For example, smaller hospitals are still challenged with adopting electronic medical records. Many healthcare providers are turning to the MSP model, where an MSP can quickly help the small healthcare provider to build and manage a cloud service to process patient data and make that information  available securely in the cloud, freeing up the healthcare provider to focus more on the patient.

As part of today's news, IBM is taking its collaboration with MSPs and its global ecosystem one step further by enabling them to build innovative solutions and services on IBM's advanced technologies such as SmartCloud, PureSystems, and analytics.  IBM will also provide MSPs access to IBM experts with deep technical skills at four new global centers of excellence; and offer an unmatched set of programs to support  MSP marketing efforts to help them build their brands, generate demand for their services, and grow their marketing skills. Additionally, IBM will offer affordable financing options through IBM Global Financing to help MSPs acquire new technologies.  

·        Access to  Global Centers of Excellence: IBM is launching new Global Centers of Excellence in Shanghai; Tokyo; Ehningen, Germany; and New York City to provide MSPs with access to IBM's deep technical expertise to develop innovative cloud services and solutions on IBM's open stack to address industry-specific client needs. This will enable MSPs to get hands-on technical expertise in building skills on technologies such as IBM SmartCloud, PureSystems, storage, security and collaboration. MSPs will also have access to IBM's 40 IBM Innovation Centers in 33 countries for joint client engagements. In addition, IBM will launch a virtual briefing center that will provide an ongoing forum for MSPs to share ideas and knowledge around industry challenges clients are facing today. This community will enable ongoing engagement of MSPs as well as IBM experts to share best practices.    

·        Dedicated Marketing and Sales Support: IBM will now offer an unmatched set of marketing and sales support initiatives tailored to MSPs. These initiatives are designed to help MSPs grow their businesses, build their brands and create demand for their capabilities. The new program will provide MSPs with solutions for building a complete marketing plan and a four-part education effort on how to effectively use social media to grow their businesses and better target their clients. Additionally, MSPs will gain access to IBM analytics capabilities to help them identify new customers and capture additional opportunities with their existing customers. As part of the program, MSPs will also receive dedicated support from IBM to guide them through the program and take advantage of the resources made available. A significant part of the $100 million IBM has invested annually in marketing efforts for its global ecosystem will now be made available to MSPs and their marketing efforts.  

·        Seizing the Opportunity with PureSystems: PureSystems will provide a new, integrated, by-design platform for MSPs to tune hardware and software resources for data intensive workloads. The integration of the PureSystems platform, coupled with the patterns of expertise technology and the flexibility to configure an application for either an on-premise or hosted environment, makes the PureSystems platform a natural choice for MSPs.            

·        Building on the Advanced Capabilities of IBM SmartCloud: MSPs can take advantage of IBM's SmartCloud, including an option to integrate the offering as an IBM-backed solution or under their own brand in the market built on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise to expand the services they offer. IBM will also work with new MSPs to design and develop their data center strategies, leveraging IBM's years of experience in data center best practices.    

·        Financing Options through IBM Global Financing (IGF): MSPs can acquire new technology solutions and services to support their growth with flexible, affordable payment plans for IBM systems, software and services -- including 12-month, 0% loans for IBM Systems, Storage and Software. A payment plan from IGF can provide MSPs with low monthly payment options while avoiding large, up-front cash payments, the ability to upgrade their systems mid-lease and improve IT asset management. MSPs that select PureSystems platforms may defer their first payment for 90 days.  

Expanding the Ecosystem
Members of IBM's ecosystem, which includes independent software vendors, systems integrators, value-added resellers, and MSPs are collaborating with IBM to take advantage of IBM's higher value capabilities such as SmartCloud, PureSystems and analytics to build industry specific cloud services.

To date, IBM has built relationships with more than 1,400 MSPs, such as Perimeter, Symmetry, Velocity, CenterBeam, Oxford Networks, PEER 1 Hosting, Connectria, and others. These MSPs are focused on delivering industry specific capabilities such as helping a small healthcare provider manage digital records on the cloud securely, or helping a midsize bank enable their clients to securely conduct more and more of their daily transactions via smartphones.

"These new initiatives launched by IBM are unfolding new opportunities for our organization not only to create new business opportunities with clients but also seize the opportunity to expand our global reach.  The combination of  IBM's technical expertise and focus on helping clients drive innovation with advanced technologies and its marketing engine will enable us to move beyond our traditional client base and reach new markets," said Craig Gunderson, CEO of Oxford Networks.

Additionally, IBM Business Partner Perimeter E-Security, based in Milford, CT, is collaborating with IBM to address the increasing cost, complexity, and stringent compliance requirements associated with securing communications and infrastructure in information intensive businesses such as banking, healthcare, and government. Solving today's regulatory and security challenges has and continues to become more and more cost prohibitive. While smaller financial institutions face the same regulatory pressure and data security threats, they lack the resources larger banks have to secure their institution. Cloud technology is now making it possible for smaller banks to address these issues cost effectively. This collaboration complements Perimeter's capabilities with advanced technologies such as IBM SmartCloud, storage, and security capabilities, as well as expanding the MSP's global presence in growth markets such as Africa. 

"Because clients  today have changed the way they purchase IT, a MSP or cloud provider must demonstrate a level of trust before the managed services relationship starts,"said  Charles Weaver, CEO of MSP Alliance.  "How they market  themselves often will be the difference between success and failure.  This new set of initiatives IBM is launching today reinforces the company's commitment to ensure this community has the right marketing support and technologies to effectively succeed in this segment."

The new offerings, which range from developing skills to gaining access to IBM's R&D and Innovation Centers, are another proof point of IBM's focus on providing the right capabilities and expertise to help MSPs fulfill the evolving needs of today's clients and, in turn, help MSPs grow their own business. 

Today's news builds on IBM's recently announced sponsorship of the new OpenStack Foundation, an independent entity, to promote the project and open source cloud computing. OpenStack will enhance IBM's SmartCloud Foundation offerings, drive deeper industry collaboration and accelerate momentum for critical industry standards while also making it easier for MSPs to consume IBM's offerings through the Cloud.   

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TIBCO Introduces TIBCO Silver Mobile to Speed Development of User-Friendly Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise

TIBCO Introduces TIBCO Silver Mobile to Speed Development of User-Friendly Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise

Groundbreaking Mobile Development Environment and Advancements in TIBCO Silver Cloud Platform Allow Enterprises to Build Enterprise Applications With the Usability, Creativity and Speed of Consumer Apps

LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - Sep 26, 2012) - TUCON -- Today at TUCON 2012, TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) announced the launch of TIBCO Silver® Mobile 1.0, TIBCO's new mobile application development and management software that offers enterprises a platform to rapidly develop user-focused, mobile applications that enable employees to leverage all their information, on virtually any device, no matter where they are, in real time.

In addition, the company announced TIBCO Silver® Fabric 5.0, the latest version of the company's cloud platform that enables a new Platform-as-a-Service operations model that will radically simplify the provisioning and management of enterprise software platforms, and provides the foundation for groundbreaking operational agility.

The rapid transition to mobile technologies and its potential to improve customer service, increase business productivity, and seize new revenue opportunities, is transforming businesses at every level. Add the power and promise of cloud technology to the user-driven "BYOD" revolution, and enterprises can increase access to big data, extend the value of enterprise applications, and put decision-making in the hands of business users, partners and customers anywhere, anytime and on any device -- all while reducing costs and strain on IT resources.

"Mobile devices have changed the way employees work, and enterprises realize they need to very quickly develop and deploy mission-critical mobile apps that can improve productivity and give employees secure, real-time access to corporate information," said Matt Quinn, CTO, TIBCO Software. "TIBCO Silver Mobile 1.0 is a breakthrough in mobile platform development that enables the enterprise to develop device strategies that are critical to attracting mobile-centric customers and employees."

Event-Enabling Mobile Devices

The advanced capabilities of the TIBCO Silver Platform help enterprises benefit from the consumerization of IT which has helped create a more user-driven, collaborative IT environment where the relationship between people and knowledge is decentralized, mobilized, and takes place in real time. With the release of TIBCO Silver Mobile, enterprises can extend their critical business applications and processes to mobile users, on the device of their choosing. Developers can better marry the agility of the cloud with enterprise-class software infrastructure platforms, enterprise security and oversight, while benefiting from a user-centric platform that enables faster development across devices. End users, whether working on a browser, tablet or phone, will have business-strength applications -- made for mobile -- on their mobile devices, that help them stay productive and connected.

TIBCO Silver Mobile provides a number of benefits:

  • Introduces one simple client interface where developers can create, then centrally deploy and manage, applications on a host of popular mobile platforms.
  • Accesses the power of real-time data, making it easy to extend business processes to mobile users and carry the event-enabled enterprise through to mobile channels.
  • Provisions users with the mobile apps they need from an enterprise app store.
  • Integrates device and security services into mobile apps channel for enterprise-grade solutions.

Secure, Mission-Critical Cloud

TIBCO Silver Fabric enables enterprise IT organizations to transform their static data center operating models into dynamic private clouds that can improve quality of service and reduce costs. TIBCO Silver Fabric 5.0 brings a new Platform-as-a-Service operations model (PAAS Ops) to enterprise IT that radically eases the provisioning and managing of enterprise software platforms, simplifying the development process and accelerating time to market for new software development projects. With TIBCO Silver Fabric 5.0, any enterprise can host its own app store, bringing the simple consumer app provisioning model to enterprise platforms.

TIBCO Silver Fabric 5.0 offers several key features, including:

  • Delivers powerful self-service platform provisioning capabilities to IT developers.
  • Optimizes application service level attainment and resource consumption.
  • Expands the benefits of PAAS Ops to additional platforms, including TIBCO BusinessEvents® and TIBCO Spotfire®.

"Private clouds are most enterprises' answer to fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the security of public clouds. Cloud solutions implemented on-premises promise to capture the cost-efficiency of cloud computing without the risks of public clouds." - John R. Rymer, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, "Achieve Cloud Economics for Operations and Services," May 2, 2012, Forrester Research.

"Partnering with TIBCO enables Quartet FS' analytical in-memory DBMS 'ActivePivot' to operate in distributed environments in optimum conditions, with lower risk of failover and decreased administration costs for our customers," said Georges Bory, co-founder and managing director of Quartet FS. "Joint customers can implement large deployments with confidence that the solution will keep up with data volumes, velocity and variety, and that it will be available and resilient at any time."

TIBCO Silver Mobile 1.0 and TIBCO Silver Fabric 5.0 will be on display this week at TIBCO's annual TUCON user conference, Sept. 24-27 at the ARIA Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Both products are generally available now.

About TIBCO
TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) is a provider of infrastructure software for companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud computing environments. Whether it's optimizing claims, processing trades, cross-selling products based on real-time customer behavior, or averting a crisis before it happens, TIBCO provides companies the two-second advantage™ -- the ability to capture the right information at the right time and act on it preemptively for a competitive advantage. More than 4,000 customers worldwide rely on TIBCO to manage information, decisions, processes and applications in real time. Learn more at www.tibco.com.

TIBCO, The Power of Now, two-second advantage, TIBCO Silver Mobile, TIBCO Silver Fabric and TIBCO Software are trademarks or registered trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.

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