HP Helps Doctors Save Time, Ease HIPAA Compliance with Fast, Secure Access to Patient Files

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HP Helps Doctors Save Time, Ease HIPAA Compliance with Fast, Secure Access to Patient Files

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 27, 2012

HP today announced that its thin client technology is helping healthcare professionals reduce time-consuming logins when accessing patient files, saving them hours each day and giving them more patient face time.

HP now offers “single sign-on” capability with identity-management provider HealthCast to hospitals, care centers and other businesses where compliance regulations require secure sign-on every time a doctor or clinician views patient files on a computer.

HP thin clients provide secure desktop access for credentialed workers, and HealthCast’s unique QwickACCESS proximity badge offers an easy “tap-in, tap-out” functionality and remote access solutions with second-factor authentication. The solution also enables “roaming sessions,” allowing users immediate re-access to their work at any workstation.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance for patient privacy requires each clinician to have a unique session each time they access patient information, so each session can be audited. A session must be secured when medical professionals walk away from the computer so others can’t see patient information without proper authorization.

Medical professionals typically log in 30 to 100 times a day, which takes time away from patients. HP’s solution helps when minutes matter in evaluating and treating a patient. Whether in the emergency room, intensive-care unit or other critical-care units, the ability to access a patient’s information quickly can make the difference between life and death.

St. Luke’s Health System, serving the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area and surrounding region, is using the solution to increase staff productivity while ensuring the level of security required by law for patient data.

“The combination of HP Thin Clients and HealthCast’s QwickACCESS software provides us with a much easier, yet highly secure system for accessing HIPAA-protected data in a medical setting,” said Michael Kamer, technology integration and IT manager, St. Luke’s Heath System. “The process is saving doctors and other medical staff valuable time that can now be spent focused on patients.”

HP t410, HP t510 and HP t610 fit needs of healthcare industry

The HP t410 Smart Zero Client, the HP t410 Smart Zero All-in-one Client, and the HP t510 and HP t610 Flexible Series Thin Clients, combined with HealthCast QwickACCESS, provide fast, simple, secure access to remote desktops.

“With this ID-management software and the HP Thin Client solution, a medical professional can be assured of complying with strict patient data-protection laws, while the hospital gets the additional security and cost benefits that a virtualized desktop environment provides,” said Jeff Groudan, director, Thin Clients, HP. “The flexible and mobile solution also enables busy medical staff to pick up a session on any HP Thin Client device in the building.”

The Windows®- or Linux-based HP Thin Clients support all leading virtualization platforms, including Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, VMware View and Microsoft® Hyper-V (RDP). HP Smart Zero Technology automates connections and handles protocol provisioning and updates. In addition, IT managers can use Microsoft Embedded Device Manager 2011 to easily manage mixed environments of Windows-based HP Thin Clients and PCs.

The 2009 HITECH Act

The HP - HealthCast solution aligns with the goals of the 2009 HITECH Act, which provides up to $35 billion in stimulus funding to healthcare organizations to deploy electronic health records (EHR) to replace paper and make files more manageable. Healthcare centers can use the money to deploy server virtualization solutions, which help health providers adopt virtual desktops for greater efficiency and improved ease of use.

Pricing and availability

The HP t410 Smart Zero Client, the HP t410 Smart Zero All-in-one Client, and the HP t510 and HP t610 Flexible Series Thin Clients with HealthCast QwickACCESS are now available in North America. Pricing varies based on software and hardware options.

Additional information on HP thin clients and virtualization solutions is available at www.hp.com/go/thincomputing and www.hp.com/go/clientvirtualization.

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.

Oracle Extends Commitment to R for Big Data Analytics

Oracle Extends Commitment to R for Big Data Analytics

Extended Platform Support with Faster Performance and Enterprise Database Accessibility for R Statistical Programming Language

Redwood Shores, Calif. – August 24, 2012

News Facts

Increasing the accessibility of big data analytics within enterprises, Oracle today announced enhanced support for the R statistical programming language.
Further demonstrating Oracle’s commitment to the open source community, this enhanced support includes new platform ports of R for Oracle Solaris and AIX in addition to Linux and Windows, connectivity to Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database in addition to Oracle Database, and integration of hardware-specific Math libraries for faster performance.
Oracle’s Open Source distribution of R is available with the Oracle Big Data Appliance and available for download now.
Oracle also offers Oracle R Enterprise, a component of Oracle Advanced Analytics that enables R processing on Oracle Database servers.

Latest Developments Deliver Consistent Experience for Analyzing Big Data with R

Since its introduction in 1995, R has attracted more than two million users and is widely used today for developing statistical applications that analyze big data.
Oracle is committed to making big data analytics more accessible in the enterprise and improving data scientist productivity with faster performance.
More specifically, the latest developments to Oracle’s R distribution include:
Extended Platform Ports: In addition to Linux and Windows, Oracle is delivering the first supported port of R for Oracle Solaris and AIX platforms.
Enhanced Database Connectivity: In addition to Oracle Database connectivity, Oracle has extended the ROracle open source package to integrate with Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database.
Integration with Hardware-Optimized Math Libraries: Oracle is delivering an open source distribution of R that is enabled to work dynamically with Oracle’s Sun Sunperf, Intel's MKL, and AMD's ACML Math libraries, enabling R to run extremely fast on all compatible hardware.
By integrating the powerful R statistical programming language with proven Oracle technologies, this enhanced support from Oracle delivers data scientists a consistent experience on the infrastructure of their choice, whether on a laptop, on Hadoop, or in the database itself.

Supporting Quote

"Big data analytics is a top priority for our customers, and the R statistical programming language is a key tool for performing these analytics,” said Andrew Mendelsohn, senior vice president, Oracle Database Server Technologies. “With this announcement, we continue to enhance and expand our industry-leading support for R across the Oracle Database, Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database, and Hadoop platforms.”

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Mobile Workers Report Average Monthly Data Roaming Bill Shock of $1,089 Globally, According to New Data from iPass

Mobile Workers Report Average Monthly Data Roaming Bill Shock of $1,089 Globally, According to New Data from iPass

Report also illustrates that 23 percent of mobile workers turn off data roaming when they travel

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., August 22, 2012: iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), a leading provider of mobility services for enterprises and telecom service providers, today published its quarterly Mobile Workforce Report which shows that 43 percent of mobile workers reported they had experienced an expensive data roaming bill in the past year and on average encountered a high data roaming bill 1.4 times a year. The average cost of their monthly data roaming bill shock was $1,089. A greater number of mobile workers are taking a stance on data roaming rates as 81 percent of mobile workers state that data roaming prices are too high and 23 percent of mobile workers said they always turn off data roaming when they travel.

“For today’s mobile worker connectivity is oxygen. Prohibitively high mobile data roaming charges are killing mobile worker productivity and people are afraid to turn on their cellular devices,” said Evan Kaplan, chief executive officer at iPass. “Enterprise IT and mobile operators have the power to keep mobile workers productive and efficient by providing seamless access to critical data and rich applications on Wi-Fi as a complement to cellular data plans at a tiny fraction of the cost, maybe then people will then turn on their smartphones while roaming.”

Eighty percent of mobile workers declared they preferred using Wi-Fi networks over cellular networks for mobile application use. Additionally 85 percent of mobile employees said they wanted their companies to provide a Wi-Fi access plan for their out-of-office use that can help avoid high charges and connectivity lulls. The resulting fear of bill shock means that workers are cautious to use even basic but work critical applications such as web-browsing and email when roaming.

The report also identified that Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) remains a strong trend, especially in North America, as users increasingly use their own devices for work and are increasingly more network cost and security conscious. While BYOD can offer greater flexibility for mobile workers it can reduce visibility into mobile costs for IT departments. And, because of the expense and  complexity of global connectivity many enterprises are increasingly focused on providing easy, cost effective data access, making “Bring Your Own Network” (BYON) a next hot-button topic for enterprise and mobile employees who want access to more affordable, global Wi-Fi networks to complement their current network access.

Other report findings include:

-       80 percent of mobile workers stated $1-2 per megabyte (MB) to be a reasonable price for mobile/cellular data roaming.

-       17 percent of mobile workers don’t know if they are being over charged for roaming charges because their company pays the bill.

-       Corporate security measures have not kept pace with BYOD, with 25 percent of businesses still failing to demand security features on their employees’ devices.

-       Security is being further compromised with 48 percent of mobile workers admitting to bypassing IT restrictions to enable them to access corporate data.

-       19 percent of mobile workers’ companies do not require security on smartphones or tablets to access work data.

For more statistics and findings, please visit http://mobile-workforce-project.ipass.com.

About the Report

The iPass Mobile Workforce Report is published quarterly. This report was based on a survey of nearly 1,200 mobile enterprise employees worldwide between June 19, 2012 and July 13, 2012. The iPass Mobile Workforce Report can be found at http://mobile-workforce-project.ipass.com.

About iPass Inc.
iPass helps enterprises and telecom service providers ensure their employees and subscribers stay well connected. Founded in 1996, iPass (NASDAQ: IPAS) delivers the world’s largest commercial-grade Wi-Fi network and trusted connectivity platform. With more than one million Wi-Fi hotspots across 111 countries and territories, iPass gives its customers always-on, frictionless connectivity anywhere in the world – simply, securely and cost-effectively. Additional information is available at www.iPass.com or on Smarter Connections, the iPass blog.

Cisco Customers Reap Operational Benefits with a Data Center Unified Fabric

Cisco Customers Reap Operational Benefits with a Data Center Unified Fabric

Single unified network fabric across physical, virtual and cloud-based deployments simplifies management and supports more dynamic provisioning; More than 36,000 NX-OS customers deployed

SAN JOSE, Calif.— August 23, 2012 — Cisco customers such as Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Capital Region Orthopaedics, and Human Kinetics are rapidly turning to Unified Fabric™ data center architectures that unite storage, compute, and networking resources, network services, and management to simplify IT operations and reduce costs. Cisco Unified Fabric solutions provide dynamic IT management across physical, virtual and cloud-based networks through a flexible, scalable network architecture.

Customer momentum for the Unified Fabric approach is reflected in Cisco's deployment metrics.  More than 36,000 customers have deployed NX-OS, Cisco's unified fabric and computing operating system to take advantage of Cisco Unified Fabric capabilities, and to support business growth and gain competitive advantage.  Through April, 2012 Cisco customers have deployed more than 17 million Cisco Nexus data center switch ports and 8 million Cisco MDS storage switch ports, typically used in a unified fabric environment.  More than 6,000 customers have deployed the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch, a softswitch that delivers highly secure, multitenant services by adding virtualization intelligence to the data center network. 

Customers are adopting a Cisco Unified Fabric because it helps to reduce data center complexity and breaks down the silos created by separate storage and local area networks. With a Unified Fabric, customers can more rapidly adopt new technology trends such as Big Data, cloud computing, workload mobility and pervasive video.

Cisco Unified Fabric Customers Gain Benefits

Ed Ricks, CIO, Beaufort Memorial Hospital

Located in Beaufort, South Carolina, Beaufort Memorial Hospital has been recognized for ten consecutive years as one of the nation's most technologically advanced, being named a "Most Wired" hospital by Hospitals and Health Networks.

"We're in the business of delivering optimum patient care. Integrating Cisco's Unified Fabric technologies, like Nexus 1000v and Cisco MDS, gave us the virtual intelligence we needed to deliver highly secure, multi-tenant services and the multiple-protocol storage support required to house large quantities of sensitive patient data. With Cisco's help in virtualizing our data center and end-user workstations, we‘re able to provide our caregivers with a seamless clinical workflow, allowing them to save time, be more agile and better serve our patients' needs."

Ray DeCrescente, chief technology officer, Capital Region Orthopaedics

Capital Region Orthopaedics is a multidisciplinary healthcare practice that specializes in musculoskeletal problems and injuries, offering patients a convenient, one-stop medical facility for bone and joint recovery.

"The push towards electronic medical records and digital x-rays is a huge undertaking.  With Cisco's Unified Fabric in our data center, we have the flexibility and bandwidth to support heavier data and storage traffic. In the world of physicians, time is money. So, when our IT staff was able to save us time by using the management features provided by Cisco, we were able to reduce our operating costs which allowed us to invest in new healthcare technologies for enhanced patient care."

Brad Trankina, director of networks and information systems, Human Kinetics

Human Kinetics, an educational publisher, is known globally as the information leader in physical activity and health.  Human Kinetics publishes quality educational products that help scholars, sports and health professionals, and the general public to lead healthier, more active lives.

"The demand for digital content has put unprecedented strain on our data center. Upgrading our data center with Cisco's Nexus, UCS, Catalyst, and Netflow Generation Appliance solutions gave us the storage scalability, manageability and performance needed to deliver digital content more quickly. As a result, we have saved more than 40 percent in reduced hardware and management costs."

Supporting Facts

The Cisco Unified Fabric Portfolio Includes:

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Dell Expands Networking Portfolio to Accelerate Productivity and Performance for Enterprise Campus and Small Business Core Networks

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Dell Expands Networking Portfolio to Accelerate Productivity and Performance for Enterprise Campus and Small Business Core Networks

 

·         Dell PowerConnect 8100 switch family addresses the challenges of supporting rich media, user communications and collaboration

·         New networking switches designed to enhance performance and scalability for campus networks while lowering TCO

·         Customers benefit from an end-to-end Dell 10GbE solution, featuring Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers, EqualLogic and Compellent storage, and a Dell-engineered networking platform ready for 40GbE infrastructures.

 

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TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2012 – Dell today announced the Dell PowerConnect 8100 managed 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch family offering customers building blocks to deploy applications  quickly, scale operations and reduce costs. The new additions to the PowerConnect family are high-density, high-performance switch solutions designed to streamline deployments for enterprise campus and small core, mid-market network infrastructures.

 

With the rapid growth of rich media, communications and heavy business workloads, campus and small business networks are under increased pressure to improve productivity, maximize efficiency and simplify management. Dell designed the new PowerConnect 8100 Series to meet customer demand for networking solutions that deliver a combination of scalability, performance, operational simplicity, and cost-effectiveness in 24/7 operations.

 

Built for today’s enterprise

Customers can replace older core and aggregation layers with scalable, higher-density solutions for the flexibility to step up to 10GbE and 40GbE infrastructures. The new switches enable a complete end-to-end 10GbE solution, featuring Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers with 10GbE onboard, as well as Dell EqualLogic and Dell Compellent 10GbE storage arrays. Key functionality includes:

 

·         Network performance: The 8100 delivers line-rate, low-latency 10GbE performance and up to four 40GbE ports. The switches are optimized for video conferencing, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and unified communications and collaboration (UCC) for mid-market unified campus aggregation.

·         Scalable Density: Up to six switches can be stacked and managed simply, enabling businesses to quickly add capacity while delivering a reliable infrastructure that just works.

·         Efficient operation: The 8100 series simplifies integration for mid-size storage area networks with iSCSI traffic flow optimization and automated configuration with Dell EqualLogic storage arrays while enabling loss-less data operations across converged (DCB) networks

 

Campus and small business efficiencies help reduce TCO

The PowerConnect 8100 Series builds on Dell’s Virtual Networking Architecture (VNA) delivering an open networking framework for efficient IT infrastructure and workload intelligence, backed by technology, solutions and products for data centres and campus environments. Customers can increase cost-effectiveness of their operations through:

·         Platform Choice: Four models for flexible deployment: available in 24 and 48 ports, in dedicated RJ-45 or fiber models, with expandable options, including 40GbE capable QSFP+ ports. Choices enable customers to expand their infrastructure as business needs grow.

·         Ease of deployment: Dell’s ReadyRails tool-less installation enables set up right out of the box in a matter of minutes rather than hours. USB Rapid Deployment ports eliminate the need to manually configure or update each switch, helping save customers time and money.

·         Energy efficiency: Designed with Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) (802.3az) to intelligently manage power usage, reducing per port power consumption for idle or inactive ports and helping deliver OPEX savings.

·         Comprehensive management and support: Simplify management with Dell OpenManage Network Manager 5.2 to rapidly manage and configure switches, while backed by Dell’s strong warranty, services and support for Dell Networking products.

 

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“We’re investing significantly in our networking portfolio, including PowerConnect and Force10, to provide customers a full 10 and 40GbE networking solution from the campus to the data centre,” said Dario Zamarian, vice president and general manager, Dell Networking. “With a broad portfolio of network solutions to complement Dell servers, storage and end user devices, Dell is delivering innovative and streamlined solutions.”

 

“The Dell PowerConnect 8100 Ethernet switch delivers on the features necessary for a standards based network architecture design,” said Brent Salisbury, Lead Network Architect, University of Kentucky. “I like the investment protection provided by the stacking capability, which lets me pay as I grow, and simplifies management.  I also appreciate how Dell is driving the industry to change by delivering more value.”

 

 

Availability

The PowerConnect 8100 Series is available worldwide from Dell and its global PartnerDirect channel partners immediately. Pricing starts at CAD $11,628*.

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.


Join us at Dell World 2012 – The Power to Do More. Technology professionals will learn from one another and identify key challenges and opportunities connected to the top forces changing business today. Learn more at
www.DellWorld.com or follow #DellWorld on Twitter.

 

 

 

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EPI-USE Announces Opening of Canada Office

EPI-USE Announces Opening of Canada Office


This expanded presence in Canada will enable EPI-USE to meet the growing demand for services and products in this region and allow the company to focus on many key industries throughout Canada.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) August 22, 2012

EPI-USE, a global leader in SAP® and SuccessFactors® services plus products for On-Premise, Hybrid and Cloud environments, announced today the opening of their EPI-USE Canada office in Toronto, Ontario. This new office is part of EPI-USE’s continued global expansion in key growth markets.

This expanded presence in Canada will enable EPI-USE to meet the growing demand for services and products in this region and allow the company to focus on many key industries throughout Canada. The new office will give our Canadian clients the ability to leverage experienced EPI-USE professionals who can efficiently turn business requirements into sustainable solutions.

“EPI-USE’s expansion into Canada offers our clients access to the EPI-USE experience, innovative solutions and business expertise. With our presence in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, we now reach the entire North American continent, making it easier for our clients to work with us, wherever they are.,” says Leendert van der Bijl, Managing Director, EPI-USE Americas.

About EPI-USE
EPI-USE is a global organization that specializes in SAP® and SuccessFactors® services plus products, for On-Premise, Hybrid and Cloud environments. Specialties include SAP Human Capital Management (HCM), SAP Payroll, SuccessFactors Solutions, SAP NetWeaver, SAP Enterprise Mobility, analytics and reporting solutions based on SAP BusinessObjects BI, SAP HANA, SAP GRC and Security, SAP Finance and Logistics, as well as Integration. In addition, we offer Application Management Services (AMS) for post go-live, production support services and IT staffing, plus robust testing solutions and services. We also have full training offerings, including the development of instructor-led materials, e-learning for both SAP and non-SAP content and delivery. Moreover, our off-the-shelf superior software products complement and boost your SAP system. As a passionate group of over 1000 experts worldwide, we have been delivering strategic advisory services on business processes, organizational design, change management and technical road mapping for more than twenty years. Our people and culture set us apart. We are recognized for going beyond the extra mile to empower our clients to achieve success through cost-effective, flexible and innovative business solutions.
Learn more at http://www.epiuse.com.
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Vancouver-based Destiny Media Announces Public Prototype of Disruptive Streaming Video Technology

Destiny Media Announces Public Prototype of Disruptive Streaming Video Technology

New Format is Cross Platform, Reduces Bandwidth and Infrastructure Costs and Eliminates Costly Streaming Servers and Player Plug-ins

VANCOUVER, Aug. 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Destiny Media Technologies (TSXV: DSY) (OTCQX: DSNY), the leading provider of secure distribution of pre-release music and playerless streaming video is pleased to announce that a pre-release prototype of its new disruptive video technology is available to view at http://www.dsny.com/g2 .

Clipstream® G2 is a new cross platform streaming video format which will play directly, without a player plug-in, on smart phones, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, e-readers and any other device with a standards compliant browser.  Once encoded into G2, the files and web page code are uploaded onto any brand of web server. This simple, standards based approach makes it easier to protect and secure content, enables nearly 100% of the viewers to stream the video and reaches many times as many viewers with the same infrastructure and bandwidth as other solutions.

Prior to Clipstream® G2, there was no standard streaming video format on the web as different browsers play different streaming solutions.  Video is typically encoded in common formats such as Flash, WebM, H.264, Ogg Theora, Windows Media, Quicktime, etc. and must be encoded into more than one format to reach a broad audience.  This conversion process (transcoding) is expected to cost the industry $1.6 billion by 2014, according to a 2007 report by Frost and Sullivan.  In addition to the direct transcoding costs, extra formats require extra storage and increased need for data center real estate, IT staffing, air conditioning and power. By contrast, Clipstream® content is only encoded once, eliminating transcoding altogether.

By using HTTP progressive download and eliminating the need for streaming servers, Clipstream® G2 is able to harness the power of HTTP caching servers already widely and globally deployed at ISP's.  To save external bandwidth costs, ISP's automatically make local copies of popular web content, so that their customers can access without going to the source web server.  Because G2 streams look like web content, they are also copied locally, so subsequent visitors from that site can access the local copy rather than burdening the source server.

This recycling of streams can have a tremendous impact on cost and reliability.  In 2012, Accustream research estimated that $3 billion per year is spent on outsourcing hosting to content delivery networks.  If the stream is recycled, it means that the source site can save 99% or more on infrastructure and bandwidth costs or reach 100 times as many viewers.  Because the cached stream is "close" to the viewer, latency is reduced and the quality of delivery is improved.

Destiny's proprietary cross platform streaming video technology is protected by seven patent applications, which are currently pending.

About Destiny Media Technologies, Inc.
Universal, EMI, Warner, Sony and one thousand other labels use Destiny's secure distribution service to deliver most of their pre-release music to radio, online retail, DJ's, sports stadiums, journalists and VIP. Destiny's instant play streaming includes internet radio, internet TV, online surveys and new cloud and mobile offerings. Patents include watermarking, peer to peer locking and pending cross platform playerless streaming video.

SOURCE: Destiny Media Technologies, Inc.

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eValue™ Social Media ROI Suite Compiles World's Largest Database of Corporate Social Media Performance Metrics

eValue™ Social Media ROI Suite Compiles World's Largest Database of Corporate Social Media Performance Metrics

TSXV: PAD

MONTREAL and PARIS, France, Aug. 21, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Parta Dialogue (TSXV: PAD), expert in Social Media and Social Learning for businesses, announces the complete aggregation of performance results from all major corporate social media accounts worldwide, a critical milestone for its eValue™ Efficiency Calculator.

As of August 15th, the eValue™ Social Media ROI Suite is now computing the engagement metrics of over 20,000 corporate social media accounts including all leading companies in Fortune 500 and Financial Post 500. Being the only application of its kind that intelligently cross-calculates engagement values to compare social media accounts of any size, coupled with the world's largest corporate database of accounts measured daily, the eValue™ Social Media ROI Suite is poised to become the yardstick by which all commercial social media properties are measured worldwide.

The eValue™ Social Media ROI Suite is a set of software as a service tools designed to calculate the performance of corporate social media campaigns by comparing natural (earned) engagement behavior of online communities against the paid promotion and management efforts deployed by companies to build these followings.

With the upcoming addition of the Optimization Library and Trend Analyzer, the Suite will provide even further insight into a brand's social media landscape (competition, sector and geographical region).  The eValue™ suite is a standalone measurement and optimization tool but can be complimentary to existing tools such as Radian6, Sysomos and Hootsuite.

For more information about eValue™ Social Media ROI Suite please visit www.evaluesuite.com
Twitter: @evaluesuite

About PARTA
PARTA offers Social Media and Social Learning solutions to its clients from offices in Montreal, Paris and Mexico and is the developer of leading eValue™ Social Media ROI Suite:  www.evaluesuite.com

Many visionary businesses already employ PARTA's solutions for internal and external online engagement. Among these are Renault, Orange, Michelin, Hydro-Québec, Iusacell (Mexico), Dassault Systems, Nestlé Waters and Crédit Agricole. www.partadialogue.com

PARTA is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PAD and operates through two subsidiaries:

#engagementlabs, an all-digital agency offering a targeted range of social strategies, customized engagement platforms and analytic tools to measure performance and ROI totally focused on social engagement & optimization: www.engagementlabs.com.

edu-performance, totally focused on internal engagement and productivity, Edu-Performance offers customized Social Learning and online training solutions: www.eduperformance.com.

"Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."


SOURCE: PARTA DIALOGUE INC.

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Tom Liacas, VP Social Media
Parta Dialogue Inc.
+1 (514) 771-5120
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Parta Dialogue Inc.
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Dell Reports Second Quarter Financial Results - Revenue of $14.5 billion

Dell Reports Second Quarter Financial Results

Fiscal Year 2013 Second Quarter Financial Statements in PDF format

  • Revenue of $14.5 billion
  • GAAP earnings of $0.42 per share, non-GAAP earnings of $0.50 per share
  • Dell Enterprise Solutions and Services revenue grew 6 percent year over year to $4.9 billion; now represents more than 50 percent of company margin and more than a third of revenue

Dell announced fiscal 2013 second-quarter results today with revenue of $14.5 billion, GAAP operating income of $901 million, and earnings of $0.42 per share. Consistent with its strategy, Dell saw growth in its server, services and networking businesses.

“We’re transforming our business, not for a quarter or a fiscal year, but to deliver differentiated customer value for the long term,” said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO. “We’re clear on our strategy and we’re building a leading portfolio of solutions to help our customers achieve their goals.”

“Our performance in the second quarter provided another proof-point that our long-term strategy is right,” said Brian Gladden, Dell chief financial officer. “ W e continued our progress in shifting the mix of our business to higher-margin enterprise solutions, led by solid growth in our server, networking, services, and Dell IP storage businesses.

“Growth in our PC business was challenging, as we saw a tough macroeconomic and competitive environment, and continued to focus on higher-value solutions in this business,” Mr. Gladden said.

Results

  • Revenue in the quarter was $14.5 billion, an 8 percent decrease from the previous year as desktop and mobility revenue contracted.
  • GAAP operating income for the quarter was $901 million, or 6.2 percent of revenue. Non-GAAP operating income was $1.1 billion, or 7.8 percent of revenue. Gross margins for the quarter benefitted by approximately $70 million, or 50 basis points, primarily resulting from a vendor settlement.
  • GAAP earnings per share in the quarter was 42 cents, down 13 percent from the previous year; non-GAAP EPS was 50 cents, down 7 percent.
  • Cash flow from operations in the quarter was $637 million. Dell ended the quarter with $14.6 billion in cash and investments.

Fiscal-Year 2013 Second Quarter and Half Year Highlights

 Second Quarter   Fiscal Year First Half
(in millions) FY13FY12Change
FY13 FY12Change
Revenue$14,483$15,658(8%)
$28,905$30,675(6%)








Operating Income (GAAP)$901$1,146(21%)
$1,725$2,358(27%)
Net Income (GAAP)$732$890(18%)
$1,367$1,835(26%)
EPS (GAAP)$0.42$0.48(13%)
$0.77 $0.97(21%)








Operating Income (non-GAAP)$1,123$1,328 (15%)
$2,133$2,704(21%)
Net Income (non-GAAP)$875$1,006(13%) 
$1,636$2,056(20%)
EPS (non-GAAP) $0.50$0.54(7%)
$0.93$1.08 (14%)

Information about Dell’s use of non-GAAP financial information is provided under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below. Non-GAAP financial information excludes costs related primarily to the amortization of purchased intangibles, severance and facility-action costs, certain settlement costs and acquisition-related charges. All comparisons in this press release are year over year unless otherwise noted.

Strategic Highlights:

  • Dell Enterprise Solutions and Services revenue grew 6 percent year over year to $4.9 billion and comprised 34 percent of Dell’s consolidated revenue and more than 50 percent of its margin. This business is now approaching a $20 billion annual run rate.
  • Server and networking revenue grew 14 percent.
  • Revenue of Dell-owned storage increased 6 percent.
  • Dell Services revenue was $2.1 billion, up 3 percent, with new signings of more than $1 billion in the first half of the year, and $1.8 billion over the last 12 months.
  • Year to date Dell has announced six acquisitions and closed five, all of which will help drive a higher-value mix of solutions with more predictable revenue and margin streams. The company expects to close the pending acquisition of Quest Software in the second half of the third quarter.

Business Units and Regions:

  • Large Enterprise revenue was $4.5 billion in the quarter, a 3 percent decline. Operating income was $433 million, or 9.5 percent of revenue. Enterprise Solutions and Services revenue increased 9 percent on 17 percent growth in server and networking revenue and 5 percent increase in services.
  • Public revenue was $4.1 billion, a 6 percent decrease. O perating income for the quarter was $379 million, or 9.3 percent of revenue. Server and networking revenue increased 4 percent.
  • Small and Medium Business revenue was $3.3 billion, a 1 percent decline. Operating income was $382 million, or 11.7 percent of revenue. Enterprise solutions and services grew 15 percent led by an increase of 27 percent in services revenue and 16 percent in servers and networking.
  • Consumer revenue was $2.6 billion, a 22 percent decline. Operating income was $14 million or 0.5 percent of revenue.
  • Revenue in Americas was down 6 percent; EMEA was down 7 percent, and Asia-Pacific and Japan revenue was down 12 percent. Revenue in BRIC countries was down 15 percent.

Company Outlook:

Dell expects continued solid growth in Enterprise Solutions, Services and Software and also a challenging end-user computer environment in the second half of the year. Given the uncertain economic environment, competitive dynamics and soft Consumer business, Dell expects third-quarter revenue to be down 2-5 percent from second-quarter levels. In addition, the company is modifying its full-year earnings outlook to at least $1.70 per share on a non-GAAP basis, which includes a 2-to-3 cent dilutive impact from its pending acquisition of Quest Software.

About Dell

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers worldwide innovative technology, business solutions and services they trust and value. For more information, visit www.dell.com. T he second-quarter a nalyst call with Michael Dell, chairman and CEO, and Brian Gladden, CFO, will be webcast live today at 4 p.m. CDT and archived at www.dell.com/investor. To monitor highlighted facts from the analyst call, follow on the Dell Investor Relations Twitter account at: http://twitter.com/dellshares or hashtag #DellEarnings. To communicate directly with Dell, go to www.dell.com/dellshares.

Business Applications Run Up to 90% Faster with New Server Cache Solutions from NetApp and Its Partners

Business Applications Run Up to 90% Faster with New Server Cache Solutions from NetApp and Its Partners

NetApp Unveils Flash Accel, Extends Technology Alliance Program, and Signs Resale Agreement to Integrate Server Cache Solutions with Data ONTAP for End-to-End Storage Management

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 21, 2012 — With storage capacity requirements increasing at exponential rates, Flash memory continues to gain popularity as a powerful complement to traditional hard-disk storage. Its ability to dramatically break through the input/output latency barrier—a key inhibitor to fast and scalable applications—makes an efficient and flexible Flash strategy a critical part of an agile data infrastructure. From their server to their back-end storage, cost- and performance-conscious system architects must balance how Flash is used within their organizations to maximize application performance, minimize rising IT costs, preserve high availability, protect data, and simplify management.

Today, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) extended its Virtual Storage Tiering (VST) strategy by introducing NetApp® Flash Accel™, expanded its Technology Alliance Program to include server caching hardware and software partners, and unveiled a reseller relationship with Fusion-io. This comprehensive strategy update to VST enables end-to-end storage management for customers with physical and virtualized environments, from the user-accessible Flash memory on the server to the cost-effective hard-disk storage on the back end. Flash Accel will be on display at the NetApp booth, #1402, at VMworld San Francisco on August 26–30. 

VST also creates new opportunities for partners to work with NetApp to develop innovative technologies that integrate closely with the capabilities of Data ONTAP® software, NetApp’s leading storage management operating system. Through Data ONTAP and other VST innovations such as NetApp Flash Cache and NetApp Flash Pool, IT administrators can now manage server-level, controller-level, and disk-level Flash memory and back-end hard-disk storage usage within a single data management infrastructure. This lets them meet service levels and gain greater storage efficiencies by enabling the right storage media to be used at the right time for the right data.

NetApp Flash Accel Can Accelerate Application Performance by Up to 90% by Turning Server Flash into “Hot” Data Storage
NetApp Flash Accel can speed application performance by turning server-side Flash into a cache for storing “hot,” frequently accessed data. NetApp testing shows that by storing up to 2TB of hot data in server Flash memory, application and server latency can be reduced by up to 90%[1] and IOPS are increased by 80%. And, by off-loading “hot” IOPS at the server, Flash Accel helps reduce demand on back-end FAS storage.

As part of a comprehensive Virtual Storage Tiering strategy, server caching delivers:

  • Application and Server Performance Acceleration: Accelerates enterprise applications and server performance by as much as 90% by deploying server cache on virtual machines.
  • Highest Levels of Data Integrity and Reliability: Coordinates with Data ONTAP back-end platforms so that a persistent copy of all data is always stored on the back-end Data ONTAP platform, benefiting from the high availability and data protection of Data ONTAP; relies on the high availability and data protection of Data ONTAP.
  • Coherency and Integration with Data ONTAP: End-to-end data coherency issues are identified and resolved, enabling deployment of high-confidence solutions.
  • Broad Use Case Coverage: Customers can deploy solutions over a wide range of applications and operating environments using NetApp validated partner solutions.
  • Maximum Flexibility: NetApp validated solutions provide maximum flexibility, allowing customers to deploy any server caching solutions (software and hardware) that have been validated by NetApp.

In addition to the above, Flash Accel has these key features:

  • Flexibility at the Server Level: Provides the freedom to choose any server PCI-e flash card or SSD flash device.
  • End-to-End Intelligent Data Coherency: Addresses data coherency issues that can cause data corruption using automated and efficient data coherency detection and correction software technology.
  • Cache Persistency and Durability: Preserves cache content consistently with applications in the event of server and VM reboot and crashes so that cache restarts in a warm state; enables consistently high performance.

NetApp Expands Alliance Partner Ecosystem to Include Server-Caching Partners
Reinforcing its commitment to enabling an open partner ecosystem for intelligent caching, NetApp is expanding its Alliance Partner Program to embrace hardware and software server-caching partners looking to develop solutions with NetApp. Partners can submit and qualify server-caching solutions as "NetApp validated” in accordance with established criteria for coherence and integration with Data ONTAP and Flash Accel. Among the first partners to submit server-caching solutions for qualification are Fusion-io, LSI, Micron, SanDisk Enterprise Storage Solutions, STEC, and Virident.

NetApp, together with its partners, will provide the widest coverage for its customers’ infrastructures as they deploy server-side caching to deliver increased ROI. This will include the broadest support for different hypervisors and operating systems. NetApp validated solutions will enable quick deployment of partner-specific innovations in the rapidly evolving server flash and caching market.

NetApp Signs Technology Reseller Agreement with Fusion-io
As part of its commitment to providing customers with a single source for Virtual Storage Tier technologies, NetApp has entered into a resale agreement with Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO), a leader in Flash memory solutions. NetApp will resell Fusion-io ioMemory platform products and two server caching software products: ioTurbine™ for virtualized environments and Direct Cache™ for non-virtualized environments.

Revlon Looks to NetApp Flash Accel to Run Applications at Peak Performance
In recent years, global cosmetics company Revlon has undergone a remarkable IT transformation: a move to a completely virtualized environment that enables Revlon IT to deliver more services faster, better, and cheaper. It now has more than 530 applications running on its private cloud, which supports more than 15,000 automated application moves a month and 14,000 transactions a second. To keep its applications running at peak performance, Revlon requires rapid access to data across the storage area network. In collaboration with NetApp, Revlon has been testing Flash Accel to reduce latency, improve server and storage performance, and simplify storage management.

"Revlon and NetApp share the vision that storage is a critical foundation for a virtualized agile data infrastructure," said David Giambruno, senior vice president and chief information officer, Revlon. "Currently, Revlon has more than 530 and counting business-critical applications, including SAP®, multiple enterprise databases, multiple ERP and MRP systems, financials, warehouse management, Microsoft® Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint®, and virtual desktops, running on VMware® virtual machines. To ensure that these applications run at peak performance requires an approach to storage that minimizes the latency between operations. We've been testing Flash Accel from NetApp and have already seen considerable efficiency and performance gains from our applications that for our business means that our scientists and marketers have greater access to the data that drives the creation and sales of our glamorous products."

Additional Supporting Quotes:

  • Tim Russell, Vice President and General Manager, Data Lifecyle Ecosystem Group, NetApp
    "Creating an agile data infrastructure depends heavily on anticipating and managing application performance needs. NetApp Flash Accel and caching products from our partners add a persistent and durable storage layer on the server, which, when used as part of our Virtual Storage Tiering approach, leads to the automatic management of data from storage to the application based on affinity and workload. This results in dramatic application and server performance boosts that will accelerate how business is conducted using virtualized environments.”

NetApp Alliance Technology Partners

  • Neil Carson, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Fusion-io 
    "NetApp’s open approach to partnering with industry leaders through its Technology Alliance Program will provide customers with efficient solutions that will enable them to achieve performance gains with Fusion-io software and hardware at a fraction of the cost of legacy systems. NetApp's innovative approach to Flash with Virtual Storage Tiering, combined with software like Fusion ioTurbine or directCache software and Fusion ioMemory hardware, uniquely enables IT administrators to scale performance on demand in response to ever-changing business requirements.”
  • Gary Smerdon, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Accelerated Solutions Division, LSI Corporation 
    "Server side flash-based caching for application acceleration is one of the most exciting and compelling trends in IT today. As a leading provider of server-based acceleration solutions with our extensive Nytro™ product portfolio of PCIe flash card solutions, LSI is pleased to be working with NetApp and their Flash Accel server caching software to deliver dramatic application acceleration improvements for customers’ data-intensive workloads and mission-critical datacenter applications.”
  • Greg Goetz, Vice President and General Manager, SanDisk Enterprise Storage Solutions
    "Collaborating with NetApp allows us to work together to provide Flash memory–based solutions that optimize storage performance and address the problem of I/O latency in the server. Combining NetApp products and our FlashSoft software will deliver significant improvements in application performance and VM density.”
  • Ali Zadeh, Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager, STEC, Inc. 
    "STEC, like NetApp, is committed to delivering intelligent, efficient, high-performance hardware and software solutions to the enterprise storage market. Our SSD-caching software extends this commitment by fully supporting NetApp’s Virtual Storage Tiering and server-caching initiatives which will enable greater cohesion between virtualized enterprise storage systems and host-based applications. As a member of the Alliance Partner Program, STEC looks forward to further advancing SSD technology in NetApp environments and accelerating enterprise storage across an ever-increasing range of applications.”

Availability
Flash Accel will be available in December 2012. Fusion-io products being resold by NetApp are available now.

Additional Resources

About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business breakthroughs. Our commitment to living our core values and consistently being recognized as a great place to work around the world are fundamental to our long-term growth and success, as well as the success of our pathway partners and customers. Use of the word "partner” or "partnership” does not imply a legal partnership between NetApp and any other company. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.

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