Welch Allyn offers vital signs device connectivity to physician practices in Canada

Welch Allyn offers vital signs device connectivity to physician practices in Canada

August 08, 2012 | Industry News Release
Source: Welch Allyn

Skaneateles Falls, NY. – Through a partnership with QHR Technologies, Inc., Welch Allyn, a leading global provider of medical diagnostic solutions, now offers a more comprehensive line of connected vital signs devices in Canada's primary care market. Welch Allyn vital signs devices now interface with one of Canada's leading national electronic medical record (EMR) software solutions, Accuro®EMRa comprehensive, physician clinic management program. The integration of Welch Allyn devices will allow electronic transfer of patient test results directly between the digital diagnostic devices and AccuroEMR—eliminating the need for manual data entry by providers, increasing efficiency and alleviating the risk of transcription and latency errors.

"By teaming with QHR, the largest Canadian EMR vendor, we are able to provide more EMR-ready devices to physician practices in Canada than any other medical device manufacturer in the world," said John Tierney, SVP, Americas, Welch Allyn. "By offering more connected diagnostic testing options, we can help reduce some of the workflow pressures and safety issues these physicians are facing so they can be more productive and focus on their most important task—enhancing patient care."

The agreement allows the Welch Allyn family of connected vital signs devices, including the Welch Allyn Connex® Vital Signs Monitor (Connex VSM) 6000 Series and Connex® ProBP™ 3400 Digital Blood Pressure Device, to integrate with the AccuroEMR solution that offers physician practices in Canada with robust capabilities for electronic health, practice management and claims management. It provides QHR access to the latest Welch Allyn vitals software developers kit (SDK) and enables broad marketing and sales collaboration between the two companies. Throughout the integration process, Welch Allyn provided QHR with remote technical guidance and support along with device testing and, most recently, installation support.

"Our alliance with Welch Allyn presents a unique opportunity for our two companies to create a streamlined diagnostic testing environment for our AccuroEMR clients," said Al Hildebrandt, president and CEO, QHR Technologies, Inc. "Our technologies complement each other in ways that will directly enhance workflow for Canadian physicians. By sharing information and seamlessly integrating our technologies, we can achieve our shared vision to provide physicians with complete access to the right information at the right time. We are proud to partner with Welch Allyn and we look forward to the opportunities and benefits this creates for healthcare professionals and their patients across Canada."

The Welch Allyn family of connected vital signs devices include:

  • Vital Signs Monitor 300 Series
  • Spot Vital Signs® Device
  • Spot Vital Signs® LXi Device
  • Connex® Vital Signs Monitor 6000 Series
  • Connex® Integrated Wall System
  • Connex® ProBP™ 3400 Digital Blood Pressure Device

The company's full line of connected cardiopulmonary devices is currently being evaluated for release later this year, including:

  • CP 100™ and CP 200™ Electrocardiographs (ECG)
  • CardioPerfect® Workstation Software & Data Management System
  • PC-Based Resting ECG
  • PC-Based Exercise ECG
  • PC-Based SpiroPerfect® Spirometer
  • PC-Based Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor (ABPM)

About Welch Allyn

Founded in 1915 and headquartered in Skaneateles Falls, NY (USA), Welch Allyn is a leading global provider of medical diagnostic equipment and a complete range of digital and connected solutions. With 2,750 employees working in 26 different countries, Welch Allyn is a family-owned business that specializes in helping doctors, nurses, and other frontline practitioners across the globe provide the best patient care by developing innovative products, breakthrough technologies, and cutting-edge solutions that help them see more patients, detect more conditions, and improve more lives. More information about Welch Allyn and its complete line of connected products and solutions may be found at www.welchallyn.com.

About QHR Technologies Inc.

QHR operates two business units in distinct markets:

The Electronic Medical Records ("EMR") division offers a suite of medical software modules that provides computer-based medical records for Specialist, Primary Care, and Allied Health Professionals, as well as administrative modules for billing and patient scheduling, that is a key component of the move throughout Canada to provide electronic healthcare records for all Canadians. QHR specializes in EMR ASP Hosting solutions both on-site and off-site, which consist of custom application hosted solutions, exchange email hosting, office software packages, mobile messaging services, server archiving and many other custom solutions and services as required by some provincial governments.

The Enterprise Management Software ("EMS") division specializes in workforce management software, which consists of integrated payroll, staff scheduling and human resource software, and in customized financial management software built on the Microsoft Dynamics GP platform. These products are targeted at complex healthcare, social services and public safety markets.

For a more complete business and financial profile of the Company, management encourages interested parties to visit the Company's website: www.QHRtechnologies.com. For specific information on Accuro or EMR inquiries visit www.Optimedsoftware.com

Gartner Says Worldwide IT Outsourcing Services Spending on Pace to Surpass $251 Billion in 2012

Gartner Says Worldwide IT Outsourcing Services Spending on Pace to Surpass $251 Billion in 2012

Key Issues Facing ITO Industry to Be Examined at Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summits 2012, September 10-12 in Orlando and October 8-9 in London

STAMFORD, Conn., August 7, 2012—                     Worldwide spending for IT outsourcing (ITO) services is on pace to reach $251.7 billion in 2012, a 2.1 percent increase from 2011 spending of $246.6 billion, according to the latest outlook by Gartner, Inc.

The fastest-growing segment within the ITO market is cloud compute services, which is part of the cloud-based infrastructure as a service (IaaS) segment. Cloud compute services are expected to grow 48.7 percent in 2012 to $5.0 billion, up from $3.4 billion in 2011.

"Today, cloud compute services primarily provide automation of basic functions. As next-generation business applications come to market and existing applications are migrated to use automated operations and monitoring, increased value in terms of service consistency, agility and personnel reduction will be delivered", said Gregor Petri, research director at Gartner. "Continued privacy and compliance concerns may however negatively impact growth in some regions, especially if providers are slow in bringing localized solutions to market."

Data center outsourcing (DCO), a mature segment of the ITO market, represented 34.5 percent of the market in 2011, but growth will decline 1 percent in 2012. "The data center outsourcing market is at a major tipping point, where various data center processing systems will gradually be replaced by new delivery models through 2016. These new services enable providers to address new categories of clients, extending DCO from traditional large organizations into small or midsize businesses," said Bryan Britz, research director at Gartner.

The application outsourcing (AO) segment is expected to reach $40.7 billion, a 2 percent increase from 2011 spending of $39.9 billion. This growth reflects enterprises' needs to manage extensive legacy application environments and their commercial off-the-shelf packages that run the business.

"Change is afoot in the AO market. The burdens of managing the legacy portfolio, along with the limitations of IT budgets, have shifted the enterprise buyers to be cautious and favor a more evolutionary approach to other application services, such as software as a service (SaaS)," said Mr. Britz. "New applications will largely be packaged and/or SaaS-deployed in order to extend and modernize the portfolio in an incremental manner. While custom applications will remain 'core' for many organizations, the trend in the next few years to SaaS enablement in the cloud will reflect in the growth of the AO outlook."

While there will be some impact from the ongoing business slowdown due to sovereign-debt issues in Europe and slowing exports in China, Gartner expects the ITO market in the emerging Asia/Pacific region to represent the highest growth of all regions.

Spending on ITO in the Asia/Pacific region will grow 1 percent in U.S. dollars in 2012 and exceed 2.5 percent growth in 2013. With the exception of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and to a lesser degree, Singapore and Hong Kong, the countries in Asia/Pacific are quite new in terms of outsourcing usage, understanding and sophistication. The growth is being driven by the large inflow of capital into Asia over the past three to five years, leading to the need among global and regional businesses to scale up their operations.

In North America, Gartner expects that buyers will seek to transition more IT work to annuity-managed service relationships for cost take-out and IT costs. This will keep ITO growing through 2016. Enterprises' reluctance to hire or make large capital purchases, as well as their pursuit of asset-light IT strategies, continues to push clients toward consuming externally provided services.

A challenging economic scenario that worsened in late 2011 continues to affect the government policies and end-user sentiment in many key European countries, resulting in a forecast for Western Europe ITO growth decline of 1.9 percent in U.S. dollars during 2012. Reinvigorated economic pressure is delaying the willingness of many commercial organizations to focus on enhancing competitiveness rather than cost reduction. In addition, the European public sector will continue to see a cautious budget environment throughout 2012. This will force many central and local government entities to concentrate on outsourcing initiatives aimed at reducing IT cost through IT efficiencies and rationalization.

Additional information is available in the report "Forecast Analysis: IT Outsourcing, Worldwide, 2010-2016, 2Q12 Update," which is available on Gartner's website at http://www.gartner.com/resId=2092915.

About the Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summits 2012

The Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit series provides an in-depth exploration of the significant developments and trends shaping vendor and strategic sourcing management practices, as well as the sourcing marketplace.

For additional details about the Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit 2012 taking place September 10-12 in Orlando, Florida, please visit www.gartner.com/us/outsourcing. Members of the media can register by contacting Janessa Rivera at janessa.rivera@gartner.com.

The Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit 2012 in London will be held October 8-9. More information is available at http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/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.

Contacts:

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

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

Manitoba Telecom : Allstream to Launch Managed WAN Optimization Service

Manitoba Telecom : Allstream to Launch Managed WAN Optimization Service

08/07/2012 | 11:33am US/Eastern

New service delivers enhanced IP performance and protection

TORONTO, ON, August 7, 2012 - Allstream, Canada's all-business communications provider, is proud to announce the launch of its Managed Wide Area Network (WAN) Optimization service. Allstream's Managed WAN Optimization service will accelerate existing key applications and free bandwidth for the installation of more applications and services.

In today's business environment, companies are challenged to do more with less. Sophisticated, data intensive applications are the norm, along with the ability for employees to be connected anywhere at any time. As businesses expand and modernize and adopt infrastructure models such as Cloud Computing and Virtualization, the strain on their networks is growing. Allstream's Managed WAN Optimization service uses the Riverbed® Steelhead® product family that allows businesses to introduce advanced applications and improve employee productivity ¬- while continuing to operate efficiently and manage cost. Allstream's managed service includes solution design, procurement, monitoring, maintenance and performance reports.

"Allstream's Managed WAN Optimization service delivers improved performance over our customers' business IP-MPLS networks, providing application acceleration, better bandwidth utilization and improved data protection over the WAN," said Dean Prevost, President, Allstream. "With this service our customers can focus on moving their business forward without worrying about the day-to-day network operations that can take up time and resources."

"Riverbed has become the market leader in WAN Optimization by delivering a highly scalable technology that can be integrated easily into complex IT environments to accelerate and optimize the performance of business-critical applications, as well as provide a proven rapid return on investment," said Randy Schirman, Senior Vice President of worldwide channels at Riverbed. "By Allstream offering a managed WAN Optimization service utilizing Riverbed, enterprises can address complex IT initiatives successfully with an operational expenditure model that provides flexibility for management and matches operations and financial needs."

The introduction of a Managed WAN Optimization service is another step in Allstream's strategy to continue to grow its competitive edge in the IP market. It is in keeping with the company's focus on IP sales and the accelerated expansion of its fibre network in major urban centres across Canada. IP-based communications services are one of the fastest growing segments of the business telecom market.

Allstream's Managed WAN Optimization will be available to existing customers along with Allstream's growing customer base. New customers who have recently signed contracts to take advantage of Allstream's suite of IP connectivity services include Imperial Parking Canada Corporation, Latoplast Ltd., Stahl Peterbilt, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and Securiglobe.

This service is now available to customers across Canada. For more information on Allstream's Managed WAN Optimization, please visit www.allstream.com/wanoptimization

About Allstream

Allstream is a Canadian leader in IP communications and the only national communications provider that works exclusively with business customers of all sizes. With nearly 600,000 customer connections, Allstream's momentum is fuelled by the knowledge, skills and entrepreneurial spirit of its 2,500 employees across the country who collaborate with customers to determine their unique communications solutions needs. Supported by its more than 30,000-kilometre nationwide high-performance fibre-optic network, Allstream's broad portfolio of business solutions are built from an array of advanced communications technologies and services including a wide range of innovative, highly-scalable IP-based solutions to help organizations communicate more efficiently and profitably. Allstream takes pride in its commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience, and has long been recognized by its technology partners for the contributions made to their businesses. Allstream is wholly-owned by Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., which is listed on the TSX (trading symbol: MBT). For information on Allstream's products and solutions, please visit www.allstream.com.

Trend Micro Unleashes Big Data Analytics and New, Advanced Capabilities in the Smart Protection Network

Trend Micro Unleashes Big Data Analytics and New, Advanced Capabilities in the Smart Protection Network

Trend Micro enhances its ever-evolving cloud-security infrastructure for superior cloud, mobile and targeted attack protection.

CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Inc. (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704), the global leader in cloud security, today announced an expansion of the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™, the cloud-based security infrastructure introduced in 2008 that powers most of the company's products and services. The latest iteration of the Smart Protection Network incorporates advanced big data analytic capabilities that enable Trend Micro to identify new security threats across a broader range of data sources, delivering global threat intelligence that stops threats even faster than before.

These capabilities, especially crucial in the era of mobility, cloud adoption, and advanced persistent threats and targeted attacks, have been integrated into the Smart Protection Network in order to tackle the dramatic volume, variety, and velocity of threats. With this announcement, the Smart Protection Network now includes:  

  • Newly added technologies, including mobile app reputation (for mobile threats), vulnerability rules (for vulnerability and exploits), network inspection rules (for network communications), and in-the-cloud whitelisting (for minimizing false positives). These combine with the Smart Protection Network's existing reputation technologies -- Web reputation, Email reputation, and File reputation – to further Trend Micro's global threat intelligence, one of the most comprehensive in the world. 
  • New, custom tools to correlate critical relationships among all the components of an attack, and model cybercriminal behavior and the environments they work in to quickly determine whether something is good or bad.  This modeling allows Trend Micro to proactively identify new threats from the data streams using behavioral-based identification methods.  By correlating global threat intelligence across many threat vectors, Trend Micro delivers protection against the wide variety of attacks today.    
  • An evolved cloud infrastructure, allowing for a greater capacity to collect massive amounts of threat data without consuming bandwidth on customers' networks and endpoints. Trend Micro was one of the first security companies to move beyond the conventional approach of resident protection and utilize the power of the cloud to block threats before they reach users. The Smart Protection Network provides automated protection through its cloud infrastructure enabling Trend Micro to protect customers across physical, mobile, virtual, and cloud environments.

Trend Micro customers benefit from these new capabilities, receiving real-time protection against today's threats through efficient and easy-to-manage security products such as Trend Micro Deep Security – the company's flagship product for physical, virtual and cloud environments; Trend Micro Deep Discovery –  an innovative Advanced Persistent Threat detection solution; and Trend Micro Titanium for consumer endpoint security.

The Threat Landscape: Then and Now

Today's threat environment means vendors have to deal with the 3Vs of threats: volume, variety, and velocity. Each of these is growing at an astounding rate and has required a shift in how security vendors manage today's threats, especially as cloud adoption, personal mobile device usage, and targeted cyber attacks increase. In 2008, Trend Micro identified one million malware samples, compared to 30 million unique threats Trend Micro is currently tracking for 2012. Mobile threats are also on the rise: In 2008, Trend Micro detected less than 100 threats designed for mobile devices; by comparison, in 2012, Trend Micro has already identified almost 27,000 new malicious apps for the Android platform alone. 

Within this new threat environment, the amount of data is also on the rise and constantly on the move -- from cloud to servers to endpoints to mobile devices. According to IDC, the amount of data needing protection will grow by a factor of 90 by 2020.  To address these trends, the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network enables organizations and individuals to take a more data-centric approach to security. Unlike traditional, perimeter-centric security, which assumed protectable boundaries surround critical data, the Smart Protection Network protects data wherever it resides.

The Smart Protection Network: Then and Now

With the introduction of the Smart Protection Network in 2008, Trend Micro marked a new approach to security where less reliance was placed on time-consuming pattern-downloads on the client, and more emphasis was placed on stopping threats at their source – in the cloud.  Trend Micro was one of the first security vendors to use cloud-based technology to block threats before they reach a network or endpoint. 

Since 2008, Trend Micro has continued to evolve and adapt the Smart Protection Network according to the changing threat landscape, and the way businesses and consumers use technology. The proof is in the numbers: In the beginning, the Smart Protection Network managed 5 billion URL, email, and file queries per day.  By 2012, that number has more than tripled to 16+ billion queries per day. Likewise, in 2008, the Smart Protection Network analyzed 1 terabyte of threat data daily, compared to the more than 6 terabytes of data it analyzes now. 

Today, the Smart Protection Network identifies and blocks over 200 million threats a day – that's over 2300 threats per second.  The cloud-based infrastructure, which identifies, correlates, and analyzes new threats, is backed by research labs in 12 regions around the globe, and 1200 security experts worldwide working on surveillance and prevention. 

Supporting quotes

Dan Schiappa, senior vice president, identity and data protection, RSA, The Security Division of EMC
"The ability to combat cybercriminals requires a far more purposeful collaboration within the industry – such as that between RSA and Trend Micro – and a strong security ecosystem focused on sharing actionable information and mitigating risk. Our RSA® FraudAction service which is designed to help give our customers early warning about a broad variety of cyber threats, leverages real-time global threat intelligence data about viruses, spyware, spam and other malware from the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network. Trend Micro's move to enhance and expand the Smart Protection Network will benefit our customers who rely on multiple sources of threat intelligence data to better understand and fight against multi-vector cyber threats."

Eva Chen, CEO, Trend Micro
"Since the launch of the Smart Protection Network in 2008, the threat landscape has shifted to now focus on mobility and targeted attacks. Threats and cybercriminal attacks have taken on an unprecedented level of volume, variety, and velocity. These changes demand a smarter, accelerated approach to security so that our customers can confidently embrace the mobile device and cloud-era, knowing their data is protected, no matter where it resides."

Availability
The next-generation Trend Micro Smart Protection Network is strategically integrated into all of Trend Micro products and services including mobile, endpoint, server, network, messaging, gateway, and SaaS offerings for consumers and businesses of all sizes. Today, 48 of the top 50 global corporations rely on Trend Micro's ability to collect, identify and protect through the Smart Protection Network and ensure the volume, velocity and variety of threat data is managed efficiently and effectively.

For those organizations that have limited bandwidth or are concerned with privacy, Trend Micro offers the Smart Protection Server, ensuring communications and queries stay within the local network.

New Trend Micro Threat Intelligence Services are also now available to very large enterprises, government organizations and other partners.  These services enable organizations to use actionable intelligence from the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network to build or enhance their security infrastructure for counteracting data breaches and other potential threats.

The Smart Protection Network also powers Trend Micro's free online tools:

Supporting materials:

For more information about these products, contact your Trend Micro representative or channel partner or visit: http://www.smartprotectionnetwork.com.  

For more information about the Smart Protection Network, please visit the new landing page.

About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704), the global cloud security, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers.  A pioneer in server security with over 20 years' experience, we deliver top-ranked client, server and cloud-based security that fits our customers' and partners' needs, stops new threats faster, and protects data in physical, virtualized and cloud environments. Powered by the industry-leading Trend Micro Smart Protection Network cloud computing security infrastructure, our products and services stop threats where they emerge – from the Internet. They are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe. 

Additional information about Trend Micro Incorporated and the products and services are available at Trend Micro.com. This Trend Micro news release and other announcements are available at http://newsroom.trendmicro.com/  and as part of an RSS feed at www.trendmicro.com/rss.   Or follow our news on Twitter at @TrendMicro.

SOURCE Trend Micro Incorporated

Montreal-based Acquisio Acquires ScienceOps and Secures New Funding

Acquisio Acquires ScienceOps and Secures New Funding

 

Latest acquisition increases conversions for campaigns on the Google Display Network.

MONTREAL, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Acquisio, the award-winning performance media platform and leading provider of technology for marketers and agencies buying ads on any online channel, today announced the acquisition of software developer ScienceOps and the company's AdMetrica technology. AdMetrica has consistently proven to help large advertisers significantly increase the number of conversions generated by the Google Display Network while effectively reducing their average Cost per Acquisition (CPA).

"We're thrilled to join the Acquisio platform," says Bryan Minor, President & Founder of ScienceOps and now Chief Scientist at Acquisio. "Like Acquisio, ScienceOps was built to give businesses the tools needed to enhance performance. Being acquired by an industry leader like Acquisio validates the quality of our software, and we're excited to add ScienceOps to an already impressive advertising platform."               

Acquisio also announced today that it has secured a new investment from private growth capital fund Tandem Expansion and Fonds de solidarite FTQ, a development capital investment fund. This investment will allow Acquisio to pursue its growth strategy.

"We've watched Acquisio take our initial investment, and mature into a consistently innovative company that continues to evolve and expand to serve the changing needs of the agencies and brands that rely on their software," says Andre Gauthier, Tandem Expansion Managing Partner. "We believe Acquisio is a platform that will continue to grow its offering and answer the needs of the complex online advertising market."

"Year after year, Acquisio has consistently grown and expanded in every aspect," says Martin Le Sauteur, CEO of Acquisio. "With the acquisition of ScienceOps, we will continue to provide our clients with the technological innovations and services that make a significant difference in the ROI of their marketing investments." 

For more information on Acquisio, visit www.acquisio.com

About Acquisio
Acquisio provides the industry-leading technology for agencies buying ads on any online channel, allowing them to handle all tasks associated with performance advertising, from ad purchase to conversion tracking and beyond, within a single integrated platform. Unlike other solutions, Acquisio hosts its own third-party ad server and employs a single tracking functionality across channels, allowing agency marketers unparalleled conversion and revenue attribution modeling and reporting capabilities.

With more than 4,000 users and 10,000 brands under its management, Acquisio is the multi-channel marketing solution preferred by the world's leading advertising, marketing, and SEM agencies. Agency clients include large agency holdings such as WPP, Omnicom, IPG and Publicis; as well as some of the world's most recognized performance media companies such as Bertelsmann, Cossette, DAC Group, iProspect, Isobar, Media Experts, NetBooster, PhD, and Yellow Pages Group.

Media Contact
Travis DeLingua
North 6th Agency
212.334.9768
tdelingua@n6a.com

SOURCE Acquisio

QLogitek Launches EDI Services for Target Canada

QLogitek Launches EDI Services for Target Canada

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 7, 2012) - QLogitek, winner of the Retail Council of Canada's technology award for 2012, announced today that it has launched EDI services for Target Canada Co. (Target Canada), a new and much anticipated entrant into the Canadian retail space. "We are excited to be part of the Target Canada rush by offering new EDI channels to our customer base as well as to other vendors seeking to do business with them," said Isa Qureshi, EVP and COO of QLogitek. Although Target Canada will not be opening its first stores until 2013, it is in the process of having its vendors up and running with EDI.

Organizations who sign up for QLogitek's EDI services prior to August 31st, 2012 will receive a 20% discount on their monthly transaction fees as well as their set-up fee for their initial term of service. Vendors can select from VAN, AS2, FTP and web portal channels to gain the capability to exchange all necessary EDI transactions with Target Canada. These transactions include: invoice (810), purchase order (850), advanced ship notice (856), text message (864), order status report (870) and UCC 128 barcode labels.

U.S. based Target Corporation, established in 1962, is the second largest discount retailer in the U.S. It is celebrating its 50 year anniversary this year and is expanding its footprint within North America through its Canadian subsidiary, Target Canada. Beginning in 2013, the retailer will be opening between 125 and 135 stores across Canada. To learn more about Target Canada, please visit www.target.ca.

About QLogitek:

QLogitek (www.qlogitek.com) is a leading B2B-EDI supply chain integration solutions provider. The company offers an innovative cloud computing service delivery model as well as a traditional on-premise model. Its suite of 10 products connects enterprises with their trading partners to enable an array of supply chain processes such as EDI exchange for supplier order fulfillment, inbound management for distribution centre optimization, repair-order tracking, scan-based trading, product lifecycle management and claims management. 20,000 trading partner organizations are mobilized by QLogitek across 170 countries for leading retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) enterprises.

Contact Information

QLogitek
Arif Rizvi
Communications Assistant
416.741.1595 x.337
arif.rizvi@qlogitek.com

Waterloo Region Promoted as Top Canadian Innovation Hub at Los Angeles SIGGRAPH 2012 Exhibition

Waterloo Region Promoted as Top Canadian Innovation Hub at Los Angeles SIGGRAPH 2012 Exhibition

WATERLOO REGION, ON, Aug. 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Innovation leaders from throughout Waterloo Region are joining forces on the Province of Ontario pavilion, promoting the Region as a thriving tech hub and one of Canada's best places to live, at the SIGGRAPH 2012 exhibition which gets under way today in Los Angeles. The SIGGRAPH conference and exhibition August 7-9 is billed as the premier international event on computer graphics and interactive techniques, drawing 20,000 attendees from five continents.

"We're pleased to partner with the Province and the City of Kitchener to showcase Waterloo Region's strengths in both innovation and lifestyle, and build awareness for talent attraction and investment," said Karen Gallant, Senior Director Talent Networks at Communitech.

The Waterloo Region presence will promote innovation in digital media, gaming and other fields as well as the lifestyle benefits of living in a medium-sized urban area that features arts and culture, sports and recreation, and more. There are almost 1,000 tech companies in Waterloo Region generating over $30 billion in annual revenues, and employing 30,000+ professionals with another estimated 1,000 job openings currently available.

Community leaders involved in the SIGGRAPH exhibit emphasize that sharing the growing reputation of Waterloo Region as a North American tech hub is critical to future economic success.

"It's exciting to see that Waterloo Region holds a strong place in the digital media industry. Investments such as the Communitech Hub in downtown Kitchener -- where 100 digital media and mobility startups innovate every day -- are really starting to have an impact," said Rod Regier, Executive Director Economic Development, City of Kitchener. "These startups will need investors keen to capitalize on their innovation, and SIGGRAPH puts the community and the tech cluster on the map."

"Events like SIGGRAPH are important for building the brand of the community as Canada's hottest tech hub and a great place for foreign companies to expand their operations," said John J. Jung, CEO of Canada's Technology Triangle (CTT). "Access to talent and collaborative R&D are just two reasons that companies like Google and Electronic Arts choose to expand operations to Waterloo Region."

Conestoga College's School of Media and Design is supporting the booth at SIGGRAPH, adding to the buzz about Waterloo Region in digital media.

"We're pleased to participate to extend the brand recognition of our Region as a leading centre of design innovation in an increasingly digital world," said Mark Derro, Chair of the School of Media and Design at Conestoga College.

Waterloo Region has numerous points of pride to share with SIGGRAPH attendees including the fact that its tech sector generates over $30 billion in revenues annually in a talent-rich community of just 550,000 people. Waterloo Region tech highlights include:

  • $535 million in deal flow in 2011
  • 400+ burgeoning startups plus 400 small-to-medium sized businesses, and 30 large and/or multi-national companies including:
  • Canada's largest software company OpenText; the country's largest satellite company COM DEV; Canada's largest eLearning company Desire2Learn; the world's largest digital projection company Christie Digital Canada Systems Inc.
  • Over $ ½ Billion in acquisitions over the last 12 months
  • Invested venture capital, private equity and angel financing grown from $7 million in 1997 to more than $300 million today
  • 150 research institutes, pre-eminent research facilities in quantum-nano and theoretical physics
  • 631 patents granted per million (3x national average per CTT)
  • 98,000 post-secondary students, including 26,000 co-operative education students (58,000 full-time, 40,000 part-time)
  • Christie, which has its manufacturing facility in Waterloo Region, is a platinum sponsor of SIGGRAPH and has a major presence at the event. In addition to moderating a high frame rate industry expert panel on August 8 with Jon Landau, Douglas Trumbull and Dennis Muren, Christie will showcase its latest personal visualization solution prototype, the Christie HoloStation in exhibition Booth #1123.

    For further information regarding Waterloo Region in digital media, go to: http://www.waterlooregionstarthere.com/

    SOURCE: Communitech Ltd.

    For further information:

    Media Contact:
    S. Grandy, Sr. PR Advisor Communitech, 905-866-2656, shelley@communitech.ca












































    Avaya announces Aura Conferencing

     

    Avaya Announces the Next Leap Forward in Business Collaboration with Avaya Aura® Conferencing

     

    ·         Avaya Aura® Conferencing 7.0 and Avaya Flare® Experience streamline collaboration with easy-to-use, all-in-one audio/web conferencing integrated into unified communications 

    ·         Enables secure, cost-effective “share from anywhere” capabilities for mobile collaboration and  BYOD initiatives 

    ·         Built on standards-based, open architecture, designed to extend Avaya Aura® Communication Manager and Avaya Communication Server 1000 communication environments for high performance and scalability

     

    For Immediate Release: Tuesday August 7, 2012

    Basking Ridge, N.J. – Avaya, a global provider of business communications and collaboration systems, software and services, today announced the next advancement for business collaboration with Avaya Aura® Conferencing 7.0, the latest version of the company’s multi-modal conferencing solution. The company also announced the availability of the Avaya Flare® Experience for Apple iPad tablets and Microsoft Windows-based PCs and laptops, along with a new version of its Avaya Aura unified communications platform and expanded mobility for the Avaya Communication Server 1000 (CS1000).

     

    The Avaya Aura Conferencing 7.0 solution enables session-based, unified voice and web collaboration from anywhere using desktop Macs or PCs, tablets, and smartphones. Supported by the open, standards-based SIP architecture of Avaya Aura 6.2, Avaya Aura Conferencing 7.0 provides the high-performance, high scalability and security required by enterprises while enabling the flexibility needed for mobile collaboration and BYOD environments. The new collaboration solution provides a number of user and business benefits, including:

     

    ·         One-stop access from the intuitive, collaboration user interface of the Avaya Flare Experience on Apple iPad tablets and Microsoft Windows PCs or laptops,for  communications and multimodal collaboration, voice, document sharing, IM/presence, email and consolidated corporate and personal directories.

    ·         A zero-install, Collaboration Agent client that makes it easy for participants to collaborate using any Web browser or iPhone, and that works seamlessly with the Avaya Flare Experience clients on iPad tablets and Windows PCs/laptops.

    ·         Visual and contextual controls that help eliminate most or all of the typical disruptions of traditional conference sessions, such as announcing or identifying attendees, background noise, speaker identification, etc.

    ·         Scalability to handle 7,500 active conferencing sessions supporting workers located virtually anywhere to eliminate or reduce the cost of outside services..

    ·         A distributed, open architecture and built-in intelligence that helps reduce and manage bandwidth usage and adapts as needed to make it easy on the network and the budget. 

    Avaya Aura Conferencing 7.0 is available for $140 per user with the Collaboration Agent browser interface and for $190 per user with the addition of Avaya Flare Experience for Windows operating systems and iPad tablets. The collaboration solution is supported by the newest version of Avaya Aura (6.2) and can connect to either Avaya Aura Communication Manager or Avaya CS 1000 systems.

     

    Avaya CS 1000 customers can add an Avaya Aura-based Collaboration Pack, a single server solution that brings SIP capabilities of Avaya Aura and mobility choices to CS 1000 users. The Collaboration Pack now includes Avaya Flare Communicator and Avaya one-X® Mobile SIP for iOS.

     

    This announcement highlights Avaya’s commitment to the “Power of We™” to enable faster collaboration, smarter decisions and better business results.

     

    Additional Resources
    Aura Conferencing 7.0 and Avaya Flare Experience YouTube Video

    Mobile Collaboration for Enterprises

    Working at the Speed of Business with Avaya Mobility Solutions Video

     

    TAGS:  Avaya, Avaya Aura, business collaboration, conferencing, BYOD, consumerization of IT, mobile collaboration, audio conferencing, web conferencing, content sharing

     

    About Avaya
    Avaya is a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions, providing unified communications, contact centers, data solutions and related services to companies of all sizes around the world. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

     

    Certain statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should" or "will" or other similar terminology. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. For a list and description of such risks and uncertainties, please refer to Avaya's filings with the SEC that are available at www.sec.gov/. Avaya disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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    WatchGuard Sets New Standard for Next-Generation UTM

    WatchGuard Sets New Standard for Next-Generation UTM

    New WatchGuard XTM 5 Series Breaks Price/Performance Barriers; Redefines Next-Generation Unified Threat Management (UTM)

    SEATTLE – August 6, 2012. WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in manageable business security solutions, today announced a ground-breaking change for the unified threat management (UTM) market with the release of the New WatchGuard XTM 5 Series network security appliances. As next-generation UTMs, the New WatchGuard XTM 5 Series sports the fastest throughput in its price class without sacrificing security efficacy, manageability and ease of use.

    WatchGuard notes that the New XTM 5 Series gains substantive performance improvements compared to the previous XTM 5 series models. Specifically, appliance packet filtering increased nearly 40 percent, gateway antivirus is 190 percent faster, intrusion prevention (IPS) is up 220 percent, and overall UTM performance is more than 150 percent improved.

    "For midsize businesses, there is no faster, fully featured and easy to manage UTM appliance on the market today than the New XTM 5 Series," said Roger Klorese, Director of Product Management at WatchGuard Technologies. "Packed with key security features as well as next-generation Application Control capabilities, the New XTM 5 Series gives businesses an unparalleled solution to block the latest web threats, as well as the ability to improve employee productivity."

    New WatchGuard XTM 5 Series – Foundation for Next-Generation UTM
    Ideal for businesses with 50 to 500 employees, the New WatchGuard XTM 5 Series is available in four new models: XTM 515, XTM 525, XTM 535 and the top-performance XTM 545. Basic firewall throughput starts at 2 Gbps for the XTM 515 and increases up to 3.5 Gbps for the XTM 545. Throughput with the full security offered by enabling next-generation UTM services starts at 850Mbps for the XTM 515 and increases up to 1.23Gbps for the XTM 545.

    Security that is driven by awareness of application and user context makes a UTM appliance truly "next generation." With WatchGuard Application Control, businesses now gain in-depth, granular control over Web 2.0 applications, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and hundreds more. Not only does WatchGuard Application Control protect against the next -generation of threats that leverage these popular applications, now businesses can rein in how individual employees use such applications, directly from the corporate firewall.

    In addition to the integrated firewall, IPS and Application Control features that are the bare essentials for next-generation security, customers step up to full next generation UTM with the option to add Gateway Anti-virus, WebBlocker, spamBlocker and Reputation Enabled Defense – WatchGuard's context-aware, cloud-based security service – to best meet their business needs.

    Also, the New WatchGuard XTM 5 Series takes advantage of the ability to create highly secure virtual private network (VPN) tunnels for Apple iPad, iPhone and other iOS-based devices, as well as smartphones and tablets powered by Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later. This way, businesses can provide complete protection even for popular devices that employees bring into the office.

    "It is critical for our network security to be as strong as possible, but also very fast," said Jason Omens, IT Director for OfficeXpats, a co-working and conference center facility. "Not only is the New XTM 5 Series powerful, but what I especially like is how easy it is to manage, as well as how much information the reports and logs provide. Dollar for dollar, nothing beats it."

    Pricing and Availability
    Pricing for the New WatchGuard XTM 5 Series starts at $1,765. All four models are available now from authorized WatchGuard resellers worldwide. For more information, please go to www.watchguard.com.

    About WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
    Since 1996, WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. has been the advanced technology leader of business security solutions, providing mission-critical protection to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard family of wired and wireless unified threat management appliances, messaging, content security and SSL VPN remote access solutions provide extensible network, application and data protection, as well as unparalleled network visibility, management and control. WatchGuard products are backed by WatchGuard LiveSecurity® Service, an innovative support, maintenance, and education program. WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle and has offices serving North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit www.watchguard.com.

    Toronto-based 01 Communique Enhances its Patent Portfolio

    01 Communique Enhances its Patent Portfolio with receipt of Patent for its Remote Wakeup Technology in the United States and Japan.

    TORONTO, Aug. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - 01 Communique (TSX:ONE) today announced that it has received   notification from the United States Patent and Trademark Office that its remote wakeup patent application  has been granted under Patent Number 8234701. In addition, the Company has been notified that in Japan it has been granted a Patent for its remote wakeup patent application under Japanese patent number 4875094.

    The patent application relates to a system, method and computer program for remotely sending a digital signal(s) to a computer. The result is a solution for sending a digital signal(s) to computers connected to a local computer network from a remote computer that is external to the local computer network. This technology has been incorporated in the Company's I'm InTouch product line thereby allowing for the remote wake up of a personal computer that has been shut down.

    The Company has also been granted a patent in Canada (patent number 2309398) for the Canadian version of its United States patent number 6,928,479 ("the '479 Patent") relating to a system, computer product and method for providing a private communication portal. The Company has lawsuits in the United States for patent infringement of the 479 Patent against Citrix Systems Inc. and LogMeIn Inc..

    "The granting of these patents in the U.S.A., Japan and Canada is a solid endorsement as to the innovative nature of our technology." said Andrew Cheung, President and CEO for 01 Communique. "We now have three patents in the remote connectivity marketplace in the U.S.A. and one in Japan and Canada. As we move forward we will continue to develop products based on our innovative and patented technology and protect our intellectual property rights against other companies who infringe on our patents." 

    The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of this release.

    About 01 Communique
    Established in 1992, 01 Communique (TSX:ONE) offers a suite of remote access services designed for small-medium sized business, mobile professionals and IT service providers. 01's software as a service offerings are deployed on-demand and include functionality enabling on-line meetings, remote computing and IT support. 01's suite of products includes its remote access offering I'm InTouch (www.imintouch.com , its online meeting offering www.imintouchmeeting.com) and its remote support offering I'm OnCall (www.imoncall.com) products are protected in the U.S.A. by its patents #6928479 / #6938076 and in Canada by its patent #2309398. For more information, visit www.01com.com or call (905) 795-2888 or (800) 668-2185 (North America only).