Ottawa's Amika Mobile Joins EDGE Innovation Network

Amika Mobile Joins EDGE Innovation Network

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 3, 2012) -

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Amika Mobile has joined the EDGE® Innovation Centre in Ottawa, Canada - part of the EDGE Innovation Network, a unique collaborative environment designed to accelerate the development of new products and technology to solve challenges facing defence, public safety and law enforcement organizations today. The EDGE brings together representatives from military and first responder agencies, scientists, small innovative technology firms, and established defence contractors in an open forum to share information and ideas.

"Amika Mobile's focus on critical alerts and emergency mass notification and its unique auto-discovery of wired and wireless devices makes it a strong fit for the EDGE Innovation Network and we are looking forward to working closely with the EDGE Innovation Network on enhancing and delivering combined solutions to military and first responder organizations." stated Amika Mobile CEO Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima.

"The power of the EDGE comes from the members. Today, the rapid pace of technology development and complexity of those technologies means that no single company has all the answers to meet the needs of its customers. As a new member of EDGE, Amika Mobile will contribute to our ability to better leverage a collective set of ideas, available technologies, and resources," said Dave Ibbetson, general manager, General Dynamics Canada.

The EDGE Innovation Network, sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems, is a worldwide network of 12 EDGE Innovation Centres with approximately 270 members focused on rapidly delivering new technologies and innovative capabilities to military and government personnel, public safety and law enforcement professionals. The EDGE Innovation Centre in Ottawa, supported by General Dynamics Canada, was created as an environment where large and small businesses can work cooperatively with academic institutions to address capability gaps identified by Canadian defence, security and public safety organizations.

About Amika Mobile: Amika Mobile is a privately held company specializing in critical and emergency mass notification. The Amika Mobility Server (AMS) is ideal for airports, sports arenas, shopping centers and campuses whose visitors are not pre-registered in a contacts database. Database pre-registration is the Achilles' heel of emergency mass notification. AMS alerts over 16 layers including WiFi, SMS, Email, VoIP, PA systems, Message Boards and the Web including Twitter, RSS Feeds, and Facebook. Emergency and critical alerts are ideal for those concerned with public safety and security. Amika Mobile has won 12 awards and sells AMS through partners, system integrators and OEMs to service providers and platform vendors.

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613-599-4445
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Toronto's Softchoice Cloud Portal Brings Power of the Cloud to North American Enterprises

Softchoice Cloud Portal Brings Power of the Cloud to North American Enterprises

Source: Softchoice (18/07/2012)

• New platform provides secure, reliable access to a host of new cloud applications while providing greater control and oversight for IT administrators.

Toronto – July 18, 2012 – Softchoice (TSX: SO) proudly announces the launch of the Softchoice Cloud Portal - a secure online platform that simplifies the purchase, deployment, management and support of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. The Softchoice Cloud Portal addresses many of the challenges organizations face controlling the proliferation of SaaS applications within today’s business environments. This includes a cloud ‘store’ that makes it easy to research and acquire dozens of the latest cloud applications; a management console to centrally manage the deployment of SaaS applications; built-in ROI reporting and direct access to live 24/7 support. The launch of the portal is a major step in the Company’s focus on providing the tools and consulting services to help North American organizations develop effective cloud adoption strategies.

“The Softchoice Cloud Portal is the industry’s first truly comprehensive delivery platform for cloud-based applications,” said David MacDonald, President and CEO of Softchoice. “We’re giving organizations a secure and reliable way to harness the growing power of the cloud. At the same time, with thousands of new SaaS applications entering the market, we’re also giving the vendor community an efficient way to get their technology into the hands of new customers.”

Key benefits of the Softchoice Cloud Portal include:

• Easy purchasing through the Softchoice Cloud Store: Users can access and make purchases from a growing catalog of cloud applications, including Google Apps, Microsoft Office 365, Box, Cisco Webex, Websense and Sugar CRM. Billings for multiple vendors can also be consolidated through a single, monthly invoice, simplifying the budgeting and administration process.

• Highest levels of security: The Softchoice Cloud Portal integrates with Active Directory and uses industry standard Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) to maintain the highest levels of security when accessing SaaS applications.

• Centralized application management: The Softchoice Cloud Portal lets IT administrators deploy SaaS applications by individual, role or group, ensuring license compliance and controlling employee access at the click of a button.

 • Single sign-on for end users: The Softchoice Cloud Portal lets end-users access all their SaaS applications from any device using the same password they use to log-in to their network.

 • Built in ROI reporting: The Softchoice Cloud Portal’s management console allows IT administrators to monitor application usage and make adjustments to their licensing to ensure SaaS investments are fully optimized.

• Live 24/7 support: Softchoice provides a single point of contact to resolve issues across multiple cloud vendors. Integration with Softchoice Managed Services also allows Softchoice to pinpoint and address service delivery problems, often before end-users are even aware.

The Softchoice Cloud Portal is designed to support more than 1,300 different SaaS applications. Organizations also have the ability to add SaaS applications already in use in their environment to gain the security, management and efficiency benefits of the Softchoice Cloud Portal.

“More often than not, the use of SaaS applications within corporate environments is happening without any real oversight by IT and that presents a lot of issues with respect to security and efficiency,” added Kevin Wright, Softchoice’s Chief Information Officer. “The Softchoice Cloud Portal is about giving control back to IT to ensure these assets are managed securely and are delivering the intended value across the enterprise.”

About Softchoice

As a leading North American provider of technology solutions and services, Softchoice combines the efficiency and reliability of a national IT supplier with the personal touch and technical expertise of a local solutions provider. Softchoice’s holistic approach to technology includes solution design, implementation and asset management services, as well as access to one of the most comprehensive and cost-effective technology distribution networks in North America. With over 1,200 employees, Softchoice manages the technology needs of thousands of corporate and public sector organizations across the United States and Canada.

Softchoice stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the trading symbol “SO.” The common shares of Softchoice are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and are not publicly traded in the United States.

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Express Scripts Canada announces opening of Customer Experience Centre

Express Scripts Canada announces opening of Customer Experience Centre

  • Facility to Provide Plan Sponsors with Insight into Ways to Better Manage Prescription Drug Benefit

MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Express Scripts Canada, one of the largest providers of health benefits management services in Canada, today announced the opening of its Customer Experience Centre in Mississauga.

The Customer Experience Centre, which is housed separately in the same premises as the Express Scripts Canada Ontario Pharmacy, will offer plan sponsors with insight into ways they can better manage the prescription drug benefit on behalf of their respective organizations.

The Customer Experience Centre also serves as the new home for Express Scripts Canada's Pharmacy and Clinical Services team, which develops new products and services to meet the current and emerging needs of the Canadian health benefits marketplace.

"The Express Scripts Canada Customer Experience Centre is built on the same premise as the Express Scripts Research & New Solutions Lab in St. Louis, which is that greater insights lead to greater results," said Michael Biskey, President of Express Scripts Canada. "Our Pharmacy and Clinical Services team is dedicated to addressing evolving health-care challenges head-on - they are turning data into insights and insights into proven, practical solutions for plan sponsors and plan members, creating innovative, customized solutions for some of the most complex challenges they face.

"At the Customer Experience Centre, plan sponsors can interact with Express Scripts Canada's diverse team of experts to better comprehend how Express Scripts Canada uses advanced analytics to study data about how patients interact with their prescription-drug therapies. In turn, these analyses have revealed useful insights into patient-related behavior."

Better Care, Zero Waste Go Hand-in-Hand
Through the working application of the behavioral sciences, the Express Scripts Canada Customer Experience Centre is clearing the path to better care and zero waste in the pharmacy landscape. Over the past few years, research by Express Scripts, Express Scripts Canada's parent company, has repeatedly demonstrated that better care and zero waste often go hand-in-hand - the most effective care can often cost the least.

"The challenge is not simply to make these two goals compatible, but rather to do so in a manner that is acceptable to both members and plan sponsors," said Mr. Biskey. "Surprisingly, the biggest gap is not between what plan sponsors want and what patients want, but rather between what patients want and what patients actually do.

"We use the advanced application of the behavioural sciences to health care to activate patient intent. At the Express Scripts Canada Customer Experience Centre, we will introduce plan sponsors to proven tools to better manage the cost of the prescription drug benefit while actually providing plan members with an enhanced prescription drug service. "

Pharmacy Benefit Management
Express Scripts Canada's expanded PBM service, which can be added by companies and organizations without changing insurance carriers, applies behavioural sciences to health-care decision-making to more effectively help manage benefit costs and improve health outcomes. Plan members, with the support of their physician, as appropriate, will interact with a team of qualified pharmacists at Express Scripts Canada to learn about their maintenance medication alternatives so that they can make more informed choices. The result will be decisions that promote improved health outcomes, while often reducing costs for both the member and the member's plan sponsor.

Working in conjunction with the expanded PBM service, an Express Scripts Canada Pharmacy will facilitate the dispensing and delivery of prescription drugs to treat ongoing medical conditions, such as diabetes high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The prescription is subsequently delivered, via free standard shipping, to patients' homes or to the address they designate.

A skilled team of pharmacists and pharmacy assistants verify the clinical quality of those prescriptions filled. Patients also have access to pharmacists to answer questions about their medications.

With Express Scripts Canada's expanded PBM service, Canadian plan sponsors have access to proven tools to better manage the cost of the prescription drug benefit while providing plan members with an enhanced prescription drug service.

About Express Scripts Canada
Express Scripts Canada, a registered business name of both ESI Canada and Express Scripts Canada Services, each an Ontario partnership, is indirectly owned by Express Scripts, Inc., and is one of Canada's leading providers of health benefits management services. From its corporate headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, just outside Toronto, Express Scripts Canada provides a full range of integrated pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services to insurers, third-party administrators, plan sponsors and the public sector, including health-claims adjudication and processing services, Home Delivery Pharmacy Services, benefit-design consultation, drug-utilization review, formulary management, and medical and drug-data analysis services, to better facilitate the best possible health outcomes at the lowest possible cost. For more information about Express Scripts Canada, visit its Web site at www.express-scripts.ca.

About Express Scripts
Express Scripts manages more than a billion prescriptions each year for tens of millions of people. On behalf of our clients — employers, health plans, unions and government health programs — we make the use of prescription drugs safer and more affordable. We innovate to enhance patient care, reduce pharmacy-related waste and increase therapy adherence. Building on a strong clinical foundation, we apply our understanding of the behavioral sciences — an approach we call Consumerology® — to make it easier for people to choose better health. To learn more, go to http://lab.express-scripts.com.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Express Scripts provides integrated pharmacy benefit management services, including network-pharmacy claims processing, home delivery, specialty benefit management, benefit-design consultation, drug-utilization review, formulary management, and medical and drug data analysis services. The company also distributes a full range of biopharmaceutical products and provides extensive cost-management and patient-care services.

For more information, visit www.Express-Scripts.com

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This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements related to the Company's plans, objectives, expectations (financial and otherwise) or intentions. Actual results may differ significantly from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements.  Factors that may impact these forward-looking statements can be found in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 10, 2012.  A copy of this form can be found at the Investor Relations section of Express Scripts' Web site at http://www.express-scripts.com/corporate.

We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to such forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Canadian Court Sides with Tech Giants Over Culture

Canadian Court Sides with Tech Giants Over Culture

July 17, 2012 --


TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 07/17/12 --


The assault on Canadian culture and jobs, begun with the new copyright Bill (C-11), continued with the recent Supreme Court decision that awards some 30% of music download royalties to corporate tech giants and international music services.

The Court cited technological neutrality as one of the reasons for the decision despite the fact that the economics in the digital delivery of music are not neutral and convey many profitable benefits to distributors, services and consumers.



Says Robert Ott, CEO of ole, Canada's largest music publisher: "The alarming expropriation of Canadian culture and jobs in favor of tech giants is not only killing music and jobs, it's also eroding Canada's tax base and negatively impacting consumers."

Ott adds: "None of the money taken away from Canadian artists, publishers and their employees by this latest Court decision is going to result in cost savings for consumers. The music offering is going to be negatively impacted as it requires investment from companies like ours to produce great content for the market."

Earlier, Bill C-11, the long awaited amendment to the Copyright Act, sided heavily with ISPs, broadcasters and other industry lobbies and moved to expropriate and limit the music industry's ability to find markets in modern technologies.

Concludes Ott: "There's nothing neutral about tech or the profits that these corporate giants are amassing on the backs of the music community. A lot has been made of freedom of the Internet and even freedom of speech, but what about freedom of the market? Governments and courts should allow business to evolve on a level playing field and not side with one industry over another. Intellectual property is our collective future and we should not sell it out just to make a fast buck."

About ole:

ole (pronounced "oh lay") is one of the World's leading music publishers and Canada's largest, with over $115 million dollars invested in copyrights. Based in Toronto, with additional offices in Nashville and Los Angeles, the company has a staff of over 40 experienced industry professionals focused on acquisitions, artist development, and worldwide copyright administration. ole has recently entered the Production Music space with operations in the U.S. (MusicBox) and Canada (clear).

ole has been named Canadian Country Music Association's Music Publishing Company of the Year for the past five years and earned its first Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Country Song, "White Horse." Other recent notable ole awards include: 2012 ACM Song of the Year, "Crazy Girl" (Eli Young Band), SESAC 2011 Country Performance Activity Award for "Til Summer Comes Around" (Monty Powell/Keith Urban); three BMI 2011 Most Performed Songs Awards for "Fearless" (Liz Rose, Taylor Swift); "Why Wait" (Jimmy Yeary, Tom Shapiro) and "Let Me Down Easy" (Marty Dodson, Jennifer Hanson, Mark Nesler) ; 2011 SOCAN Country Music Award for "Make Hay While The Sun Shines" (Steven Lee Olsen, Bruce Wallace); 2011 SOCAN Domestic Television Series Music Award "Busytown Mysteries" (Peter Coulman, Carl Lenox, David Tedesco); and 2011 SOCAN Award for 100,000 Radio Performances of Lighthouse's "Sunny Days" and "Pretty Lady" (Skip Prokop).

The ole catalog includes over 45,000 songs and 40,000 hours of TV music across all genres. ole has completed over $115MM USD in acquisitions, including purchases of music catalogs: Blacktop, Jody Williams Music, Rami Yacoub, Chris Wallin, Rick Giles, Balmur, Keith Follese, Lighthouse, Frank Myers, Dream Warriors, Encore, David Tyson, and Marsfilm Music. ole has also purchased the worldwide music rights for TV catalogs such as WGBH, Cookie Jar, Cineflix, CCI and recently, "The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That."

Notable copyrights for ole include; Aerosmith's "Legendary Child", "Springsteen" by Eric Church, Taylor Swift singles "Fearless," "White Horse," "Tim McGraw," "Picture To Burn," "Teardrops On My Guitar"; Rascal Flatts' "Why Wait"; Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Independent"; and "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" by Britney Spears; Pink's "You and Your Hand"; "It's Gonna Be Me" from 'N Sync; "Shape of My Heart" by Backstreet Boys; iconic Canadian Olympic theme "I Believe"; "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles; Tim McGraw's "Something Like That."

ole owns or represents up to 150,000 production music tracks within its MusicBox and clear libraries. With 10 staff in North America, ole's Production Music division delivers excellent customer service and quality Creative on a leading edge IT platform. Our production music division leverages ole's established Administration, Finance and IT services.

ole is committed to being the best and most innovative global destination for world-class songwriters, composers, and management talent, and the first choice music source for creators in all media.

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PARTA signs a 3 year $500,000 contract in Social Learning, confirming its expertise in the health sector

PARTA signs a 3 year $500,000 contract in Social Learning, confirming its expertise in the health sector

TSXV: PAD

MONTREAL and PARIS, France, July 17, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Parta Dialogue (TSXV: PAD), experts in Social Campaign Optimization and Social Learning, announces the signing of a contract valued at $500,000 over a period of 3 years for providing a platform to manage online training for one of its clients in the health sector. This contract will be executed through its subsidiary Edu-Performance.

Used by many enterprises throughout the world and in Canada in particular, this new generation of hybrid e-Learning and Social Learning platforms is customized to suit the client's needs.  This platform provides its clients with the most advanced technologies in terms of training and mobilisation of their members using social media tools.

"We obtained this contract thanks to our expertise in the e-Learning sector and our capacity in technological adaptation. Our developers in the Social Learning sphere allow us to be one step ahead of the market" declared André Goli, VP Marketing at PARTA. "In this era of social media, our clients acknowledge the efficiency and impact of Social Learning on the engagement and mobilisation of their employees" states PARTA CEO, Paul Allard.

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."

For further information:

Tom Liacas, VP Social Media
Parta Dialogue Inc.
+1 (514) 771-5120
tom.liacas@partadialogue.com

Full Disk Encryption Benefits far Exceed Cost According to Study by Ponemon Institute

Full Disk Encryption Benefits far Exceed Cost According to Study by Ponemon Institute

WinMagic-sponsored study examined Total Cost of Ownership for full disk encryption for businesses around the world

MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 17, 2012 /CNW/ - WinMagic Inc., the global innovator in full disk encryption, along with the Ponemon Institute today announced the results of the first ever survey looking into the total cost of ownership of full disk encryption. Key findings in the study (The True Cost for Full Disk Encryption) revealed that when compared to the potential damage caused by data disclosure, the cost of encryption is a fraction of the value it provides to businesses around the world.

The purpose of the study was to learn how organizations are deploying software and hardware full disk encryption solutions for desktop and laptop computers as well as the determination of total cost and benefits for organizations. The Ponemon Institute surveyed 1,335 individuals in IT and IT security in four separate country samples: the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Germany (DE) and Japan (JP) representing a variety of industry sectors.

"WinMagic has long held the belief that innovative features can help to significantly reduce the cost of deploying and operating full disk encryption, while optimizing compliance and user satisfaction," said Garry McCracken, VP Technology Parnerships at WinMagic Inc. "The study clearly shows that the investment into a leading encryption solution such as SecureDoc will pay back in less than a year whereas software that is bundled with operating systems or Anti-Malware products might negatively impact the IT budget and user satisfaction."

Key findings from the study include:

  • Expected benefits of full disk encryption exceed cost in all four countries by a factor ranging from 4 to 20. In the context of the research, the primary benefit of full disk encryption is a reduction in the probability of having a data breach as a result of a lost or stolen desktop or laptop computer.
  • TCO varies by organizational size: The highest TCO is for organizations with fewer than 50 employees ($399) and more than 25,000 employees ($313). The pure software cost (license and maintenance) only represents a small fraction of the total cost of FDE encryption solution.
  • Organizations report that more than one-third of their stolen desktops and laptop computers contained unencrypted sensitive information.
  • The most expensive component of TCO concerns the value of user and IT department time incurred operating encrypted desktops or laptops.

"This study really allowed us to get very granular as it relates to the optimum use of encryption and understanding the total cost of ownership. The results clearly show that the benefits for encryption are extremely compelling" said Dr. Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute.

Overall, the results demonstrate that the user and IT cost of deploying and running a full disk encryption solution is much higher than the pure software cost. This sheds a new light on allegedly "free" encryption solutions that come with operating systems. These may have significantly higher TCO compared to commercial full disk encryption solutions that have a minimal impact on IT processes and end-user productivity.

By using WinMagic's industry leading full-disk encryption solution, SecureDoc, customers are able to reduce the total cost of ownership of encryption while increasing user satisfaction and data security:

  • With PBConnex the process for resetting passwords is the same as with an unencrypted machine (for example via Active Directory), not requiring complex additional steps as with many other solutions.
  • With SecureDoc PBConnex staging is as simple as having the user logon while online with their AD credentials. There is no need to define which user will be using which device upfront.
  • With WinMagic's SecureDoc, encryption TCO can be reduced by at least $226,163 per organization per year (based on a business sample size of 7,788 users).
  • Savings are based on time reduced on device staging and password reset only! It's only the beginning of what SecureDoc can offer.

The full study summary can be found on WinMagic's web site at www.winmagic.com/ponemonstudy and is free to download.

About the Ponemon Institute
The Ponemon Institute© is dedicated to advancing responsible information and privacy management practices in business and government. To achieve this objective, the Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors, and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a variety of industries.

About WinMagic Inc.
WinMagic Inc. provides the world's most secure, manageable and easy-to-use data security solutions. WinMagic's SecureDoc is a comprehensive encryption and security management product that can manage data security across the enterprise. By encrypting entire disks, specific files or folders locally or on the network as well as mobile devices and removable media, SecureDoc secures your data wherever it is stored, providing enterprise grade data security policy and key management across all operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS, Android and Linux. SecureDoc is trusted by thousands of enterprises and government organizations worldwide. Our solutions help organizations to minimize business risks, meet privacy/regulatory compliance requirements, and protect valuable information assets against unauthorized access. With a full complement of professional and customer services, WinMagic supports over three million SecureDoc users in more than 80 countries.

For more information, please visit www.winmagic.com, call 1-888-879-5879 or e-mail us at info@winmagic.com.

WinMagic, SecureDoc, SecureDoc Enterprise Server, Compartmental SecureDoc, SecureDoc PDA, SecureDoc Personal Edition, SecureDoc RME, SecureDoc Removable Media Encryption, SecureDoc Media Viewer, SecureDoc Express, SecureDoc for Mac and SecureDoc Central Database are trademarks and registered trademarks of WinMagic Inc., registered in the US and other countries. All other registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their respective owners. © 2011 WinMagic Inc. All rights reserved.

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SAP Unveils New Analytics Innovations that Turn “Big Data” Into “Intelligent Data”

SAP Unveils New Analytics Innovations that Turn “Big Data” Into “Intelligent Data”

Business Intelligence Advances from SAP Put Powerful Analytics Into the Hands of All Users, Allowing People to Revolutionize Decision-Making

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - July 17, 2012 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced new business intelligence (BI) innovations that bring customers richer business insights. Now generally available, feature pack 3 for the 4.0 release of SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI solutions – including SAP BusinessObjects BI, Edge edition, software – and the 1.0.1 release of SAP® Visual Intelligence software let organizations equip users with powerful analytics tools that are easy to access and use. The announcement was made at SAP Analytics Forum North America, being held today in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Register here to join the live virtual event broadcast, beginning at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

Using its BI market share leadership to help customers use analytics to run like never before, SAP is focusing on five key pillars of its ongoing BI strategy for innovation without disruption:

  • Core: A foundation for managing BI initiatives – data exploration, visualization, organization, reporting, sharing and more – is core for organizations of all sizes to understand how they are performing
  • Creative: Easy-to-use, self-service connectivity to different environments and data sources helps customers unlock deeper business insights enablinguser autonomy and individual creativity
  • Mobile: Delivery of the content required by workers in the contexts they need it – wherever they are, on any device – via a friendly, consistent user experience means instant answers for more people
  • Extreme: Powerful capabilities such as real-time and predictive analytics enable organizations to tackle “big data,” uncover hidden risks and reveal untapped opportunities
  • Social: Increased collaboration allows teams to drive and capture the decision-making processes surrounding structured and unstructured data

“New innovations in areas such as ‘big data,’ cloud, collaboration, mobile, predictive, social and visualization have helped create a renaissance for the entire BI industry,” said Howard Dresner, chief research officer, Dresner Advisory Services. “It’s an exciting time for BI, with bountiful opportunities for organizations and lines of business to arm users with unique insights that can improve decision-making processes and transform businesses. Now more than ever before, BI solutions are accessible, affordable, complete, flexible, scalable and usable.”

New Analytics Innovations Now Generally Available
The latest examples of SAP’s continued innovation across its key BI pillars, today marks the general availability of feature pack 3 for the 4.0 release of SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions – including SAP BusinessObjects BI, Edge edition, for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) – and the 1.0.1 release of SAP Visual Intelligence. The feature pack release for SAP® Crystal Server software is planned to be generally available this month.

Feature pack 3 for the 4.0 release of SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions extends the core of customers’ BI foundations with new capabilities in the following areas:

  • Mobile: By giving workers direct access to critical reports and metrics on their mobile devices, organizations can mobilize information assets in a collaborative, self-service environment. New support for Android™ devices and mobile BI for iPhone® also means greater choice.
  • Big data: Support for Apache™ Hadoop™ and deeper support for the SAP HANA® platform enable high-performance analytics on petabyte-scale data, uncovering more data value and improving business velocity.
  • Insights: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer® software offers users a simple, intuitive experience for gaining immediate, interactive access to data to create visualizations and answer business questions on the fly.
  • Social: Integration between the SAP® StreamWork® application and BI documents increases social collaboration by bringing together people, information and business methods for fast, meaningful results.
  • Integration: Deeper SAP application integration enables customers to run operational reporting off of the SAP® ERP application and multi-source universes. Access to the SAP NetWeaver® Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) application across all clients reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) and complexity.

Bringing creative, self-service BI directly to the desktop, the 1.0.1 release of SAP Visual Intelligence lets people use personal data sources such as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and CSV files, in addition to data from SAP HANA. It also features SAP StreamWork connectivity for collaborative BI. Announced in May, SAP Visual Intelligence is a desktop BI solution that works with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and has unique read and write integration with SAP HANA. The software helps lines of business, departments and individuals discover and analyze information to find the answers they are looking for, regardless of technical skill level. It also enables them to easily visualize data and apply key findings to decision-making processes without having to rely on IT.

“As the market share leader in BI, SAP is committed to helping customers run like never before by maximizing their analytics investments,” said Adam Binnie, global vice president and general manager, Business Intelligence Solutions, SAP. “With the most complete BI portfolio available today, SAP is also working hard on the service and support front to make our five-pillar BI vision a reality for any sized business, industry or line of business.”

For more information, including screenshots of feature pack 3 and SAP Visual Intelligence, visit the SAP Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews and @businessobjects, and participate in the conversation using the hashtags #SAPForum, #SAPVisi and #BI4.

About SAP
As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 190,000 customers (includes customers from the acquisition of SuccessFactors) to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

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New Oracle Report Shows that Organizations are Accumulating Data at Unprecedented Rates, but are Falling Short on Turning Data into Revenue

New Oracle Report Shows that Organizations are Accumulating Data at Unprecedented Rates, but are Falling Short on Turning Data into Revenue

Study Indicates that Organizations May Be Losing On Average 14 Percent of Incremental Revenue per Year by Not Fully Leveraging Collected Information

Redwood Shores, Calif. – July 17, 2012


News Facts

Today Oracle announced the results of its “From Overload to Impact: An Industry Scorecard on Big Data Business Challenges” report, which surveyed 333 C-level executives from U.S. and Canadian enterprises spanning 11 industries to determine the pain points they face regarding managing the deluge of data coming into their organizations and how well they are using that information to drive profit and growth.

Overall Key Findings

The data deluge is here: Ninety-four percent of C-level executives say their organization is collecting and managing more business information today than two years ago, by an average of 86 percent more. Respondents note they see the biggest data growth areas coming from customer information (48 percent), operations (34 percent) and sales and marketing (33 percent).
Room for improvement: Executives say they are not prepared to handle the increasing amount of data they face. Twenty-nine percent of executives give their organization a “D” or “F” in preparedness to manage the data deluge, and 93 percent believe their organization is losing revenue opportunities – representing on average, 14 percent of revenue – by not being able to fully leverage the information they collect. On average, private-sector organizations with revenues of $1 billion or more say they are losing approximately 13 percent of their annual revenue as a result of not being able to fully leverage their information. That translates to $130 million each year for a $1 billion organization. Only 8 percent of executives give their organization an “A” in preparedness.
Managers do not have or cannot get to the timely info they need: Respondents note they are frustrated with their organizations’ data gathering and distribution systems. Specifically, 38 percent note they do not have the right systems in place to gather the information they need, 36 percent cannot give their business managers access to pertinent information and need to rely on IT to compile and analyze information and 29 percent feel they are using systems that are not designed to meet the unique needs of their industry.
Setting a path forward: Ninety-seven percent of respondents note their organization must improve information optimization over the next two years. Top priorities include improving the ability to translate information into actionable insight (43 percent), acquiring tools to collect more accurate information (38 percent) and training employees to better make sense of information (38 percent).
Vertical application leap: Seventy-seven percent of organizations use industry-specific applications or software to help leverage information to make strategic decisions. The financial services (91 percent) and healthcare (87 percent) industries are most likely to use industry-specific applications.
Intelligence is a top priority: Sixty-seven percent of executives say that the ability to draw intelligence from their data is a top organizational priority.

Industry Findings

Leading the pack: Executives in the communications industry are most confident in their organizations’ preparedness for the data deluge, with 20 percent giving their organization an “A” rating. The communications, manufacturing and retail industries lose the lowest estimated percentage of additional annual revenue because of their current data management processes – 10 percent.
Flooded with data: Executives in the public sector, healthcare and utilities industries are least prepared to handle the data deluge – with 41 percent of public sector executives, 40 percent of healthcare executives and 39 percent of utilities executives giving themselves a “D” or “F” preparedness rating. The oil and gas (22 percent) and life sciences (20 percent) industries lose the greatest estimated percentage of annual revenue due to their current data management processes.
To access the full report – which delves extensively into how prepared organizations within each industry are for the data deluge and the resources they need to enhance their ability to leverage incoming data – visit here.

Supporting Quote

“This study shows that up to 14 percent of a company’s revenue is lost because enterprises are challenged to manage and analyze data, which grows exponentially as we speak. Enterprises can get ahead of the game by using these challenges as catalysts for company-wide strategic change. Through industry-specific applications and technologies, enterprises can transform data into measurable business benefits,” said Oracle President Mark Hurd.

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Symantec Advances Mobile Productivity with New Android and iOS Protection Capabilities

Symantec Advances Mobile Productivity with New Android and iOS Protection Capabilities

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 17, 2012 – Building on its success of facilitating mobility initiatives for enterprise customers, Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced significant mobile portfolio updates to enable secure mobile email deployments, mobile application initiatives and Bring Your Own Device programs. With these updates, Symantec now offers the most comprehensive enterprise-grade platform with enhanced capabilities in device management, application management and threat protection.


The updates include the following products and new capabilities:


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“As part of the next stage of their BYOD initiatives, companies worldwide are telling us that they’re looking to increase their adoption of Android devices. We are bringing together a comprehensive set of security and management solutions for this leading platform,” said Anil Chakravarthy, senior vice president, Enterprise Security Group, Symantec. “With the recent additions to our portfolio of mobile device management and application/data management products, Symantec is providing a complete platform to enable CIOs to achieve their mobile vision. I am thrilled that so many of our customers worldwide are validating our strategy and portfolio.”


Read more in this detailed blog post:


Symantec Mobile Security for Android

According to Symantec’s State of Mobility Survey¹, 67 percent of companies are concerned with malware attacks spreading from mobile devices to internal networks. In addition, Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report² highlighted that mobile vulnerabilities increased by 93 percent in 2011 and that threats targeting the Android operating system are on the rise.


To protect corporate-connected Android devices from app and Internet borne threats, Symantec today announced general availability of Symantec Mobile Security for Android. Mobile Security for Android leverages Symantec’s proprietary technology that monitors and analyzes millions of android apps available on appstores around the world. Supported by Symantec’s unparalleled Global Intelligence Network, Mobile Security for Android utilizes Symantec’s anti-malware detection technology from Norton Mobile Security, already protecting millions of Android devices.


Symantec Mobile Management for Configuration Manager

With the completed integration of Odyssey Software, the former Odyssey Athena product is now Symantec Mobile Management for Configuration Manager. Symantec now offers three deployment options for mobile device management (MDM) – a standalone MDM solution, an integrated MDM with Altiris IT Management Suite from Symantec and an integrated MDM for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. These options enable scalable, enterprise-class MDM and unified endpoint management from two of the most widely deployed management platforms.


Symantec Mobile Management

All Symantec Mobile Management products now integrate with the leading enterprise email client for Android – NitroDesk TouchDown – to provide secure mobile email services, further enabling secure adoption of Android devices in the enterprise. By providing a dedicated enterprise email client for Android devices, Symantec addresses multiple security and management issues, including separation of corporate and personal data.


Symantec Mobile Management now provides native agent based enterprise management for Windows Phone 7 devices, complementing existing support for Android and iOS. With this capability, companies can now provide consistent configuration security and management across the most popular platforms, deploy mobile applications and content and secure the corporate data on these devices.


Nukona App Center from Symantec

Nukona App Center from Symantec now features the ability to secure apps and data on iOS devices with FIPS 140-2 certified encryption, making Symantec one of the only vendors to offer this certification today. This capability helps ready iOS devices for use in government and other regulated industries, such as the financial and healthcare sectors, helping these organizations meet compliance requirements from corporate owned to BYOD implementations. Nukona App Center provides secure application and content management for iOS and Android devices and now supports apps created with third-party app frameworks, such as Appcelerator and PhoneGap. This new support helps customers secure and manage mobile applications created from a wider set of development platforms.


Symantec PGP Viewer for Android

Building on the success of Symantec PGP Viewer for iOS, Symantec now offers Symantec PGP Viewer for Android to provide the ability to read encrypted emails on Android devices. Available for download from the Google Play Marketplace, PGP Viewer for Android works in conjunction with PGP Universal Server from Symantec for user enrollment services and key management to help customers deal with compliance and data breach concerns.


Additional Quotes

“Giving our employees access to business critical information anytime, anywhere is a top priority for us – one that gives us a huge competitive advantage. To be successful in this initiative, we need a reliable solution that helps us realize the different mobile use cases and provides a holistic view of all of our mobile devices. Symantec’s mobile solutions allow us to focus on our business by addressing our security and management needs.” – Craig Weatherhead, IT Director, Fastenal Company


“When leveraged correctly, mobile technologies in the form of applications, smartphones, and tablets can give [a] business a competitive edge over less-connected peers. IT professionals are under enormous pressure to develop a comprehensive approach to mobility that realizes its business, financial, and operational benefits while still protecting the organization from security, legal, and compliance risks," – Christian Kane, Forrester Research Analyst, in the May 2012 Forrester Research, Inc., report Define A Road Map For Mobile Security And Operations


About Symantec

Symantec protects the world’s information, and is the global leader in security, backup and availability solutions. Our innovative products and services protect people and information in any environment – from the smallest mobile device, to the enterprise data center, to cloud-based systems. Our industry-leading expertise in protecting data, identities and interactions gives our customers confidence in a connected world. More information is available at www.symantec.com or by connecting with Symantec at: go.symantec.com/socialmedia.


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¹ Symantec, “State of Mobility Report” February 2012

² Symantec, “Internet Security Threat Report, Volume XVII” May 2012

T Professionals Invited to Join Service Virtualization Community to Collaborate, Share and Exchange Ideas

 IT Professionals Invited to Join Service Virtualization Community to Collaborate, Share and Exchange Ideas

 

CA Technologies Supports New Global Community and Online Resource for Promoting the Successful Adoption of Service Virtualization Practices

 

ISLANDIA, July 16, 2012-- CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced its support of ServiceVirtualization.com, a new global community and online resource for promoting the successful use of service virtualization practices for software development and testing.

 

Software developers, quality assurance experts and IT professionals involved with developing and deploying application software are invited to join the growing ServiceVirtualization.com community to share insights, ask questions and read a wide range of articles written by Service Virtualization experts. Community participants can ultimately make better-informed decisions based on timely information and best-practice sharing with like-minded peers, industry experts and vendors.

 

Service virtualization allows organizations to remove constraints from the software development lifecycle. It enables teams to develop and test an application using virtual infrastructure that has been configured to imitate a real production environment. Teams can change the variables easily in order to test different scenarios with a much lower upfront investment than traditional software testing methods.

 

ServiceVirtualization.com will help IT professionals and industry luminaries to collaborate while also offering them increased industry awareness through a variety of articles, discussion forums and expert columns including: 

·         Case Studies: an area dedicated to illustrating how service virtualization has been implemented across key industry sectors; and 

·         Chat room: for more immediate information exchanges between peers. 

ServiceVirtualization.com is the first open community that solicits and aggregates the most current and relevant knowledge about service virtualization,” said Burt Klein, senior customer advisor, Service Virtualization, CA Technologies. “This new and unique online community is not only an invaluable learning tool; it fosters mutual collaboration that encourages ongoing and expert contribution from IT professionals, the media, analysts and vendors.”

 

For more information visit:  

·         Sign up at www.servicevirtualization.com

·         Twitter: @svcvirt and @ITKO

·         LinkedIn: CA Service Virtualization Group

·         YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/svirtualization 

 

About CA Technologies

 

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com.

 

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