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NYU Becomes a Member of the VR/AR Association

The VR/AR Association (The VRARA) is pleased to announce that New York University (NYU) has become its newest member. Both the VR/AR Association and NYU are dedicated to fostering growth and research in the virtual reality and augmented reality communities. As a member, NYU will participate in the... - April 13, 2016 - The VR/AR Association

SASOR Announces Approval of Both Canadian and US Patents for the Use of Nuclear Thermal Technology in Oil Sands and Oil Shale Production

These patents significantly resolve concerns of climate change in oil sands and oil shale exploration and production. - April 12, 2016 - Shale and Sands Oil Recovery LLC

New iPad App for Film and TV Production

A new iPad app for Film and Television Producers, Directors and Writers is now available from busibi.com/film - April 12, 2016 - BusiBI Limited

Itransition’s Super Park Named the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Project

Itransition, a full-cycle outsourced software development services provider, is pleased to announce that one of its multiple CSR projects, Super Park, has been selected as one of the best CSR by the IDEA Foundation. - April 12, 2016 - Itransition

Virun® at Ingredient Marketplace, Patent Grant in S. Korea, New Product Launches, Debut of Lightbulb Virun T-Shirts, and Webinar Controversy

VIRUN® plans on taking Orlando by storm at Ingredient Marketplace, where Virun’s Esolv® technology will take center stage, and Virun’s unique Omega smoothies and beverages will be available for sampling. South Korea granted Virun yet another patent protecting its unique technology. Virun launches new products and a new t-shirt. Virun’s latest webinar, “Inside Virun,” sparks controversy, and provides new business opportunities. - April 12, 2016 - VIRUN

How to Respond to a Cyber-Attack? Alliander, Partnered with CrowdReviews.com, Will Present at the 6th Annual Oil and Gas Cyber Security Event

SMi’s 6th annual Oil and Gas Cyber Security Europe conference will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 27th-28th June 2016. Event programme will include latest regulation updates in European countries and feature exclusive case studies from the oil and gas companies. Johan Rambi,... - April 12, 2016 - topseos.com

Aptivada Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Alpha Media

Fourth Largest Radio Ownership Group in U.S. to Work with Aptivada Exclusively. - April 12, 2016 - Aptivada

FanQuake to Sponsor Blake Bortles' Charity Golf Tourney with $1,000,000 Hole-in-One Contest

FanQuake (www.FanQuake.com), a technology startup company with a proprietary platform matching Fans, Talent and Partners, will be sponsoring NFL Jacksonville Jaguars QB Blake Bortles BB5 Foundation inaugural golf tournament April 15-16 at King & Bear golf course at World Golf... - April 11, 2016 - FanQuake

NexGen Networks Expands Latin American Services with New Presence in Mexico

NexGen will meet continued strong demand for network services into Mexico by extending its network into Mexico City. - April 11, 2016 - NexGen Networks

Harvest Summit Innovation Field Trip Announced

A Diverse Gathering of Leaders Unite to Spark Innovation - April 11, 2016 - Harvest Summit

Father-Son Team Launches Kickstarter to Save Your Data Forever

User-friendly, triplicate storage solution, Archived, to offer data security solution usually reserved for big business. A father and son team has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Archived, a secure, triplicate cold-storage solution for preservation of valuable files. Charles (Chuck) Haine,... - April 11, 2016 - Archived

Persontyle Launches Data Science Middle East (DSME) Initiative!

Persontyle, the provider of data science education and services has announced the launch of “Data Science Middle East”, offering Middle East’s first professional workshop to learn the most demanded skills of 2016. In the last two years the world has produced more data than in all... - April 11, 2016 - Persontyle

Selsius and Alpine Security Partner to Offer Cybersecurity Training

High-profile data breaches at Target and eBay affected 70 million and 145 million consumers, respectively. Data breaches cost businesses $400 million in 2014 alone. These revelations from the 2015 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report have led to a new partnership between Selsius™ Corporate & Career Training and Alpine Security. - April 08, 2016 - Alpine Security

Global Technology Sales Solutions Announces Partnership with Connect Leader

Global Technology Sales Solutions (GTSS) the customer acquisition and expansion experts for the technology industry announces a strategic partnership with ConnectLeader®. - April 08, 2016 - Global Technology Sales Solutions

Network of Supply Chain Women Executives to Hold Symposium April 27-29

The women’s leadership organization AWESOME (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain, Operations, Management and Education) is holding its fourth annual symposium for senior supply chain leaders in Portland, Oregon with NIKE, Inc. as the Host Partner. - April 07, 2016 - DSC Logistics

M&C Associates and Genesys Enter Partnership to Deliver Omnichannel CX and Expand Contact Center Solutions

M&C will offer organizations of all sizes industry-recognized, award-winning CX solutions on the Genesys Customer Experience Platform, as well as expertise in building, supporting, installing and maintaining application solutions for customers. M&C provides contact center, interactive voice response (IVR), speech and computer telephony integration (CTI) solutions to enterprises and government agencies across the United States and Canada. - April 07, 2016 - M&C Associates LLC

Avionté Named a Minnesota Best Company for Fourth Consecutive Year

Staffing software company, Avionté earns high marks for employee happiness on local awards list. - April 07, 2016 - Avionte Staffing Software

Looking for FinTech Training? The First FinTech School is Here

Led by Entrepreneurs & Industry Thought-Leaders, the FinTech School Seeks to Train Millions of Financial Services Professionals on the Vital FinTech Innovation Skills to Lead Digital Transformations and Launch New FinTech Products & Services - April 06, 2016 - FinTech School

CloudWave Helps Healthcare Organizations Embrace the Cloud Through Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program

The Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program allows CloudWave to provide direct billing, sell combined offers and services, as well as directly provision, manage and support Microsoft cloud offerings. - April 06, 2016 - CloudWave

Toradex Inc. Partners with Gumstix for Design-to-Order Carrier Board Service

Custom development boards now available for Colibri iMX6 series COMs. Utilizing Geppetto® D2O, designers can rapidly design and manufacture small form-factor boards tailored to the Colibri iMX6 series of COMs powered by the ARM Cortex-A9 family of CPUs, including the NXP/Freescale i.MX 6, i.MX 6 DualLite or i.MX 6 solo processors. - April 06, 2016 - Gumstix, Inc.

enepath to Introduce Ground-Breaking Speaker Control Module at the Trading Desk

Unique new interface spearheads range of accessories to enhance market leading Tablet II Turret. - April 06, 2016 - enepath

Renault and gestigon Work on Next Generation Driver Monitoring

Renault and gestigon have announced that they have been collaborating intensively since 2015 to provide a next generation driver monitoring system for the Renault vehicles. The cooperation is being driven by the Renault Innovation Silicon Valley Lab in Sunnyvale (CA) and intends to assess the... - April 06, 2016 - gestigon

Mercator Acquires Revenue Management Systems

Mercator, a global provider of product-enabled solutions to the travel and transportation industry, backed by Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, today announced that it has acquired Seattle-based Revenue Management Systems, Inc. (“RMS”),... - April 06, 2016 - Mercator

"Tablet II" Introduced – New Turret from enepath Means Trader Mobility Finally Becomes a Reality

New interface, docking station and connectivity options take the mobile desktop for Trader Voice to a new level - gives the Trader more both at the desk and away from the office. - April 05, 2016 - enepath

SENTRYMOBILE™ Bodyworn Cameras Debuted at ISC West 2016

Sentry360 innovator of advanced video surveillance solutions today announced its entrance into the emerging body-worn camera market debuting it’s new line of SENTRYMOBILE™ products at the International Security Conference in Las Vegas April 6-8th. Thomas Carnevale Founder and CEO of... - April 04, 2016 - Sentry 360 Security, Inc.

Introducing the Most Advanced Self-Powered Security Solution

V5 Systems will be unveiling their groundbreaking security solution at ISC West, the largest security tradeshow in North America. ISC West takes place April 6-9, 2016 in Las-Vegas Nevada. Attracting over 30,000 security professionals, ISC West not only features an exhibit hall, but also a full... - April 04, 2016 - V5 Systems

TYAN Highlights Its 4U, 4x GPU FT76-B7922 Platform Optimized for Extreme Parallel Computing at GTC 2016

TYAN, an industry-leading server platform design manufacturer and subsidiary of MITAC Computing Technology Corporation, will be displaying a 4U, 4x GPU FT76-B7922 platform at the NVIDIA 2016 GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California during April 5-7. Supporting up to 4x NVIDIA®... - April 04, 2016 - MITAC Computing Technology Corp.

John Doench, Broad Institute, to Speak at GTCbio’s CRISPR & Genome Engineering Conference

John Doench, Associate Director, Genetic Perturbation Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, to speak at GTCbio’s CRISPR & Genome Engineering Conference. Since joining the Broad Institute in 2009, John Doench has engaged in dozens of collaborations centered on functional genomics. - April 03, 2016 - GTCbio

Could You be Held to Ransom? Blue Chip's Cryptolocker Warning

Leading IT Services and Solutions company Blue Chip look at why CryptoLocker attacks are on the rise. - April 03, 2016 - Blue Chip

Howard Federoff, UC Irvine, to Speak at the GTCbio’s Metabolomics Conference

Howard Federoff, UC Irvine, to speak at the GTCbio’s 3rd Metabolomics - Advances & Applications in Human Disease Conference - April 03, 2016 - GTCbio

MCMA Technical Conference Set for October 11-13, 2016 in New Orleans

More than 30 technical sessions will be presented in three distinct tracks on motors and related technologies, motion control and drives technologies, and network communication technologies. MCMA TechCon attendees can get technical training in the areas of motion control technologies, drives, controls, electric motors, software, network communication and related technologies to help their companies increase efficiency and productivity. - April 03, 2016 - MCMA

USDV Named #13 in the Industry List of Top 100 BDR Providers in the SMB Market

15 year old USDV recognized for its sterling services and Client support. - April 02, 2016 - USDV

Magenta Launches Webinar Series for Maxoptra Channel Partners

Magenta Technology has launched a series of webinars – the Maxoptra Channel Partner Program – to help Maxoptra resellers be even more successful in providing cloud-based routing and scheduling solutions. - April 02, 2016 - Maxoptra

FocusVision and eBay Present at CASRO 2016 Digital Research Conference

In-Depth Customer Dialogues: Getting the Real Consumer Voice by Adding Quant to Qual - April 02, 2016 - FocusVision

Cloudticity Achieves AWS Managed Service Program and Advanced Partner Status

Cloudticity adds two significant achievements to its AWS Healthcare Competency designation. - April 02, 2016 - Cloudticity

Integrated Biometrics Visits Capitol Hill to Advocate for Increased Use of New Enrollment and Verification Technology

Industry Leader Caps Busy Week at Connect:ID International Conference in Washington, D.C. with Effort to Address Emerging Global Issues - April 02, 2016 - Integrated Biometrics

Ask Trump a Question - Artificial Intelligence Chat Bot Parodies Donald Trump - www.trump.ai

Artificial intelligence company Zabaware, Inc. has turned Trump into a chat bot. An AI engine was loaded with quotes made by presidential candidate Donald Trump and will answer any visitor question with a real quote. - April 01, 2016 - Zabaware, Inc.

Dimension, Inc. Granted 2nd Patent for Fractal Compression Technology

On March 29, 2016 Dimension, Inc. was granted U.S. Patent 9,300,960, “Video Codec Systems and Methods for Determining Optimal Motion Vectors Based on Rate and Distortion Considerations” by Hurd et al. Dr. Hurd states, “The current patent extends the techniques used which leverage... - April 01, 2016 - Dimension, Inc.

GRC Ltd and Network Innovations Secure World’s First Commercial Global Xpress Enterprise Customer

Global RadioData Communication Ltd, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of satellite services, working with Network Innovations (NI), a leading Inmarsat partner, becomes the first company in the world to have an Enterprise commercial GX terminal go live commercially. The Global Xpress solution... - April 01, 2016 - Network Innovations

DENALI Advanced Integration Named One of 2016 Tech Elite Solution Providers by CRN®

Tech Elite 250 list recognizes IT solution providers with deep technical expertise and premier certifications. - April 01, 2016 - Denali Advanced Integration

Ubique Networks Secures Investment from EVP, Innovacorp

Ubique Networks Inc., developer of a network intelligence and optimization platform that provides the ultimate lag-less experience for multiplayer online games (MOGs) and e-sports, today announced it has closed a pre-series A round of funding. The company secured investment from Extreme Venture... - April 01, 2016 - Ubique Networks Inc.

CRIF Signs Service Agreements with 6 Major Banks in Jordan

CRIF Jordan has recently signed Credit Information Service Agreements with Bank Al Etihad, Capital Bank, Jordan Kuwait Bank, Housing Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and AJIB Bank, making CRIF the first official provider of credit reports to those financial institutions. - April 01, 2016 - CRIF

Incubators and Hackerspaces Booming in China

By the end of 2015, Shanghai, the largest city in China has seen its number of incubators and hackerspaces growing to over 450, more than doubled from around 200 in 2014 based on a research conducted by Innova Research, a Shanghai-based technology scouting and market intelligence company. In... - April 01, 2016 - Innova Research

Olygen Partnered with CrowdReviews.com Announces: a Gathering of Big Data & Smart Cities Experts in Singapore

Experts from the Big Data & Smart Cities related industries have recently gathered at Marriott Singapore Tang Plaza for the BIGIT Technology Singapore 2016 featuring the 3rd Big Data & Smart Cities World Show conference. The two-day conference, sponsored by HPE (Platinum Sponsor), Cloudera,... - March 31, 2016 - topseos.com

Restoring Data Has Run an Advanced Data Recovery and Computer Forensics Seminar for One of Japan’s Leading Data Recovery Companies

ReStoring Data sent some of its data recovery specialists to run a one-week seminar in Japan earlier this year. Held at the trainees’ head office, the training covered advanced hard drive and RAID data recovery techniques, as well as mobile and computer forensics procedures. The knowledge... - March 31, 2016 - ReStoring Data Inc.

Mobile Wireless and Cellular Communications Training Now Offered by Singer Executive Development

Singer Executive Development is now offering a Mobile Wireless and Cellular Communications training course. This new mobile wireless training course provides a comprehensive understanding of mobile communications, cellular networks and standards. The course covers the fundamentals and evolution of... - March 30, 2016 - Singer Executive Development LLC

Emerio Announces New Advisory Board Member – Mr. Hawazi Daipi

Emerio, a leading IT Solutions and Services provider in South East Asia, recently appointed Mr. Hawazi Daipi as a new advisory board member. Mr. Daipi has extensive experience in Public Administration in Singapore and was the former Senior Parliamentary Secretary (SPS) with the Ministry of... - March 30, 2016 - Emerio