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“vStorage-VCB Hybrid Backup Engine” Enables You to Perform Hyper Speed Backup for VMWare ESX and ESXi
Ardeo Logic, emerging leader in data protection for VMWare environments, today announced the release of vDCR Backup version 2.5, a major update for a very popular vDCR Backup for VMWare ESX and ESXi. - December 22, 2009 - Ardeo Logic Inc
New Breitling Oil and Gas Filtering Technology to be Tested in Hardeman Basin
Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation, an independent producer based in Irving, Texas, announced the availability of new 3-D seismic interpretation and filtering technology developed exclusively by the company, which increases the likelihood of pinpointing - with greater than 86 percent accuracy -... - December 22, 2009 - Breitling Oil and Gas
Xtivia Voted by Customers the Top Consultant for Customer Satisfaction in 2009
Recent VendorRate Annual report shows Xtivia ranks as number 1 Consultant overall in the IT World - December 22, 2009 - XTIVIA, Inc.
Iflexion Announces Its 2010 Events Calendar
Iflexion is delighted to announce its plan for development for the fast approaching 2010. - December 21, 2009 - Iflexion
StreamSend Named Member of the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)
MAAWG is the largest global industry association tackling spam and other messaging concerns. It is the only organization that systematically addresses all aspects of messaging abuse by concurrently developing programs focused on technology, industry collaboration and public policy. - December 21, 2009 - EZ Publishing
RoutoMessaging Powers Worldwide MMS Campaigns
RoutoMessaging today launched the first business led, cost effective MMS solution with seamless global reach. - December 21, 2009 - Routo Telecommunications Limited
Prism Casino Has Launched Two Brand New Slot Machine Games
Prism Casino has launched three brand new slot machine games Naughty or Nice and Santa Strikes Back. These brand new five reel slot machines come with innovative new features and adventures and filled with impressive graphics and amazing payouts. - December 19, 2009 - Prism Casino
Faster Typing with Windows 7 and PhraseExpress Autotext
Bartels Media GmbH has released the seventh version of their free Text Insertion Software, "PhraseExpress," which Microsoft has certified for use with Windows 7. - December 19, 2009 - Bartels Media GmbH
WinRAR 3.91 Final Version is Ready for Download
New packing and unpacking functions for 7-Zip and tar.bz2 archives, as well as several bugs fixed. - December 19, 2009 - win.rar GmbH
Newgen Introduces the Innovative Feature of Automatic Signature Verification (ASV) in Its Cheque Truncation System
ASV system to boost customer efficiency and reduce risks of bank transaction - December 19, 2009 - Newgen Software Technologies
World-Link Communications Achieves Gold
World-Link Communications, an Inmarsat service provider (SP), has achieved Gold Service Provider status in the mobile satellite operator’s new accreditation scheme. World-Link received praise for their technical innovation in maritime value-added products that facilitate shipping... - December 18, 2009 - World-Link Communications, Inc
DEAC and Synterra Sign an Agreement on Strategic Cooperation in the Area of Data Centers
DEAC, the largest data center operator in the Baltic States and Russian National Communications Operator Synterra, have signed an umbrella agreement on strategic cooperation. The Agreement is targeted at the exchange of up-to-date ICT-services provided by DEAC and Synterra DEAC on the basis of... - December 18, 2009 - Digital Economy Advancement Center
Gridstore Launches Industry’s First Network Attached Storage Grid for Managed Service Providers and SMB Customers
New Enterprise-Class Storage Platform Eliminates the Risk, Cost and Complexity of Traditional Siloed NAS Storage Solutions - December 18, 2009 - Gridstore
BigMapple Launch Connects Public Events to Twitter, Flickr Feeds
The launch of a new website allows users to experience New York City in a new way by placing public events on an interactive map that incorporates Twitter and Flickr geo-location feeds. The launch of BigMapple (www.bigmapple.com) on December 7 received immediate buzz in the tech community for its innovative use of social media. - December 18, 2009 - BigMapple
Exclusive ixgames Bonus When Carbon Poker and PDC Poker Joins Forces
The merge of Carbon Poker and PDC Poker will bring in new levels of fun and a definite upgrade in special deals. More funds in the bonus account are available even with smaller deposits. - December 17, 2009 - Ixgames.Com
Avista Solutions Names Jerry White Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
25-year financial professional joins leading loan origination software (LOS) provider after serving as Metavante executive - December 17, 2009 - Avista Solutions
Darwin IT Strategies, LLC Registers with the State of Connecticut and the Federal Government
The company has registered with the federal government and the state of Connecticut as a minority-owned Small Business Enterprise. - December 17, 2009 - Darwin IT Strategies, LLC
Atrion Networking Corporation Selects Ruckus Wireless for “Reliable as Wire” Enterprise Wi-Fi Service
Partnership will offer simplified, affordable wireless networking solutions with industry-leading technology and control. - December 17, 2009 - Atrion Networking Corporation
Atrion Networking Corporation Launches Always On Imperative Symposium
Symposium event will offer insight and resources for an always on network; welcomes Rob “Waldo” Waldman as keynote speaker. - December 17, 2009 - Atrion Networking Corporation
MD Now Urgent Care Opens Newest Largest High Tech Clinic in West Palm Beach Florida Partnering with iTriage Medical Decision Tool for iPhone®, Smart Phone & Web Based App
MD Now Urgent Care Targets Growing Mobile Market on Healthagen’s iTriage Software Applications - December 16, 2009 - MD Now Urgent Care
To Business Owners Who Need to Make Marketing Plans and Calendars for 2010 Fast and Easy Without It Costing a Fortune
Fast Marketing Plan provides any business owner, executive or manager a simple, fast, easy and affordable online marketing and business management tool to create unlimited and complete Marketing Plans, Marketing Calendars and Marketing Roadmaps for use by almost any type and size of business. - December 16, 2009 - Fast Marketing Plan
Palace of Chance Launches More Exciting Slots
Palace of Chance online casino continues to successfully set the bar for online slots gaming, and has recently introduced even more fantastic slots games to their already robust collection of games. - December 16, 2009 - Palace of Chance
Brunswick Bowling Launches Social Media with Successful Wii-a-Day Sweepstakes
Brunswick Bowling launches its presence in social media with its Win a Wii-a-Day Sweepstakes. The contest generated interest and excitement around Brunswick's new Wii Bowling Clubs. LoSasso Advertising's interactive division built Brunswick's online presence through sites that include Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. - December 16, 2009 - LoSasso Advertising
PhotographyCorner.com Announces 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest with $10,000 in Prizes
PhotographyCorner.com announces the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, featuring nine sponsors with $10,000 in prizes available to be won including a grand prize valued at $3,250. The contest is free to enter, with submissions accepted via email. Full rules and details available at www.photographycorner.com. - December 16, 2009 - PhotographyCorner.com
2009 Edition of the Crane Technical Paper No. 410 (TP-410) Ships Today
Engineered Software Announces the First Shipments of the New 2009 Edition of Technical Paper No. 410. The first major rewrite in over 20 years and includes new chapters, and accompanying online calculators. - December 16, 2009 - Engineered Software, Inc.
Futek Offers New Submersible Miniature Load Cell
Futek has recently released their model LSB210, a Submersible Jr. S-Beam Load Cell used in applications where protection from liquids is required. Although the product was built for a diverse range of applications examples include fiber tension, medical bag weighing, and automated feedback control systems. - December 16, 2009 - FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc.
Technology Veteran Joins Dexrex Gear Board of Advisors
Kevin B. Harris takes seventh seat on Dexrex Gear’s prestigious Board. - December 15, 2009 - Dexrex Gear
Specialdeals.com Offers "Grandpa/Grandma Mode" of Photo/Video Sharing via Instant Media Frames and Greeting Keys
Easiest way to access media feeds from any computer - New cloud-based services and USB device turn every computer into an instant "virtual" media frame to stream photos and videos from popular social media sites in real time - December 15, 2009 - Specialdeals.com, Inc.
Association for Learning Technology Launches Open Access Repository
The Association for Learning Technology’s Open Access Repository was formally launched at ALT’s annual conference ALT-C in September and is now available. The repository represents a long-awaited development in ALT’s work and services as it allows users to contribute assets and make them available via the repository. - December 15, 2009 - Association for Learning Technology
Electronic Merchant Systems Selects SparkBase
Electronic Merchant Systems Selects SparkBase to Power Its New "Altus Premier" Gift Card Platform. - December 14, 2009 - SparkBase LLC
POCKET GAMER Says SPHERE RAIDER ™, Spins Onto iPhone
Game developer Gallen Technologies, LLC announced today, its iPhone game SPHERE RAIDER ™ has been resoundingly received. Pocket Gamer’s Jon Jordan, says “SPHERE RAIDER, ™ puts a “twist” on tilt based games. With its seven month product development, Gallen... - December 14, 2009 - Gallen Technologies, LLC
Virtosoftware Announces a New Web Part for SharePoint – Virto DataGrid
Virtosoftware has released a new Microsoft SharePoint Ajax web part for convenient displaying SharePoint list and SQL items — Virto DataGrid. New Virto DataGrid web part for Microsoft SharePoint 2007, presented today by Virtosoftware, provides users with a wide range of tools for displaying... - December 14, 2009 - Virtosoftware
Release of THE CLOSER Reconciles Cash and PayPal in Microsoft Dynamics GP
THE CLOSER v2.5 is now available for the Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP system. Reconcile Dynamics GP to the penny. Reconcile AP, AR, Cash, Accrued Purchases, Sales Order, Inventory, COGS, and PayPal with the General Ledger in Dynamics GP. - December 12, 2009 - Reporting-Central
Two New Exciting Game Releases from Slots of Vegas Casino
Slots of Vegas Casino has introduced two new action-packed casino games including Triple Twister casino slot machine as well as Bonus Texas Hold’em, offering players more casino jackpots and exciting bonus features. Both games are now available from the Slots of Vegas Casino lobby. - December 12, 2009 - Slots of Vegas
Sphere Raider(TM) for the iPhone and iPod Touch Released Today
www.sphereraider.com Game developer Gallen Technologies, LLC announced the release today of its long awaited iPhone game Sphere Raider(TM). It is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch through Apple's App store. Sphere Raider(TM) brings exhilarating game play for all ages. Sphere Raider(TM)... - December 11, 2009 - Gallen Technologies, LLC
Intivia, Inc. Awarded Multi-Year Transcription Service Contract by Premier, Inc. Healthcare Alliance
Intivia will Offer Premier Members Outstanding Dictation and Transcription Service with Advanced Technology and Exceptional Service Standards. - December 11, 2009 - Intivia Inc.
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Recertifies CTXM QMS Under ISO 9001:2008
Recently the LRQA (Lloyd’s Register) finished a renewal external audit for the Quality Management System of leading gaming software developer CTXM. As a result, LRQA confirmed that CTXM’s Quality Management System is effective and recertified it according to the latest version of ISO 9001:2008. - December 11, 2009 - CTXM Ltd
Tech Collective and Partners Now Accepting Applications for $7,000 in IT Scholarships
Five scholarships to promote IT industry; fund and develop RI workforce pipeline. - December 11, 2009 - Tech Collective
BOLT Bridge Adds Support for Epson WorkForce Pro Document Scanners
BOLT Document Management has announced that they have added support for Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 and GT-S80 scanners in their BOLT Bridge connector software for Laserfiche. Working in tandem with BOLT Bridge the Epson scanners provide an easy, economical, and seamless way to deploy distributed scanning on Laserfiche document and content management systems. - December 11, 2009 - BOLT Document Management
CEA Leti, Gemalto and Raisonance Win Sesame Smart Card Industry Award
Raisonance test tool technology supports high data rate card technology from collaborative project with CEA Leti and Gemalto. 10 Mbps RF technology revolutionizes smart card applications and wins Sesame smart card industry award. - December 11, 2009 - KEOLABS
Volvo Group and Innovative AUS/NZ Start-Up Pocketweb to Fight Climate Change
CO2 tracker “Commute Greener!” for mobile phones helps to reduce carbon footprint of commuters. - December 10, 2009 - Pocketweb
Domain Name Resource Launched at Premium URL
Premium URL has announced its final launch on the internet as the premier resource for domain name investors and those interested in entering the field. Being informed is the secret to making money in the domain name investing market, and their website is dedicated to informing and educating both... - December 10, 2009 - Premium URL
amAze GPS Worldwide Turn-by-Turn Navigation Now Available for the iPhone
amAze GPS is now available for the iPhone and can be downloaded from the iTunes application store. - December 10, 2009 - TechnoCom Corporation
InfoZoom Launches V6.4 of Its Industry Leading In-Memory Data Analysis Software
The long awaited release of business intelligence tool InfoZoom version 6.4 has just arrived. It offers new features for effectively working with Microsoft Office and high performance 64 bit functionality. - December 10, 2009 - SoftLake Solutions
MarketsandMarkets Publishes Concentrated Photovoltaic Market Report
According to the new market research report, ‘Concentrated Photovoltaic and Solar Photovoltaic Global Markets (2009 – 2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total concentrated photovoltaic market is expected to be worth US$266.0 million by 2014, growing at a CAGR of 33.0% from 2009 to 2014. - December 10, 2009 - marketsandmarkets
The Visual Multimedia 4th Edition
QA International presents new downloadable version of celebrated Visual Dictionary: The Visual Multimedia 4th Edition. - December 09, 2009 - QA International
SmartPhones to the Rescue – Literally
The My911 Corporation is announcing an application for SmartPhones that will change the way automatic e911 services are summoned. The My911 downloadable application is compatible with the leading SmartPhones like RIM Blackberry devices; Google’s Android; and other type devices in the market. - December 09, 2009 - My911 Inc.
Gleedo and The Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University Enliven Research for Academics, Inventors and Edison Fans
Gleedo™ and the Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University today announced a joint program that will leverage Gleedo to facilitate live collaboration with those seeking to explore Edison’s body of work. Founded in 1978, the mission of the Thomas A. Edison Papers is to make available... - December 09, 2009 - Gleedo
Michael Wilkinson Joins Advisory Council of Texas A&M Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship
Paragon Innovations’ CEO, Michael Wilkinson, joins CNVE Advisory Council -- dedicated to help Center prepare students for the challenge of entrepreneurship - December 09, 2009 - Paragon Innovations, Inc.
10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge Announces Winners of Elevator Pitch Competition
The 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge announced today that Biogenic Medical Devices, led by Garrett Muramoto (MBA’11), took home the Judge’s Choice award of $1000 and The Produce Purity Project, led by Stephanie Fruth (MBA’11), won the Audience Choice award of $250 and a special gift of $500 from lead judge Bill Maris, Co-Founder of Google Ventures. A video recording of the event is available on the Start-Up Challenge website at www.dukestartupchallenge.org. - December 08, 2009 - Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network