Nacogdoches, TX, August 31, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Etech Global Services, a leading business process outsourcer, just launched their new social commerce platform, MySocialChatter. MySocialChatter allows small and mid-size businesses access to the type of social media and customer information only large organizations could afford previously.

MySocialChatter automatically monitors a company’s brand across the web and social networks and has several user-engagement modules that help turn those fans into paying customers. The SaaS Platform includes:

• Comprehensive Listening Engine – Pulls information from across the web (Social Networks, News & Blogs, Directory Listings, Customer Reviews) and displays it in a unified and meaningful way.
• Engagement Tools – Automatically publishes campaigns, manages customer lists, and much more to connect with customers online and inspire them to take action.
• Coupon Distribution – Creates and distributes coupons through online channels like Twitter and Facebook.
• Analyze Results – Allows companies’ to compare their strengths with that of their competition and see how they stack up.

“The world of social media, internet shopping and online gossip is open 24 hours a day. If any business is not monitoring around the clock, there's plenty that is being missed. Companies we work with are expressing an increasing desire to know what people are saying about them online, and where possible, they are looking to rapidly respond and engage with those customers,” said Matt Rocco, President and COO of Etech Global Services. “We are very excited to have worked with the team at SocialStrategy1 to bring MySocialChatter to the marketplace. Small, medium or large … My Social Chatter will help meet your needs.”

MySocialChatter was developed in partnership with SocialStrategy1 to bring a cost effective, yet powerful social media commerce platform to the SMB market.

“We are pleased to be partnering with Etech Global Services to create MySocialChatter, a tool to bring the power of social media marketing and analytics to the SMB marketplace,” said Dennis Stoutenburgh, President and Co-founder of Social Strategy1.

“After months of intensive development, we are very excited to partner with Etech Global Services to create MySocialChatter to introduce this product to small and mid-size businesses,” said Mike Lewis, Chairman and Co-Founder of SocialStrategy1. “We are confident that this partnership will enable businesses of all sizes to gain access to the most effective and user friendly social commerce platform available. MySocialChatter has a one of a kind ability to detail the features and benefits of this platform to customers and assist them in the set up and launch process. This means that customers will immediately see customer growth and other benefits from integrating this product in their day to day activities.”

MySocialChatter starts at $29.99 per month. For more information, www.mysocialchatter.com.

About Etech Global Services
Etech Global Services is a leading contact center and technology solution provider with more than 2,500 employees in eight locations worldwide. Etech understands the importance of customer relationships and is committed to making a remarkable difference for their clients. All of Etech’s solution strategies are driven by the ‘voice of the customer’. Stringent QA processes ensure an ever-improving customer experience as well as ensuring the highest integrity and quality possible. These differences allow Etech to provide innovative technology, industry-leading service, stellar CSAT scores, and high performing sales and service solutions that enable Etech’s clients to build stronger brands, strengthen customer relationships, and gain market share. For more information: www.etechgs.com

About Social Strategy1
Social Strategy1is the premiere digital sales and customer service funnel. We partner with clients to develop data driven solutions to supplement traditional sales, marketing and customer care platforms. Our funnel harnesses the power of social media data, marketing automation and proprietary technology to acquire new customers and engage existing customers. We provide clients with a unique process to implement growth strategies supported by trained analysts. With Social Strategy1, you can find new customers, improve customer lifetime value and create greater enterprise value.For more information, visit socialstrategy1.com

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Etech Global Services
Veronica Ellison
936-559-2200
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Royal Oak, MI, August 31, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Unique Solutions of Advanced Technologies Inc. (www.USATInc.com) has just completed the upgrade to Custom Software Development, Database design and construction project of Gizaplex Inc. In the Phase II project USATInc would be responsible for adding improvements, features and functionalities to Gizaplex on Internet based web portal with a concept of sentimental analysis. This product is a business critical data collection and data analysis focused web portal with functionality that retrieves the data from an online database system into the end user hands quickly. This will help the end user make a better decision on their business strategy.

Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Basic.NET, SQL Server Reporting Services, Telerik controls, Google Alerts are some of many technologies being used in bringing this web portal to reality. This can also be used by political leaders to understand the public sentiments on their policies and opinions. This new innovative concept and product helps Gizaplex Inc., in making a difference for their customers. They are becoming a trusted partner for their customers by providing a high valued decision making support. Their clients have an extended amount of options, from locating the source websites or forums for buzz on any of their product's key characteristics to setting thresholds that alert the client when a product has fallen below or climbed above a preset opinion ratio.

Simplistic and user friendly presentation of data analysis results will be a key characteristic of the product. USATInc also helps Gizaplex in hosting & maintaining this product during the takeoff period. USATInc will deeply involve in administering their servers, databases, IT initiatives and advise them in automating their business operations. According to Mr. Richard Lepre, the president of Gizaplex, the website will serve as a data harvesting tool in supportive of critical business decision making for executives and politicians across USA.

About Gizaplex
Gizaplex is a pioneer in the emerging field of sentimental and positive buzz analysis. It provides marketing teams with a visual template to organize, sort and monitor market trend on their product and their competitors'. Their unique approach works directly with clients to generate product-review criteria and then uses these dimensions as anchors to collect, consolidate and score social feedback. A near limitless amount of customization and simplified sentimental analysis along with visual flow of information presents great value to the client organization.

About USATInc
USATInc provides a quality, reliable, cost effective and practical IT Solutions that would eliminate the pain points, bottlenecks and frustration in running a business. USATInc help their customers achieve success via Custom Software Development, Systems Integration, CIO / CTO Services and IT Consulting (Staff Augmentation) Services. Visit www.usatinc.com/ to learn more.

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Unique Solutions of Advanced Technologies Inc
Sreedhar Kaluva
248.681.1283
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www.usatinc.com

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Pittsburgh, PA, August 31, 2013 --(PR.com)-- TrackAbout, a technology leader in asset tracking and management for the packaged gas industry, announced that three North American distributors recently selected TrackAbout to integrate cylinder tracking data with their respective business management software solutions.

WESCO Gas and Welding Supply of Prichard, AL recently chose Epicor Prophet 21 as the company’s business management solution, integrating with TrackAbout’s Core Tracking module. “TrackAbout’s primary focus is cylinder management,” said Jenny McCall, WESCO President. “Their ability to integrate with many types of ERP systems allowed us to match them with a ‘best of breed’ ERP system.” Links: www.wescoweld.com, www.epicor.com

Cameron Welding Supply of Stanton, CA is migrating to Infor Distribution SX.e from the company’s FACTS enterprise solution. They’ll be using TrackAbout’s core tracking and rental modules. “I liked the capabilities of TrackAbout, but didn’t want a stand-alone system,” said Joe Churilla, Cameron Welding President. “Once we saw how seamlessly TrackAbout could integrate with SX.e, we realized we could have all the tracking functions we want. Easy integration was key to selecting TrackAbout.” Links: www.cameronwelding.com, www.infor.com

Advanced Industrial Supply (AIS) of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is integrating TrackAbout’s Core Tracking, Rental, Paperless Delivery, Bulk Delivery, Palletization, Truck Load, and Manifest modules with Sage 300 ERP. “We’d looked at several cylinder tracking options, but TrackAbout was the only one that would work well with our new ERP system,” said Vic Wilson, Sales and Marketing Manager for AIS. “With our Sage 300 Partner ADSS Global (Edmonton) knowledge of Sage integration options and the advanced integration options of TrackAbout, we are implementing a single point of entry system so that both systems will always be up-to-date as live updates from TrackAbout will enable the ERP to stay current with cylinder balances and inventory.” Links: www.advancedindustrial.ca, www.sage.com, www.adssglobal.net

Additionally, TrackAbout announced that long-time customer S.J. Smith of Davenport, IA went live with TECSYS Elite, integrating TrackAbout’s core tracking and rental modules. The company previously operated with a custom software system that integrated heavily with TrackAbout. S.J. Smith Operations Manager Eric Smith stated, “We chose TECSYS for its industry-specific functionality and ability to integrate with TrackAbout at the same level as our legacy system.” Links: www.sjsmith.com, www.tecsys.com

“TrackAbout technology is open and flexible which gives our clients the freedom to choose any enterprise system they prefer,” said Tim Fusco, TrackAbout CEO. “We’re currently developing a catalog of standardized application programming interfaces (API) which will make integration even easier.”

About TrackAbout
TrackAbout is a scalable software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution to track, manage, maintain and optionally rent portable physical assets. Items are tagged using barcodes or RFID tags. Data is collected using rugged handheld scanners, smartphones, tablets or integration from other systems. Dynamic fields and forms may be easily added to support a company’s unique workflows. TrackAbout integrates all of this information with existing enterprise systems. Founded in 2000, TrackAbout has evolved through an active relationship with our customer base which includes world-class organizations in 10 countries. For additional information, visit www.trackabout.com.

Contact
Christine Span
TrackAbout
412.269.1872

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Christine Span
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St. John's, Canada, August 31, 2013 --(PR.com)-- DBGallery has a single minded focus: the organization and access of digital media across the enterprise. It does not attempt to be the swiss-army knife of imaging software. It provides a multi-user system to easily add, organize, and extract a company's digital media assets. This is offered as intranet and SaaS solutions.

DBGallery's 6.0 continues to opens itself up a wider audience via support for numerous non-English languages in it's meta-data. The latest release also adds export to Google Earth (KML files), GeoTagging and maps improvements, a new License Manager, improved audio and video playback, as well as single sign-on for customers using Active Directory domains.

Pricing
Pricing has remained the same since the release of 5.0. Version 6.0 is a free upgrade for existing customers. Pricing options range from a one-time $199 USD per-user license to $3.25 per-user subscriptions. Full details are available on the product's pricing page.

About GRR Systems, Inc.
GRR Systems has been providing digital photography tools since January 2000. Those tools have evolved into it's current flagship product, DBGallery. It has customers in twenty countries across a variety of industries; primarily engineering, education and the sciences.

Contact Information:
GRR Ststems
Glenn Rogers
709 727 4753
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Tampa, FL, August 31, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Bayshore Solutions, an award winning web design, development and digital marketing agency, is pleased to announce the launch of two Carnival Corporation & PLC destination websites for Mahogany Bay on Roatan Island and Grand Turk in the Turks & Caicos. Mahogany Bay and Grand Turk are premier cruise ship ports of call offering a variety of shore excursions and attractions for visitors to enjoy.

Bayshore Solutions created stand-alone websites for Mahogany Bay and Grand Turk designed to reflect each of the ports’ unique personalities, while delivering an enjoyable user experience, helping driving more on-line traffic and providing vacationers with helpful information and activity options at each destination.

The Grand Turk Cruise Center, which opened in 2006, has a two-berth cruise terminal and can accommodate 7,000 passengers daily. The cruise center is located in the capital of Turks and Caicos Islands and is 30 miles south of the Bahamas and features 45,000 square feet of retail space, swimming pool, and welcome center.

The $62 million Mahogany Bay Cruise Center opened in 2009 and includes a two-berth cruise terminal that can accommodate up to 8,000 passengers daily, and private beach connected to the port area by the Caribbean’s only “Magical Flying Beach Chair” that takes riders from the cruise terminal to beautiful Mahogany Beach.

Bayshore Solutions designed the websites for Mahogany Bay and Grand Turk to be inviting and interactive by applying subtle background layouts and enticing videos along with appealing imagery and vivid hues reminiscent of their Caribbean locales. To support consistency in the brand feel of Carnival Corporation & plc, the layouts and functionality of the websites are similar, yet each site presents a unique design to reflect the location and individuality of the port. A live weather module, monthly cruise ship schedules, slideshow functionality, and live streaming web cam videos of port events are featured on each website. Bayshore Solutions integrated a user-friendly content management system, WebModulesCMS, that allows site administrators to easily add and edit information.

“We receive continuous praise from visitors on the design and functionality of the websites for the Mahogany Bay and Grand Turk cruise centers,” said Raquel Mota, Port Services Manager for Carnival Corporation & plc. “These websites provide a terrific first impression into our destinations for our passengers which in turn gets them excited about visiting these destinations.”

“Bayshore Solutions is proud to present Carnival with these attractive and functional web destinations,” said Kevin Hourigan, President and CEO of Bayshore Solutions. “The websites for Mahogany Bay and Grand Turk provide a pleasant visitor experience that drives interest and traffic to the port amenities and further grow the business.”

About Bayshore Solutions
Website Design Company, Bayshore Solutions offers award-winning capabilities in custom web design, digital marketing, e-commerce, search engine optimization and Internet application development. Founded in 1996, the website design company has delivered custom web applications to over 1,900 clients in 54 countries. Bayshore Solutions integrates technology and web marketing services to ensure measurable results for clients. For more information about website design and Internet marketing services visit http://www.BayshoreSolutions.com.

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Bayshore Solutions
Doug Pace
866-352-4791
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Miramar, FL, August 31, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Chetu Inc has been selected for the 2013 Best of Hialeah Award in the Computer Programming Services category by the Hialeah Award Program.

Each year, the Hialeah Award Program identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Hialeah area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2013 Hialeah Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Hialeah Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Hialeah Award Program
The Hialeah Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Hialeah area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Hialeah Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy.

Source: Hialeah Award Program

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Hialeah Award Program
Email: PublicRelations@awardprogram.org
URL: http://www.awardprogram.org

About Chetu, Inc.
Chetu is a 13-year old provider that delivers World-Class IT Solutions serving entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 clients. With a growing team of over 700 skilled engineers spread across eight global locations, it is able to provide a unique delivery model in a setting that fits customer's budget, yet does not compromise on local interaction or real time collaboration. Beyond providing IT resources, Chetu also excels in providing industry specific and niche technology solutions. Be it Healthcare, Retail, Finance, Telecom, Gaming, Hospitality, Travel, E-Learning, Supply chain or others. Its services include software development, process and systems design, package implementation, business intelligence and reporting, systems integration, as well as testing, maintenance and support. Chetu's expertise spans across the entire IT spectrum.

For further information please visit http://www.chetu.com

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Chetu Inc
Ashley Swanberg
954-342-5676
Contact via Email
http://www.chetu.com

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Princeton, NJ, August 31, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Zycus, a world leader in Procurement Technology Solutions, announced today that Australian telecom giant Telstra has implemented its Spend Analysis solution. The implementation includes the solution’s advanced iMine feature set, which automates the process of searching enterprise spend data for savings opportunity and other business performance improvement opportunities. iMine can be configured to identify and promote specific enterprise strategies such as supply-base rationalization, contract compliance, demand aggregation, payment term rationalization, purchase price variance and so forth, without any effort whatsoever from the users.

While the implementation represents Telstra’s first move from primarily a manual to now an automated spend classification and analysis process, the company is taking an aggressive approach. It is pursuing both:

· Large-scale analytics coverage – looking at all addressable spend categories and transaction workflows originating in some seven source systems and representing $14-16 billion in annual spending; and
· High-frequency (monthly) refresh of spend-data classification.

“While many companies choose to begin more slowly with spend analytics – looking at just a portion of spend transactions and/or refreshing their data quarterly,” says Aatish Dedhia, CEO, Zycus Inc. “Telstra is proceeding directly to best-in-class in terms of creating advanced visibility into total enterprise spend. What is more, Telstra is already demonstrating above-average success in empowering and encouraging its procurement teams to utilize spend-analytics and automated mining of actionable improvement opportunities.”

“Our greatest challenge,” Telstra’s Director of Procurement Operations Simon Rabl says, “was to find a fast and accurate way of classifying a very large number of spend-transactions across a wide variety of source systems and workflows with high frequency. Zycus clearly demonstrated the best ability to meet that challenge and was also quite willing to meet our aggressive implementation timelines.”

“Telstra is well known and highly respected for its dedication to procurement-led business performance improvement,” observes Aatish Dedhia. “We expect to see many more companies following Telstra’s lead in terms of upping the ante for speed, scale and accuracy in spend classification and opportunity identification over the next several years.”

About Zycus

At Zycus we are 100% dedicated to positioning procurement at the heart of business performance. With our spirit of innovation and a passion to help procurement create even greater business advantages, we have evolved our portfolio to a full suite of Procurement Solutions - Spend Analysis, eSourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, Financial Savings Management and Procure to Pay.

We believe our deep, detailed procurement expertise and a sharp focus on being responsive to our customers has reflected in us being positioned as a ‘Leader’ in the ‘2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant’ for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites. With more than 200 solution deployments among Global 1000 clients, we search the world continually for procurement practices proven to drive competitive business performance.

To learn more about the Zycus, address e-mail to information@zycus.com or visit www.zycus.com.

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Zycus Inc
Priyanka Potdukhe
+1 866 563 9219
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If you love Instagram, you have to check out the new Australian 1888 Hotel. Located in the waterfront setting of Pyrmont, a city suburb of Sydney, the hotel is giving a particularly warm welcome to Instagram fans.

You might get confused by the title of the hotel. The name is a homage to the year 1888, when  Kodak launched its first box and roll camera — but one look at the hotel and you will see that it's anything but retro. That is the beauty of this boutique hotel since it is honouring the evolution of photography.

It is doing this by by offering Instagram-friendly city map, showing where you can take the best photos. There is also a room specifically designed for selfies and a feed which shows local hashtags and a series of Instagram images taken by guests, at the front desk.

More than 100 guest-shot Instagram photos adorn the five-story space's 90 rooms. Check out the hotel on Instagram under the #1888Hotel hashtag to see what we're talking about.

Those who aren't Instagram famous, but who like to use the service, will also love the 1888 Hotel.

Additionally, those who can prove they have more than 10,000 followers on the photo-sharing platform will be able to stay free for one night.

If you don't fall into that category, there's another chance to win some freebies. An additional night’s stay is also offered to the guest who takes the best Instagram shot each month. If you aren't fortunate enough to win, rooms start around $140.

8Hotels' chief executive officer Paul Fischman told Mashable that the design is created keeping in mind today's modern traveler.

"There has always been a strong, intrinsic link between travel and photography, but thnde advent of social media and Instagram has made photo-sharing an even bigger part of the traveler's experience," he said. "People not only want to visit and stay in beautiful places, they also want to capture and share it with their friends and networks as it happens."

“The property is just footsteps away from the city, the Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, the Entertainment Centre and the business districts of Pyrmont and Ultimo. The hotel has such an authentic, contemporary aesthetic that we thought we should embrace the fact that all modern travellers can take memo,” said Fischman in another interview.

Guests can be obsessive about posting and documenting their stays at the hotels and 8Hotels understands this.

1888 Eatery & Bar serves up continental breakfasts, and a carefully selected beer and wine menu with fresh and local ingredients sourced from artisan providores.

It’s currently offering a decent package including a night for 2 in a king room, breakfast,  an 1888 antipasto plate and 2 glasses of wine, complimentary internet connection and use of iPads in room, from $239, until 30 September.

Instagram which boasts more than 100 million users worldwide, is the perfect choice to attract tourists as it combines both photography and social media – making it apt for use by tourists wanting to share their experiences.

Japan has also created tourist-friendly stands designed by Sunpole – helping them to take scenic selfies on their mobile devices.

Spain created the first Twitter-themed hotel, and now Australia is the first in the Instagram department.

Norwood, MA, September 01, 2013 --(PR.com)-- As part of the new distribution agreement between Arrow Electronics and Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc., ATS is offering a half-day of free, no-obligation use of its unique Thermal Characterization Laboratory to Arrow’s customers. The Thermal Characterization Lab, located at ATS headquarters in Norwood, MA, allows engineers to perform thermal testing on heat sinks, fans and fan trays, PCBs, blades, enclosures, or complete systems. Experienced engineers, board and system designers can perform the tests themselves, or consult with an ATS thermal engineer at no cost during their 4 hours of laboratory time.

ATS’ Thermal Characterization Lab features a full range of research-quality instruments, including open and closed loop wind tunnels, for ambient and elevated temperature testing, all with PC-driven controls and automated data collection. The lab is also outfitted with a full array of the company’s sensor systems and thermocouples, which can be used to characterize electronic products under variable airflow and temperature conditions.

In addition, the lab also features a JEDEC approved component thermal testing facility for conducting multitude of device level testing per JEDEC standards. The facility also provides a complete liquid crystal and IR thermography systems for non-invasive temperature mapping to 0.1oC with one micron-level spatial resolution; and a liquid cooling facility for complete testing and characterization of cold-plates, cooling effect and proof of concept testing.

“Most of today’s electronics have thermal situations that can turn into big problems if left alone. The easiest, lowest cost way to manage this is to conduct an accurate thermal characterization of the problem at hand,” said Kaveh Azar, Ph.D., president and CEO of Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. “If you have the right facility and associated know-how, you can often complete your test in a half-day, then you can readily assess what is the best thermal solution for your application. For engineers short on time and resources, we believe this free use of ATS’ Thermal Characterization Lab could be very helpful.”

To contact ATS for more information on this opportunity, please call 781-769-2800, email ats-hq@qats.com or visit www.qats.com. All testing and results reporting are completely confidential. Consultation prior to use of the lab is not charged or considered part of the free time offer. ATS engineers will also advise lab patrons how to optimize their free testing period prior to arriving.

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Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc.
Andrea Koss
781-769-2800
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Rockleigh, NJ, September 01, 2013 --(PR.com)-- How do you make the industry-leading digital presentation system even better? Just add wireless.

Crestron has brought together two of its most popular products to create the ultimate presentation solution. Now available, DMPS/AirMedia offers simple, reliable wired and wireless HD presentation all-in-one. DMPS/AirMedia delivers advanced automation capabilities and provide actionable usage data over the network. Four different options are available, based on system or room requirements.

Start with DMPS, the world's most advanced all-in-one HD presentation solution
The industry-leading DMPS Series delivers bit-for-bit, no latency HD video switching and display, including HDCP-protected content. DMPS makes it easy to seamlessly connect your MacBook® or PC laptops, making presentations from almost any device fast and easy. It integrates an amplifier, audio DSP, mic mixer, multimedia matrix switcher and control system in a single 3-space rackmount system.

Add new AirMedia, the groundbreaking device for wireless HD presentation and collaboration
With AirMedia anyone can walk into a meeting space and wirelessly present PowerPoint®, Excel®, Word, and PDF documents, as well as photos and screen shots, from their personal iOS® or Android™ mobile device on the room display. Up to 32 users can connect at the same time in the same room. Using Quad View, up to four presenters' content can be displayed simultaneously. The AirMedia console easily connects via wired LAN, so it leverages existing IT security policies. Even better, no software installation is required, making it ideal for small to mid-sized organizations and guest presenters.
DMPS/AirMedia highlights

- True 1080p/60 HDCP protected content

- Wireless collaboration and presentation of documents and photos from mobile devices

- Network managed and controlled - leverages existing IT security policies

- Choose from four different options based on system or room requirements

For a limited time, Crestron dealers can also take advantage of special DMPS/AirMedia promotional pricing.

Further details are available at crestron.com/dmps-airmedia.

Contact Information:
Crestron Electronics, Inc.
Joyce Essig
201-767-3400
Contact via Email
www.crestron.com
15 Volvo Drive
Rockleigh, New Jersey 07647-2507

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Chang Sha, China, September 01, 2013 --(PR.com)-- iFunia Studio, a leading developer of multimedia processing tools, today launched a new version of one of its most popular products, iFunia Video Converter for Mac. This new version 4 comes a refreshed UI, offers expanded video editing functionality and the video encoding technology has been optimized to deliver greater productivity and efficiency.

iFunia Video Converter is an all-in-one solution that enables users to convert SD and HD video files into the appropriate format for use on personal computers or popular mobile devices with a few clicks. The new interface of version 4 has been expanded for quickly import videos from Movies, iTunes and Camera, along with bigger video player window. Elsewhere, the interface has been tightened up and polished. Furthermore, the latest version 4 now offers on-the-fly 2D-to-3D video conversion, users could watch 2D or 3D video in various configurations, and even set 3D video playback parameter (3D depth) manually or choose the pre-defined settings.

New functionality in Video Converter for Mac 4 includes:
* Support for the 2D to 3D video conversion.
* Enhanced video editor to feature video rotating and external subtitle importing.
* Built-in bigger player capability to preview video.
* Improved support of popular HD video format.

Additionally, the new software lets users:
* Make the output formats or settings for all imported videos with a single click using the new “Apply to All” function.
* Edit all the video directly without back to the main interface.

“We are at the threshold of a true revolution in home entertainment as 3D video technology is becoming ubiquitous. We are delighted to offer our customers an effective yet affordable 2D to 3D video option as well as to expand the functionality of the software as much as possible following user requests. We hope users will enjoy the addition of this cutting-edge technology to iFunia Video Converter,” said Amy LU, Product Manager at iFunia.

Pricing and Availability
Video Converter for Mac v4.0.0 is available now through the iFunia website. The retail price of iFunia Video Converter for Mac is $35 USD). To get more information and obtain a free trial version, please visit: http://www.ifunia.com/video-converter-mac.html

About iFunia Studio
iFunia Studio was founded by and for people who are passionate about Apple. With a focus on the Mac platform, iFunia Studio develops the easy software solutions exclusively for the video and digital photo community. The products include iFunia DVDCreator for Mac(create DVD from all popular video clips), iFunia YouTube Converter for Mac (download and convert YouTube video in a few clicks) as well as the iFunia Photo Slideshow for Mac and more. The company is dedicated in creating more affordable and easy multimedia software to make Mac life fun. For more information, visit http://www.ifunia.com.

Contact Information:
iFunia Software
Chalie Smith
86-0731-88905650
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www.ifunia.com

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Chennai, India, September 01, 2013 --(PR.com)-- A well-coordinated reception / security area is the ideal way to manage your visitors efficiently and give them the attention they deserve - and the best news is that you don't have to invest in highly skilled man power to achieve the same.

The Visitor Register facility in TouchPoint is designed to facilitate the organization in doing away with the manual process of filling out visitor passes. The passes are instead printed on to a self adhesive sticker, the bonus advantage is the printing of the photograph of the visitor which is captured through a webcam and printed onto the sticker pass.

TouchPoint does not limit itself with just the Visitor Management Module but has various other facilities that make life simpler for the office administration team. The modules include Appointment Management module, Employee Management module, Contractor Management module, Material Management module, Vehicle Management module, Key Management module, Call Management module and a Miscellaneous Management module. This also adhered to ISO 27001 operating guidelines, especially with respect to their Material Management.

Touchpoint is a visitor management system and visitor management software that along with visitor management also takes care of visitor passes, visitor badges, gate pass management, gate pass management software, gate pass management system, asset management system, fixed asset management, front office software, front office system, gate pass software, gate pass system, material Movement, material register, security asset management, security badges, visitor management system software, visitor management systems, visitor registration, visitor tracking, visitor tracking software, visitor tracking system, visitors management, visitors management software.

The Visitor Management modules in TouchPoint assist in capturing all- relevant information about the visitor, which is automatically captured in a database, and a professional quality visitor badge, is printed. This Visitor Management solution does away with the repetitive encoding of regular visitors as the details are automatically stored in the database. And if the visitor is found visiting again, the information is easily located.

Furthermore, the new website allows users to share products and pages that interest them with others across Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Visit the website at http://www.usetouchpoint.com.my/

About Cogent
With Computers and Software becoming an indispensable tool in any organization today, a lot of companies are working towards providing software products that can better use the power of the computer. Unfortunately, in spite of the best of hardware and computing power, machines and their capabilities are grossly under-utilized.

It was in response to this need that Cogent was started in the year 1995 to develop innovative software products and services that will deliver as promised while also catering to needs that have not been met. Our mission was to identify these needs and address them. Visit www.cogentlive.com for more details.

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Agoura Hills, CA, September 01, 2013 --(PR.com)-- NovaStor Corporation, a global leader in fast, scalable, and effective data-protecton backup/restore solutions, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with IT Channel Group (ITCG) of Mississauga, Ontario. Under this agreement, ITCG will help drive NovaStor's SMB channel expansion in the Canadian market, delivering integrated sales and marketing solutions to value added resellers (VARs), system integrators, retailers and direct marketers.

"This new partnership with IT Channel Group expands our market reach, increasing Canadian channel awareness and the visibility of NovaStor's class-leading data protection software," said Mike Andrews, Managing Director of NovaStor. "This strategic partnership will allow us to meet growing channel demands, a reflection of NovaStor's continued commitment to Canadian reseller and end user channels."

With a seasoned team of professionals, the IT Channel Group has a proven track record of channel development for manufacturers of Storage, Security and Data Center Infrastructure.

"ITCG is excited to take the NovaStor product line to resellers across Canada," said Jerry Diakow, President of ITCG. "The outstanding functionality and capability of NovaStor's products, combined with ITCG's relationships and knowledge of the Canadian reseller channel, forms the foundation for dynamic growth opportunities".

About IT Channel Group
IT Channel Group is based in Mississauga, Ontario and has been building Canadian channels for U.S., European and Australian technology vendors since 2002. Operating in the storage, security and infrastructure markets, ITCG has delivered top solutions to Canadian resellers to enhance product and solution offerings for their end user customers. For more information, please visit www.itchannelgroup.com

About NovaStor
NovaStor is a leading international provider of software solutions for data protection, data recovery and the long-term, legally-compliant storage of data. Clients include home, mobile, and SMB users, service providers as well as international corporations. NovaStor's cost-effective solutions are platform- and hardware-independent to ensure maximum use of the customer's existing environment. NovaStor is headquartered in Switzerland (Zug), has offices in the USA (CA, Agoura Hills) and (Hamburg) Germany and is represented in numerous countries through partnerships. For more information, please visit www.novastor.com

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Pinterest users trying to spend their weekend browsing through pictures of home accessories and food recipes may be out of luck. The photo-sharing site confirmed on Sunday that it is down for "some users."

Pinterest posted a note to its Facebook page, apologizing for the "weekend hiccups" that users had to encounter, and said it was working to fix the issues.

"You might've had some trouble using Pinterest lately, and we've been working hard to get everything back to normal," the company said.

Pinterest didn't mention about the types of issues experienced or what caused them, but tweets did suggest about the errors indicating that the problems surfaced Saturday night, and that the site was inaccessible on both PC and mobile devices.

Amy @sorandom

Is @Pinterest still not working for anyone else? I had issues with it last night via cell. This a.m. it's STILL messed up even on PC.

7:34 PM - 1 Sep 2013

Ashley @iam_ashleyyy

Seriously Pinterest, why you gotta be havin issues.

7:48 AM - 1 Sep 2013

Pinterest did provide help by directing users to its Help Center to know the status of the issue and answer questions. The site certainly would be hoping to get back everyone to pinning soon.

LG has announced its pocket-sized G Pad 8.3 tablet ahead of the IFA 2013 trade show in Berlin this week. The device will be the first 8-inch tablet with a full HD display on the market.

Although the tablet will officially debut at the conference next week, the company unveiled details about the device this weekend. It also received a great response for its trailer video posted to YouTube last week. The clip laid great emphasis on tablet size, and how more people would use the devices if they fit in their pocket.

The device packs an 8.3-inch screen with a 1920×1200 pixels resolution and a super-slim body that makes it weigh just 338 grams — the weight of a newspaper, according to LG.

Available in both black and white colors, the sleek tablet, runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 16 GB of storage, 2 GB of RAM, a 5.0 MP rear-facing camera and 1.3 MP camera in the front. The device boasts a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor  and is powered by a 4,600mAh battery.

Despite all that, it's just 8.33m thick and weighs less than a pound

Software enhancements include QPair and QSlide features -- the former allows the tablet to connect with smartphones from all OEMs and sync calls and messages across the devices on the G Pad itself, while the latter allows for three apps to run on-screen at once. 

LG didn't elaborate exactly when the G Pad 8.3 tablet will hit stores, but said it will roll out in international markets — including North America, Europe and Asia — starting in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The prices have not been mentioned so far and will be revealed at launch.

This is the first time in a year that LG is launching a new tablet since the original Optimus Pad. The company said the G Pad 8.3 also complements its recently launched G2 smartphone, which aims to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Written By: John Moore for Digital Innovation Gazette

Integrated development environments, or IDEs, aim to boost programmer productivity in both the desktop and web applications worlds. Increasingly, those offerings are pushing into mobile development, and open-source IDEs are part of that evolution. Here’s an overview of the latest on open-source IDEs.

IDEs Going Mobile

In June, the latest Eclipse release train, dubbed Juno, included a new package, Eclipse for Mobile Developers. The Eclipse Foundation’s press statement described the package as making it “easier for developers to download and use Eclipse with a variety of mobile SDKs, including the Android SDK.” A month later, Oracle introduced NetBeans IDE 7.2. NetBeans’ Java Micro Edition includes tools for building and debugging apps for mobile devices, a GUI designer and a mobile game builder, among other components.

Some industry executives view the open-source IDE’s mobile moves as inevitable. “As with anything in the open-source world, the work happens where the interest is,” says Doug Seven, an executive vice president at Telerik. Seven leads the  company’s Icenium division, which focuses on building cross-platform developer tools.

“Mobile is hot, so it’s natural that open-source IDEs would be turning to mobile -- just as many of them emerged solely for web development when that was the new hotness,” Seven says. “Open source is very opportunistic, and mobile is the opportunity that is knocking.” Commercial IDE makers are also opportunistic, adds Seven, who notes that many mobile IDEs are showing up on the commercial side.

“I see [Eclipse and open-source IDEs] playing a larger and larger role,” says Andrew Graham, director of application development for mobile security company KoolSpan. With Eclipse, “the community seems active and the plug-ins they contribute are useful,” Graham says.

Under the Hood
Developers can directly download an open-source IDE, but they may also see them embedded in other development platforms. Vendors have adopted open source as a way to avoid having to create and maintain their own IDEs, according to Graham. He cites the example of Research In Motion and its propriety BlackBerry Java Development Environment. JDE was in use for years, he says, but now the company has switched to Eclipse.

RIM’s BlackBerry developer website notes that JDE is “no longer under active development” and recommends programmers new to BlackBerry Java development use the BlackBerry plug-in for Eclipse.

Meanwhile, the upcoming BlackBerry 10 includes the QNX Momentics IDE, which runs on Eclipse. BlackBerry 10 developer toolkits are already available in beta form; the new operating system is slated to come out early next year. The bundled Eclipse approach and the plug-in give developers two ways to go.

In another example, Appcelerator Inc.’s Titanium Studio IDE is based on Eclipse. Titanium Studio is built upon Appcelerator’s January 2011 acquisition of Aptana and its Eclipse tools.

Appcelerator built mobile features around the Aptana technology, which was web-development oriented, says Nolan Wright, Appcelerator’s co-founder and chief technology officer. “Basically, Aptana had the raw ingredients needed for an IDE,” Wright says. “We just had to add in mobile-specific capabilities.”

Eclipse has been used by several vendors including BlackBerry and IBM because it provides an affordable way to build their platform tooling, Seven says. “For many platform vendors, leveraging open-source IDEs like Eclipse is smart, because it accelerates their tooling needs without putting them in a competitive tooling business, essentially letting them focus more attention and effort on their platform.”

Customization of these IDEs should be loosely connected so the platform vendor doesn’t have to maintain its own full derivative of the open-source IDE, Seven explains. Instead, the vendor would only be maintaining plug-ins and SDKs that work with the open-source IDE.

Open Source: Contributions
Open-source IDEs face a couple of challenges, says Seven. Competition with commercial IDEs is one. Open-source IDEs, he says, can easily catch up with basics such as code editor, statement completion and integrated compiler. But open source will “struggle in the long run for differentiating value that drives the IDE market.” Seven adds that commercial IDE vendors will continue to push the envelope in an attempt to monetize differentiating productivity benefits -- Microsoft Visual Studio’s IntelliTrace, for instance -- as long as they can before those features become slowly commoditized in the open-source market.

Another open-source challenge relates to customization, according to Seven. “The challenge with IDEs in the open-source world is that any variation has a much more significant impact on developer productivity,” he says. “That is, if you customize something, now you are both maintaining the IDE code base and the product you are developing.”

Wright, however, says only a small percentage of developers contribute back to an open-source effort. And contributing isn’t necessarily viewed as a burden by those coders who do participate. Developers, he says, tend to contribute when they encounter something they want to address: a new capability or a bug fix, for example.

While IDE technology evolves in the mobile space, individual coders looking for an easy way to try out the technology -- and platform vendors seeking to bundle it -- will keep interest in open source alive. “I don’t see Eclipse or the open source idea going away any time soon,” Graham says.

About the Author: John Moore has written about business and technology for more than 20 years. Moore’s articles have appeared in Baseline, CIO.com, Federal Computer Week, iHealthBeat, and TechTarget. Areas of focus include cloud computing, health information technology, systems integration, and virtualization.

DUBLIN, CA--(Marketwired - September 2, 2013) -  Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, announced today it has signed a partnership with CyberM Information Technology Limited (CyberM), to resell Epicor retail technology solutions and provide in-country implementation and support services within the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Under the terms of the agreement, CyberM will provide sales, services and support to assist local retailers and meet the globalization requirements of multinational retailers looking to expand into APAC.

CyberM has already demonstrated its proven expertise as an Epicor partner in the Asia Pacific market. The company is certified to resell and provide services and support for the next-generation Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. Founded in the early 1990s, the company has served over 300 retailers in Asia including Amway, Kodak, SaSa and other listed Hong Kong companies, with implementation and support services covering countries in various time zones and local languages including: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and the UAE.

The newly announced partnership is the latest development in a multi-year strategic plan to grow Epicor retail technology market share and expand its global footprint in APAC, Latin America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Asia is now the world's biggest retail market, with regional retail sales rising to $3.8 trillion in 2011, or 41% of the global share, from $3.2 trillion in 2006, or 31%, according to Canadean, a market research firm. In China, sales of clothing and apparel are projected to exceed 800 billion yuan, or about $130 billion, by 2015, nearly doubling from 460 billion yuan in 2011, according to Boston Consulting Group. The firm estimates that China will account for 30% of the global fashion market's growth in the next five years.

To service the exploding growth in the Asia Pacific retail market, Epicor has been readying its end-to-end retail technology suite for deployment in the region. In addition to double-byte character set support in the product suite, the company created a new international business team dedicated to deployment of Epicor Retail solutions in new geographies, and hired in-region retail channel managers to assist in facilitating partner relationships; the first of which will focus on furthering the CyberM relationship and forging additional key relationships with Asian Pacific retailers.

"Our partnership with Epicor aligns with our strategy to deliver best-of-breed solutions to our retail customers in Asia," said CyberM Chairman and Managing Director Duncan Lau. "We leverage proven approaches and methodologies, along with extensive experience in the retail technology space to provide cost effective consulting and implementation services to ensure successful deployments and value added partnerships with our retail clients."

"We are pleased to welcome CyberM to our partner network," said Ian Rawlins, vice president of marketing and business development, retail software for Epicor. "The partnership capitalizes on the unique strengths of each entity; Epicor brings the power of its award-winning retail offerings to one of the most established and well respected retail technology solutions providers in the Asia Pacific region; CyberM complements this by bringing the benefits of its strong local presence and long-term relationships with retailers in Asia to Epicor."

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About Epicor Retail
 Epicor provides advanced solutions for retailers seeking to streamline processes, integrate channels, leverage intelligence and inspire customers, to maximize profitability. The Epicor Retail end-to-end suite is designed to meet the evolving merchandise and service expectations of today's connected, cross-channel shoppers, and the business requirements of the most demanding soft goods, hard goods and specialty retail environments in a variety of industries including apparel, footwear, discount, general merchandise, automotive aftermarket, lumber and building materials, nursery, and pharmacy. Thousands of leading companies -- from Aeropostale, Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance and Build-A-Bear Workshop, to General Nutrition Centers, True Value Company and Under Armour -- trust Epicor to help them remain current, competitive, and consistently strong.

About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor Software Corporation is a global leader delivering inspired business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries. With over 40 years of experience serving small, midmarket and larger enterprises, Epicor has more than 20,000 customers in over 150 countries. Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP), retail management software, supply chain management (SCM), and human capital management (HCM) enable companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability. With a history of innovation, industry expertise and passion for excellence, Epicor provides the single point of accountability that local, regional and global businesses demand. The Company's headquarters are located in Dublin, California, with offices and affiliates worldwide. For more information, visit www.epicor.com.

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SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - September 2, 2013) -  AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a double win at the International Public Relations Association's 2013 Golden World Awards. AMD was named winner in two categories for its PR campaign conceived for the launch of the AMD Radeon™ HD 7990 graphics card.

"These wins at the 2013 Golden World Awards underscore the AMD commitment to excellence in all aspects of business, from our technology products to our marketing and communications," said John Taylor, corporate vice president, Global Communications, AMD. "Just as AMD pioneers new possibilities in the realm of technology, we constantly innovate in the marketing and communications realm to more effectively and efficiently communicate with key stakeholders and the millions of people who use AMD products."

AMD Radeon HD 7990 graphics cards were launched in April 2013. As the world's fastest graphics card¹, this product represents AMD's pinnacle of achievement in providing top-of-the-industry graphics technology for gaming enthusiasts. Specific communications programs bringing this leadership and the attending benefits for enthusiasts to life were conceived and executed in the first half of 2013.

Recently, AMD also was shortlisted for four Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards and three PR News Platinum PR Awards for multiple marketing and PR campaigns. Earlier this year, AMD was recognized for innovative PR, social media and marketing at PR Daily's Digital PR and Social Media Awards.

The International Public Relations Association, based in London, UK, bestows awards upon companies and agencies across the globe for excellence in public relations. In its 21^st year, the Golden World Awards recognizes the best public relations activities and campaigns across 30 categories. 

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AMD (NYSE: AMD) designs and integrates technology that powers millions of intelligent devices, including personal computers, tablets, game consoles and cloud servers that define the new era of surround computing. AMD solutions enable people everywhere to realize the full potential of their favorite devices and applications to push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information, visit www.amd.com.

AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

¹ In tests by AMD as of 28 February, 2013, the AMD Radeon™ HD 7990 showed higher average performance than the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 690 in the 3DMark® Fire Strike Extreme (FS6407 vs. FS5316) and Crysis 3 (1080p & 1600p at all quality presets). System configuration: Intel® Core™ i7-3960X (3.30 GHz), MSI X79A-GD65, 16GB DDR3-1600 and Windows 8 x64. AMD Radeon™ HD 7990 evaluated with AMD Catalyst™ 13.2 Beta 6. NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 690 evaluated with NVIDIA® ForceWare™ 310.90 WHQL. GRDT-32