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DIA and HBA Celebrate New Collaboration with Launch of Womens Leadership Project

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Horsham, PA (PRWEB) July 31, 2012

DIA and the Healthcare Businesswomens Association (HBA) today announced a new collaboration to advance the careers of women involved in the regulatory, medical, legal and compliance functions of healthcare. The associations will embark on a multi-year initiative called the DIA/HBA Leadership Project, which was launched in June at the 2012 DIA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

A steering committee of senior-level women representing pharmaceutical biotech and medical device companies will lead this unique initiative. The steering committee will develop a plan for:

Cage Creative Collaboration App to Launch Public Beta

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Oklahoma City, OK (PRWEB) July 19, 2012

Cage, an online collaboration tool that provides a secure environment for creative teams to present their work for feedback and approval, will launch public beta on Thursday, July 19, 2012.

Starting Thursday, users can join the public beta by visiting http://cageapp.com/

“Sandip and the Cage team have been focused on building an easy-to-use, intuitive product for designers and creative teams. Cage is both, plus its beautiful to look at,” said Graphicly founder Micah Baldwin, who is also a Cage advisor. “I love the platform and the attention to detail, and Im even more impressed with the team that put it together.”

Cage allows users to easily upload and present files, manage tasks, organize revisions and receive approvals all in one simple environment. Since Cage entered private beta in 2011, more than 20,000 creative professionals have signed up to use the product, including many who work at some of the biggest brands in the world, such as: Omnicom, Google, BBDO, Twitter, Facebook, Saatchi & Saatchi, Target, AT&T, Virgin Media, Moleskin, Marvel, Electronic Arts, Walmart, Ogilvy and Weber Shandwick.

The public beta is accompanied by a complete redesign and redevelopment of the interface and includes several new or improved features:

Indosoft unveils Q-Suite 5.7 for Asterisk, targeting Managed Contact Center Service Providers

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Fredericton, NB (PRWEB) July 31, 2012

Indosoft Inc., leading provider of multi-tenant unified communications software announces the release of Q-Suite 5.7 for Asterisk. This evolutionary, featured-filled release of the scalable multi-tenant call center software will allow service providers to setup Asterisk based call center platforms and offer managed contact center services.

Q-Suite 5.7 provides the opportunity to deploy Asterisk based call center services on a superior IP telephony platform with powerful ACD and Dialer engine to handle the most demanding call workflow requirements. Its flexible architecture scales to multiple Asterisk servers for setting up geographically distributed contact center operations. ACD with skills-based routing, Virtual and Personal Queues, Predictive, Preview and Progressive dialing, are features designed to cater to the needs of enterprise clients. Q-Suite also comes with extensive API for CTI integration through Web and .NET.

Managed Service Providers will benefit from Q-Suites built-in GUI based Call Flow builder, Agent and Admin screen theming capability, HA (High Availability) and Call Survival. A powerful Customer-Agent interaction Script Builder, real-time dashboards for supervisor monitoring and detailed historical reporting are all available out-of-the-box. .

Asterisk based call centers with Q-Suite 5.7 is a cost effective way to offer managed services and build distributed call centers. said James Terhune, Chief Technology Officer at Indosoft. With the availability of integration to reliable third party applications for call recording, workforce management, quality monitoring, TTS and ASR, Q-Suite provides an excellent opportunity to build out a complete call center platform with considerable cost savings by leveraging Asterisk.

About Indosoft Inc.

Indosoft Inc. is a global provider of call center software for Asterisk. It has been providing call center solutions to medium and large contact centers around the world for over ten years. It also licenses its ACD for Asterisk with .NET and socket library to enterprises utilizing Asterisk in their product line. Indosoft has been making available Q-Suite ACD for private label contact center technology solutions.







Zhongtian Lighting Announces the New Product [ZT-HB-2-60W-LED Bay Light]

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(PRWEB) August 10, 2012

Recently, Zhongtian Lighting released its new product [ZT-HB-2-60W-LED Bay Light]. This models performance is more excellent than previous models. Its light source is the LED white light with higher brightness and the shell is aluminum alloy (other materials can be used according to the customers requirement). The combination of heat conduction of copper and the heat dissipation of alloy enables this model to dissipate heat perfectly. It also can be designed according to the demands of customers. The technical specification of this LED bay light is presented as follows:

Model:

Saunas for Your Home Away From Home: Finnleo Panel-Built Outdoor Saunas Simplify Installation and Bring Saunas to Second Homes

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Cokato, MN (PRWEB) July 28, 2012

With summer in full-swing, most families with a vacation home or property have had a chance to enjoy their home away from home. While more luxury homes are including saunas in a home gym or spa-styled bath, the vacation home, where people go for total relaxation, can benefit as well, even with a small floor plan for the house. Finnleo Patio Saunas and Metro Series Sauna packages can extend your relaxation to the outdoors, with panel-built saunas designed for outdoor use.

For homes with a back porch or patio, the Patio Series panel-built sauna is ideal. Available in 4 sizes, ranging from 4×5 to 5×7, the Patio series is available with maintenance free siding, cedar shingles or metal roof, and several heater options. Within hours of receiving the sauna, the room can be installed and begin being enjoyed. Because of the smaller size, this is the perfect choice when outdoor space is limited.

For homes on a lake, with pools, or with a larger property, the Metro Series packages offer many more features and a larger size. With sizes starting at 7×10 and as large as 8×12, the saunas include changing rooms, and the 8×12 has an optional shower in the changing room. The rooms are constructed of 4-1/4 insulated panel with Nordic White Spruce, with an optional upgrade to maintenance free siding for the exterior. Because of the size of the rooms and the availability of wood-burning stoves, the Metro Series is a great addition to a hunting camp, allowing fellow chilled hunters to be warmed by the sauna while talking about the days hunt.

Of course, both the Patio and the Metro Series saunas are wonderful additions to main residences as well. If a sauna has been desired, but lack of interior space has prevented the installation of a sauna in the home, these outdoor options may be the solution.

For more information on the Patio Series and Metro Series saunas, contact a local Finnleo dealer, visit Finnleos website, or call Finnleo at 1-800-346-6536 (FINNLEO).







SoftLayer Replaces Budgeting Software with Alight Planning, Achieves Significant ROI

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El Dorado Hills, CA (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Alight Planning, developers of the first solution to make driver-based planning easy, today announced SoftLayer has achieved significant benefits by replacing their legacy budgeting and planning software with the Alight Planning solution. The full story was featured in a webinar earlier this month with the Institute of Management Accountants entitled: Case Study: Measuring the ROI of Planning Software.

Rand Heer, Alight Planning CEO, comments on the webinar, We were pleased to have over 800 finance professionals attend the IMA webinar earlier this month. The SoftLayer success story is generating a lot of buzz in the industry and third-party analyst firms are expressing interest in developing an in-depth case study that would verify the ROI which is estimated at 50x.

SoftLayer is the global cloud infrastructure platform that operates 13 data centers in the US. Given the rapid growth in this sector, the annual budgeting process was insufficient; SoftLayer took a dynamic, continuous approach to planning throughout the year. SoftLayer first replaced spreadsheets with Centages Budget Maestro software package. In 2009, the finance team began a search to replace Centage with a solution that would enable a more intuitive and integrated driver-based planning model and rapid scenario analysis in order to support the rapid growth.

While Centage was a step up compared to planning in spreadsheets, we could not create an integrated driver-based model, said Gary Kinman, Vice President of Finance and Analytics at SoftLayer, Since sales units were stored in an isolated module, sales units could not be used to drive capital expenses or operations headcount. Of course, we could drive revenue in Centage with sales units, but with Alight Planning, our driver-based model is now fully integrated. Analysis to adjust volume or pricing of a certain product that required 30 minutes in Centage was taking 3 minutes in Alight Planning. Our ability to quickly perform analysis on-the-fly with Alight Planning is leading to better decisions. We now have a better feel for the direction to take as a company.

The ROI Calculator developed earlier this year is generating some interesting conclusions about the state of budgeting and planning software, said Ben Lamorte of Alight Planning. Gary and I reflected on life before and after Alight Planning leading to a documented efficiency savings of about $ 100,000 over the last three years associated with moving to Alight Planning. The $ 100,000 is a result of doing the same things SoftLayer did with Centage, but doing them faster with integrated driver-based panning we call these type 1 benefits. Benefits of over $ 3M were associated with introducing new planning processes that were not even attempted prior to Alight Planning. These type 2 benefits included optimizing cash management and analyzing profitability by location. To our knowledge, SoftLayers implementation of Alight Planning represents the largest ROI documented in the history of mid-market planning software.

About SoftLayer Technologies

SoftLayer is the global cloud infrastructure platform provider built for Internet scale. Headquartered in Dallas, the company operates 13 data centers in the US, Asia and Europe; worldwide network points of presence; and a high-speed global network for secure, low-latency communications. SoftLayers modular architecture, full-featured API and sophisticated automation create a flexible platform that seamlessly integrates physical and virtual systems. With 100,000 servers under management, SoftLayer is the largest privately held Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider in the world, with a portfolio of 25,000 leading-edge customers from Web startups to global enterprises. For more information, please visit softlayer.com or call 1.866.398.7638.

About Alight Planning

Alight Planning is a true driver-based financial planning and reporting software package that automates business modeling for more accurate strategic plans, revenue projections, budgets and rolling forecasts. Its unique architectures and intuitive interfaces provide enable finance teams to rapidly build any driver-based planning model, while delivering traditional budgeting and planning structures such as line item detail, integrated financial statements and multiple-user security. Rapidly deployed and IT-independent, Alight Planning has been embraced by organizations of all sizes. Alight has over 300 customers including Kaiser Permanente, British Telecommunications, Pittsburgh Mercy Health, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and Verizon Wireless. For more information about Alight Planning, visit http://www.AlightPlanning.com or call 800-960-7717.







Tonara Raises $4 Million Series A Investment to Transform the Way Musicians Read, Play and Interact with Music

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New York (PRWEB) July 31, 2012

Tonara, creator of the first interactive sheet music app that listens to you, today announced $ 4 Million in Series A funding led by Carmel Ventures, with follow-on investment from existing seed investors including Index Ventures, Lool Ventures, Eilon Tirosh, Rami Lipman and other prominent angel participants. The funding will enable Tonara to invest in ongoing technology innovation, secure additional partnerships with sheet music publishers, and pursue strategic marketing initiatives.

The Tonara app enriches the music practicing experience by understanding the music being played and correlating it interactively with scores. Musicians can view their exact position in a score, focus on playing without the distraction of turning pages and receive real-time tempo feedback on their performance. Beginners and professionals alike enjoy the app, as it follows a musicians position in the score, even if the user changes tempo, goes out of key or makes a mistake.

Each week, Tonara will introduce a new selection of songs from Hal Leonards vast score collection, which features music from todays most popular artists under the Universal, Sony and EMI labels. During this rollout, users will gain access to hit songs of all genres and performance levels by artists such as Adele, Usher and the Beatles in full cooperation with Hal Leonards digital rights management system.

We started Tonara with the idea that the way people learn, practice and play music will change considerably with the rise of tablet technologies and new music distribution channels, said Yair Lavi, CEO and Founder of Tonara. This round of funding, along with the Hal Leonard partnership, supports our vision and firmly positions us as the leading provider of interactive digital sheet music. We enable musicians of all experience levels to have a fun and interactive experience while playing their favorite songs.

Added Lavi, Were thrilled to partner with Carmel Ventures as the lead investor in this funding round. Today, we took another strong step forward on our mission to transform the entire music-playing experience. Strengthened by our new and existing investors and partners were ready to scale our offering worldwide.

Rina Shainski, General Partner of Carmel Ventures and recent edition to Tonaras board added, Tonaras disruptive technology was designed to transform the music-learning and practicing experience for amateur and professional musicians while bringing intelligent interactivity and social sharing to the music-playing community. Tonara is generating excitement in the broad music ecosystem and were delighted to support the company in fulfilling its vision.

Tonaras music store currently features a wide selection of music and includes pieces for piano, violin, cello, flute and voice, with plans to support additional instruments as its user base grows. Tonara is currently available as an iPad App on Apples AppStore. Users can access a selection of music scores free of charge, and purchase additional scores for $ 0.99 to $ 2.99 directly within the app.

About Tonara

Launched in 2011, Tonara is the worlds first interactive sheet music application that listens to musicians and helps them learn, rehearse, and perform. The companys vision is to turn music playing into a fun and interactive experience. Using exclusive patent-pending polyphonic score-following technology, the Tonara app shows musicians their position on the score, automatically turns the pages at exactly the right moment, and provides real-time feedback on their performance. For more information, please visit http://www.tonara.com and follow us @tonara_app.

About Hal Leonard Corporation

Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation http://www.halleonard.com is the worlds largest music print publisher and digital content provider, producing songbooks, sheet music, educational publications, reference books, DVDs, tech products, magazines, eBooks, digital sheet music, apps and more. In its more than 200,000 available publications and products, the company represents many of the worlds best known and most respected publishers, artists, songwriters and arrangers. Hal Leonard is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI and also has domestic offices in Winona, MN; New York; and Nashville; and offices abroad in Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

About Carmel Ventures

With over $ 600 million currently under management, several successful exits, and a growing portfolio of promising start-ups, Carmel is among Israels top-tier venture capital funds. Carmels investments are focused primarily on early stage companies in the fields of Software, Internet, Digital Media, Communications, Semiconductors, and Consumer Electronics. Founded in 2000 by pioneers and leaders of the Israeli high tech industry, Carmel provides significant capital and active, hands-on support through the growth cycle of its portfolio companies and is recognized as a true company-building fund in Israel. Carmel, headquartered in Herzliya, Israel enjoys a worldwide network of industry, strategic and investment resources. Carmel is an affiliate of the Viola Group, the largest technology focused Private Equity group in Israel with $ 2B under management. For more information, please visit http://www.carmelventures.com.







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MuleSoft Selects CloverETL to Enrich the Data Integration Capabilities of the Mule ESB Enterprise and CloudHub Platforms

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Arlington, VA (PRWEB) July 19, 2012

Javlin today announced that CloverETL data integration software will play an important role in MuleSofts Mule ESB and CloudHub offerings platforms that act as transit systems for carrying data between applications, simplifying the process of maintaining and growing application integrations.

As part of the partnership, CloverETLs Designer and Engine support Mule Studio, MuleSofts Eclipse-based graphical designer that drives Mule ESB and CloudHub. With Mule Studios visually intuitive DataMapper, users can easily interact with complex data sets and formats to create maps and transformations that support their integration use cases. Integrated into Mule Studio, the visual part of MuleSofts DataMapper builds upon a variety of CloverETL Designer APIs to provide integration developers with intuitive screens for development and design-time validation of data payload mapping.

The payload mapping is then translated into the CloverETL data transformation format utilized by the CloverETL Engine, which performs the actual payload transformation based on user-defined mapping. The CloverETL Engine has also been fully integrated into the Mule ESB Enterprise and CloudHub deployment platform environments to provide a seamless experience and support in production.

Business analysts looking for the value in their data can easily work with the common data integration functions such as:

Communication with databases, accessing message queues, exchanging data with packaged or custom applications (including legacy apps)
Working with data in different modern formats (XML, JSON), or legacy (CSV, fixed-length or Cobol)
Direct integration with data structures of Java programming language (POJOs, hash-maps or JavaBeans)

Built into Mule Studio, CloverETL helps drive data mapping with the easy-to-use, analyst-friendly GUI. As an Eclipse-based developer tool, Mule Studio allows users to graphically create and test Mule ESB flows. With the help of Clover, the need for direct programming knowledge is significantly reduced, said Ken Yagen, VP of Products for MuleSoft.

The Mule Studio DataMapper works on top of CloverETL Designer to provide users with the tools to quickly design data transformations: CloverETL and MuleSoft embrace the opportunities an OEM relationship offers, said Peter Cresse, EVP of Sales, Javlin. With Clover, MuleSoft can approach clients data integration needs with heightened strength, agility, and real usability to offer a greater overall ESB package.

Complete information on the partnership and ESB solution can be found at: http://www.cloveretl.com/about/partners/mulesoft.

About CloverETL and Javlin

CloverETL is the fast-growing ETL and data integration software for both the OEM and direct software data business. CloverETL can be used for data management projects such as data integration, data migration, or data quality; it can run as a standalone application or be embedded into wider solution such as Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Business Intelligence (BI) or Master Data Management (MDM) solutions. CloverETL integrates data from disparate formats, in both small and large volumes for critical business data. CloverETL is developed and supported by Javlin, a data solutions company with a long record of experience in providing data software and services to the largest global enterprises.

http://www.cloveretl.com | http://www.javlininc.com | Follow us on Twitter: @CloverETL

About MuleSoft

MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform for connecting SaaS and enterprise applications in the cloud and on-premise. With the rise of cloud and mobile, enterprises face a choice: get overwhelmed by the resulting explosion of end points or seize the opportunity to gain competitive advantage. Founded on the idea that connecting applications should not be hard, MuleSoft lets organizations harness the power of their applications through integration. MuleSoft’s Anypoint technology eliminates costly, time-intensive point-to-point integration, enabling business agility. Delivered as a packaged integration experience, CloudHub (formerly Mule iON) and Mule ESB are built on proven open source technology for the fastest, most reliable integration without vendor lock-in. Supporting billions of transactions per day, MuleSoft is used in production by thousands of enterprises, including Walmart, MasterCard, Nokia, Nestl

Outwater Plastics Appointed as the U.S. Distributor of Vanguard Plastics

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Bogota, NJ (PRWEB) July 31, 2012

Outwater has been appointed as the U.S. Distributor of Canadian based Closet products manufacturer Vanguard Plastics.

Recognized for their ability to provide simple and cost effective storage solutions for any quarters in which order and efficiency are beneficial, Vanguard Plastics offers an extensive selection of storage and organization component products for use in a wide range of specific residential and commercial applications. As a full stocking distributor of Vanguard Plastics products, Outwater affords U.S. customers reduced lead times and shipping costs, as well as a complete sales and customer support staff with U.S. sales and distribution facilities in New Jersey and Arizona.

Engineered to be superior to their seemingly comparable metal counterparts in every respect, Vanguard Plastics shelf support systems are considerably stronger yet lighter than metal shelf support systems on the premise of their implemented advanced geometric design, enabling a single pair of Vanguard Plastics shelf supports to hold over 300 lbs.

Additionally, unlike metal shelving support systems, which can be cumbersome and difficult to install, not to mention aesthetically unappealing, Vanguard Plastics shelf support systems quickly and easily install in a short time without necessitating painting or gluing, and come complete with all required fasteners and installation hardware, which are neatly and strategically concealed for a clean and refined appearance in any environment.

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, Vanguard Plastics shelf support systems cost up to 25% less than metal shelving support systems and are also an economical alternative to wood cleats and 1 x 3 pine strapping.

For further product information regarding Vanguard Plastics, please click the enclosed links:

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About Outwater [Outwater Plastics Industries, Inc. + Architectural Products by Outwater, LLC]: Outwater can be contacted Toll Free at 1-800-631-8375 (For sales and product information in the USA & Canada) / 1-201-498-8750 (For sales and product information outside of the USA & Canada) or viewed online at http://www.outwater.com

From the vendor of a single product in August 1972, Outwater Plastics Industries, Inc. + Architectural Products by Outwater, LLC, with sales and distribution facilities in New Jersey and Arizona, are recognized today as well established international manufacturers and stocking distributors of more than 65,000 standard and innovative component products required by woodworkers, cabinet and furniture manufacturers, builders, remodelers, designers, architects, point-of-purchase and display fixturing manufacturers, OEM’s, as well as a very diversified range of other commercial and retail end users.

Major Product Categories include Plastic & Aluminum Extrusions; Lighting and Lighting Accessories; Furniture, Cabinet & Store Fixture Components; Knobs & Pulls; Casters; Fasteners; Laminates; The FOGA Exhibit & Display Fastening System; The Klem Connector; Literature Displays; Slatwall; Sign Holders; P.O.P Components; Display Motors & Turntables; Pedestals; Injection Molded Parts; Brass Tubing & Fittings; Surfacing Materials; Interior & Exterior Polymer & Wood Architectural Mouldings & Millwork; ORAC DECOR and DEM Architectural Mouldings & Millwork; Columns & Capitals; Balustrading; Wrought Iron Components; Decorative Stamped Steel & Polymer Ceiling Panels; Wainscoting; Wall Coverings; Fireplace Surrounds; Plastic “Glass” Block; Plaster Architectural Elements; Period & Contemporary Hardware; Kitchen & Bath Accessories; Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry and Vanities and so much more!

Contact:

Joey Shimm, Director of Marketing

Outwater Plastics Industries, Inc. + Architectural Products by Outwater, LLC

(201) 498-8750

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AIMG Announces Opportunity for 100 Small Businesses to Learn Power of Website Analytics

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Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) July 31, 2012

Web development and internet marketing firm AIMG is offering 100 small businesses an opportunity to work one-on-one with a web consultant to learn how to interpret their companys website traffic. This $ 99 special program, which is available only through August 31st, 2012, includes professional implementation of Google Analytics, coding of quantifiable site goals, and a one-hour web analytics consultation with an AIMG web specialist after 30 days of aggregating results. What makes this offer unique is the satisfaction guarantee, promising a full refund if you feel you havent gained insight into your website traffic.

Our work with small businesses in virtually every industry since 1994 has allowed us to understand and address their specific needs and challenges in an online environment, said Joe DeMicco, CEO & Founder of AIMG. Many small business owners simply dont know how to properly install or interpret website analytics. Even if they already have analytics installed, they dont know how to establish goals or track things like seasonal behavior or customer trends. They simply have never been shown how to turn statistical website information into actionable insight. We know how this valuable information can be used to improve a wide variety of online results like generating leads, expanding brand reach, getting more customers into their bricks-and-mortar establishment, or increasing online sales or requests for quote, for example. The key is to know what to track, how to interpret it, and then to use the information to implement changes or initiatives that will support your online goals. The proper use of analytics can not only improve online conversion but also save business owners money when the information is used to plan spending properly and avoid wasting investments on the wrong initiatives. Were confident every small business owner we work with will be pleased with the knowledge our program offers. They will begin to understand how to use the information to develop efficiencies and to capture previously missed opportunities.

AIMGs special $ 99 web analytics program is designed to empower the small business owner with a way to easily gather decision-making intelligence, including the ability to:

1.