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Brigham Young University-Hawaii purchases Nova for campus safety
LAIE, Hawaii, Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brigham Young University-Hawaii Security recently purchased Spillman Technologies' cloud-based software, Spillman Nova, to increase efficiency in record keeping and investigation processes. The university is the second agency in Hawaii to sign with Spillman and the third university in the country to purchase Spillman Nova.
The private university, which is home to 2,500 students, decided to upgrade its software system from a Microsoft database to a web-based records management solution. Campus Security Manager Anthony Pickard said the school switched to Nova to help security officers keep detailed incident reports while handling various cases.
"We wanted a records management system that would help us in managing our investigations," Pickard said. "With Nova, we're able to create incident reports, including Clery reports, and manage all of our records in the same system."
Pickard said campus security had kept records on multiple different platforms in the past, making it difficult to go back and search past records. He said the new software will help them create complete histories for current and future records.
"With Nova, we wanted to consolidate all our records onto one database system, with the ability to access all of our information, as well as document all of our incident reports," Pickard said. "As we conduct our investigations, we can go back and add in new information, documents, or photographs, and we can do it all on one system."
The campus security agency can also take advantage of Nova's automatic Clery reporting tools. Clery reports are federally mandated documents that contain certain statistics regarding any criminal activity that occurs on or near a college or university campus. The cloud-based public safety software automatically takes information from an agency's Records Management System (RMS) to pull together annual Clery reports. The software indicates if a report needs more information before it can be submitted.
Before switching to Spillman Nova, the agency was not using a public safety-specific software system, so documentation, such as Clery reporting, could take a long time, Pickard said.
"Before, we didn't have a system that could automatically create Clery reports, so we're excited to be able to do that," he said.
Pickard said the transition from their old workflow to the new Spillman Nova system has gone smoothly thanks to the ease of the Nova system and the help of Spillman employees who have been there to answer any questions they have had.
"Everyone has been very knowledgeable and helpful," Pickard said. "We've been very impressed with the Spillman personnel."
Spillman Technologies serves sheriff's offices, police departments, communication centers, correctional facilities, and fire departments nationwide. Spillman specializes in integrated on-premises and cloud software solutions, including Computer-Aided Dispatch, Records Management Systems, Mobile Data & Field Reporting, Mapping & GIS, Jail Management Systems, Fire, Data Sharing, Personnel & Resources, and Analytics & Intelligence-Led Policing. For more information about Spillman and Spillman Nova, visit www.spillman.com.CONTACT: Ben Hale 800.860.8026 x. 1643 bhale@spillman.com Twitter: @SpillmanTech
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Sedaru Selected to Optimize Water System Operations for South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority
ARCADIA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDModeling, Inc., the leading global provider of smart water software and services, has been chosen to deploy Sedaru to the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (RWA). The industry's real-time analytics platform to connect organizational data, systems, and users across the water/wastewater enterprise, Sedaru creates and distributes hydraulic, asset and operational intelligence so utilities can anticipate operations, understand impacts, and solve problems for outage, energy, quality, water resource and asset management initiatives.
The RWA delivers approximately 45 MGD to a population of 430,000 in over a dozen Connecticut cities and towns. As one of the largest water utilities in Connecticut, and an industry leader in water innovation, the RWA recognized the importance of optimizing its water operations, and desired a tool to empower water system operators with the ability to predict hydraulic and financial impacts of their decisions prior to implementing them. The RWA looked to CDM Smith as their adviser to specify the solution criteria, identify vendors, and perform a software evaluation to consider technology, approach, company, and overall alignment with the RWA's goals and product usability.
- Requirements for the water system optimization solution included, and were not limited to:
- Ability to interact with, and apply real-time data from SCADA and other telemetry, to display alarms and notifications within an operator-friendly user interface,
- A water system forecasting model that accepted and simulated the RWA's standard operating procedures (SOPs), allowing operators to easily understand the impacts of their SOPs prior to implementing SCADA control,
- Demonstrated ability to apply pump efficiencies and energy cost calculations under varying operating conditions, driven by both real-time and modeled data, and
- Operator ease-of-use and their willingness to embrace the solution.
With these objectives, the RWA & CDM Smith completed a comprehensive due diligence process, and selected Sedaru as the water system optimization solution for RWA. Sedaru's real-time smart water operating platform applies real-time SCADA, predictive analytics, and interactive operator experience to deliver operational awareness, resulting in better system management and reduced operating costs. These insights are presented intuitively to empower utility staff with foresight; calculating system power and energy spend based on existing or new SOPs.
"Sedaru's practical, utility-focused approach was a key factor in our selection," said Tony Delvecchio, RWA's Distribution & Operations Director. "The Sedaru software is intuitive enough for our operators, and powerful enough to help improve our bottom line."
"We're thankful to the RWA and CDM Smith for recognizing Sedaru's ability to leverage real-time data for their water network," said Paul Hauffen, IDModeling's CEO. "We're excited to apply Sedaru's predictive analytics to the RWA's system to validate energy and cost savings."
About IDModeling, Inc.: Sedaru is the leading smart water enterprise software and provider of predictive analytics content for the smart water industry. Sedaru propels the internet of things to prepare water/wastewater utilities for their mission critical tasks and to take control of what happens next™. Sedaru saves failing infrastructure, reduces water loss and energy costs, enables compliance, and powers informed decisions across the utility enterprise. To learn more, please call (626) 244-0700, email: info@idmodeling.com, or visit: www.sedaru.com.
About the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority: The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority supplies water and related services to some 430,000 consumers in 15 South Central communities. It owns approximately 27,000 acres of watershed land and provides a wide array of recreational opportunities. Through its Whitney Water Center, the RWA also provides hands-on water science programs to some 10,000 students annually.
A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=38193
CONTACT: Paul Hauffen - (626) 244-0700
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Bit9 + Carbon Black Appoints Mark Sullivan Chief Financial Officer
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit9® + Carbon Black®, the leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security (NGES), today announced the appointment of Mark Sullivan as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Sullivan, who has been CFO at successful public and private companies, leads Bit9 + Carbon Black's finance and administration organization. Most recently he was executive vice president and CFO of AspenTech, a publicly traded $440 million software company.
"Mark's skills and public company experience make him an ideal addition to our senior leadership team," said Patrick Morley, president and chief executive officer of Bit9 + Carbon Black. "Mark will play a pivotal role as we execute our strategy to expand our leadership position in Next-Generation Endpoint Security."
Sullivan has more than 25 years of financial management and executive leadership experience, including 14 years with Fidelity Investments, where his positions included executive vice president and CFO for Fidelity Employer Services Company, a multi-billion dollar business.
"I'm excited to join Bit9 + Carbon Black, the market leader in an important industry and a company that's well-positioned for substantial growth," said Sullivan. "We have the right team and the right solutions to achieve great success, and it's a privilege to take on these important responsibilities."
Sullivan's prior positions include chief operating officer for Westerbeke Corporation, consulting manager at Coopers & Lybrand, and financial leadership roles with Analog Devices.
He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Middlebury College and a master's degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About Bit9 + Carbon Black
Bit9 + Carbon Black is the market leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security. We have sold more licenses, have more experience, and more customers than any other NGES company because our solution is the most effective way to prevent, detect and respond to advanced threats that target users, servers, and fixed-function devices. That's why more than 60 MSSP and IR leaders have chosen our technology as a key component of their security offerings, and 25 of the Fortune 100 rely on us as a critical element of their advanced threat defense and compliance strategies. By the end of 2015, we expect to achieve 7 million+ software licenses sold, and almost 2,000 customers worldwide. We were voted Best Endpoint Protection by security professionals in the SANS Institute's Best of 2014 Awards, and a 2015 SANS survey found that 68 percent of IR professionals are using or evaluating Carbon Black. And IDC, in 2015, named Bit9 + Carbon Black the leader in endpoint security, with 37 percent market share.
Bit9 and Carbon Black are registered trademarks of Bit9, Inc. All other company or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Kevin Flanagan Bit9 + Carbon Black +1 781-856-2589 kflanagan@bit9.com Kristina LeBlanc The MediaLink Group +1 508 930-5636 kristinawleblanc@gmail.com
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Cameron’s Coffee Expands Use of ReposiTrak(R) to Manage Upstream Ingredient and Importer Compliance
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Park City Group’s ReposiTrak®, the leading provider of Compliance Management and Track & Trace solutions for food, pharma and dietary supplement safety, announces today that Cameron’s Handcrafted Coffee, a handcrafted Minnesota-based coffee maker who imports Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Shade Grown and Fairtrade certified coffees from farms around the world, has expanded their use of ReposiTrak. Today, Cameron’s shares their required food safety documents downstream with customer, Affiliated Foods of Amarillo. Moving forward, Cameron’s will use ReposiTrak with their upstream ingredient suppliers, many of whom are importers, to manage their food safety risk and comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
“With FSMA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program now final, we were looking for an automated system that would enable us to better manage our required documentation for both domestic and international suppliers,” said Heather Hoshaw, Senior Quality Technician for Cameron’s. “We were very pleased with how easy ReposiTrak was to use with our customers, and we hope to see it improve communication with our suppliers going forward.”
“Our best-in-class user experience is leading many of our enterprising suppliers such as Cameron’s, to expand and utilize ReposiTrak for their own upstream supply chains,” said Randall K. Fields, Chairman and CEO of Park City Group. “We are pleased that Cameron’s has chosen ReposiTrak to automate compliance management among their vendors and add even greater visibility to their supply chain.”
ReposiTrak, a wholly owned subsidiary of Park City Group (NASDAQ:PCYG), helps manage regulatory, financial and brand risk associated with issues of safety in the global food, pharma and dietary supply chains. Powered by Park City Group’s technology, the platform consists of two systems: Compliance Management, which not only receives, stores and shares documentation, but also manages compliance through dashboards and alerts for missing or expired documents; and Track & Trace, which quickly identifies product ingredients and their supply chain path in the unfortunate event of a product recall. It can reduce the risk in the supply chain by identifying backward chaining sources and forward chaining recipients of products in near real time.
About ReposiTrak
ReposiTrak® provides food retailers and suppliers with a robust solution to help them protect their brands and remain in compliance with the rapidly evolving regulations in the Food Safety Modernization Act. Additionally, ReposiTrak enables traceability as products and their ingredients move between trading partners. ReposiTrak is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Park City Group (NASDAQ:PCYG) and was co-founded with Leavitt Partners. More information is available at www.repositrak.com.
About Park City Group
Park City Group (PCYG) is a Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) provider that brings unique visibility to the consumer goods supply chain, delivering actionable information to ensure products are available when and where consumers demand them, helping retailers and suppliers to ‘Sell More, Stock Less, and See Everything’. Park City Group’s technology also assists all participants in the food and drug supply chains to comply with food and drug safety regulations through the Company’s ReposiTrak subsidiary. More information is available at www.parkcitygroup.com.
CONTACT: Media Contact Ronald Margulis RAM Communications+1 908.272.3930 ron@rampr.com
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2015 Apigee Institute Digital Impact Survey Finds Smartphones and Apps Are Transforming the Way Americans Manage Their Health and Wellness
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apigee® (NASDAQ: APIC), developer of an intelligent API platform for digital business, today announced the results of the Apigee Institute’s 2015 Digital Impact Survey, which identifies health and wellness management as an industry in which smartphones and apps are changing behavior among a majority of connected consumers. According to the survey, 60 percent of adult smartphone owners in the U.S. - and nearly three quarters of millennials (71%) - say smartphones and apps have changed the way they manage their health and wellness. Additional findings show that almost half (49%) now want their doctors to use data from their fitness tracker and/or from health apps as part of their care.
The survey’s findings also reveal continued gains in the impact that smartphones and apps are having in banking and shopping, where these digital technologies have changed the consumer experience for 126 and 139 million U.S. smartphone owners, respectively. The report indicates that within the next 24 months, smartphones and apps may impact health and wellness management as much as they have impacted the more “digitally mature” banking and retail industries.
“Mobile devices and apps are creating demand for connected digital experiences in many, many industries; our annual Digital Impact Survey is designed to help business leaders keep their finger on the pulse of rapidly evolving behavior and expectations in key markets,” said Chet Kapoor, Apigee CEO. “This year’s survey suggests that smartphones and apps are beginning to dramatically impact the way we manage our health – from wearables that measure fitness to health apps from our doctors. By tracking and exploring how digital technologies are affecting key industries, we aim to help decision makers better capitalize on these trends.”
Digital is More than Mainstream
Driven by continued adoption of smartphones and apps, U.S. smartphone owners report an increased impact of digital technologies on everyday life in 2015. Among these 171 million consumers, changed behavior and excitement about “what’s next” appears to have broken through to the “late majority1”—the roughly 34 percent of a given population who approach new innovation with caution and adopt it only after the majority of the population has done so. According to the survey:- Smart, connected devices won more than 24 million additional enthusiasts in 2015 over 2014. A majority of smartphone owners (54%) feel “very favorable” toward the Internet of Things and nearly two-thirds (63%) are excited about smart connected devices for the home.
- Nearly two-thirds (64%) feel smartphones and apps give them more control over their lives, and more than eight in 10 (83%) believe their electronic devices make them more productive.
- Three quarters (76%) are more excited about predictive apps that learn from their use than standard apps; this rises to 85 percent amongst millennials (adults between ages 18 and 34) and 90 percent among those ages 18-24.
Digital’s Promise and Momentum in Health and Wellness
Since Apigee’s first Digital Impact Survey in 2013, more than 42 million additional Americans now report that smartphones and apps have changed the way they manage their health and wellness, representing a 70 percent increase in adoption.By 2017, digital’s impact on health and wellness may reach late majority adoption, suggesting that this industry may be the next “digital frontier.” The survey found that:
- More than 62 million Americans—37 percent of adult smartphone owners—report that they are healthier thanks to their smartphone and apps.
- This perception of improved health rises to 66 percent for those using either fitness devices or fitness and health apps to track health and fitness, and 78 percent among those using both a fitness device as well as apps via their smartphone to manage their health and wellness.
- Among those using both a fitness device and apps to manage their health and wellness, nearly nine in 10 (86%) feel their devices give them more control over their lives.
- Half of all smartphone owners (49%) say they want their doctor to use their data from a fitness tracker and/or health apps, and 80% of respondents expect doctors to offer key functionality via apps within the next one to two years.
- Millennials are also shifting the way they view healthcare, with nearly one in three already saying they would prefer a doctor who uses app and fitness tracker data as a regular part of their medical practice.
Retail Digital Transformation Momentum Continues in 2015
Digital technologies have continued to change the retail experience for US consumers in 2015. This year’s report suggests that retailers must continue to offer connected digital experiences to remain competitive.- Eight in 10 (81%) smartphone owners say the shopping experience has been changed by their devices, with nearly one in four (23%) saying it has “changed completely.”
- For millennials, smartphones and apps have changed the shopping experience for 86 percent, with one in three (31%) reporting it has “changed completely”
- More than two in five (44%) respondents expect to spend more online in the coming year, with 33 percent expecting to spend more through in-app purchases.
- When asked about expected purchases at brick-and-mortar stores, 20 percent expect a decrease in spending in the coming year.
- Use of apps for shopping is increasing as well, with 43 percent reporting app downloads from a big retail chain in the past year. Similarly, 25 percent downloaded an app from a consumer products company.
Digital Experiences May Shift the Center of Gravity in Banking
The 2015 Digital Impact Survey findings reveals that smartphones and apps continue to impact the way today’s banking consumers manage their financial lives. In 2015, adoption of digital technologies gained momentum in banking, with nearly three quarters (73%) of smartphone owners reporting a change in the way they bank. This rise in digital experiences and the declining relevance of “brick and mortar” banking facilities may indicate a larger shift in the center of gravity in financial services. The survey findings show that:- More than half of all of U.S. smartphone users (58%) report that they prefer to bank using their smartphone and apps. Among millennials, nearly three quarters (71%) prefer digital options.
- Approximately one in four respondents report using their smartphone for paying in-store, making or receiving a direct payment via app, or using a non-bank financial management app or website.
- Between 2014 and 2015, banking app daily usage increased from 14 percent to 20 percent, while non-ATM bank branch usage fell four points (to 41 percent). This represents 52 percent growth in daily banking app usage, year over year. Among those ages 18-29 more than one in four (27%) now use a banking app daily.
The Apigee Institute is the research and strategy arm of Apigee, provider of a leading of API management platform. The Apigee Institute is committed to helping businesses succeed in the new digital world, and includes executives in Global 2000 corporations, academic researchers and domain experts who collaboratively shape its research agenda and participate in building a body of empirical data as a shared resource. Its annual Digital Impact Survey is designed to study how smartphones and mobile apps are changing consumer behavior, how these changes are evolving over time, and the impact they have on the world’s leading industries and enterprises.
Available today, the Apigee Institute’s new report, “Digital is Destiny,” provides extensive detail and analysis of its 2015 Digital Impact Survey findings. The full report can be accessed here.
Methodology
The 2015 Digital Impact Survey surveyed 1,000 smartphone owners 18 years of age or older in the United States. Respondent data was modeled on key demographics proportional to known benchmarks for smartphone owners. Respondents were weighted to match the November 2014 omnibus survey by the Pew Research Center, filtered to smartphone owners over 18. Those polled demographically match Pew’s sample in terms of age group distribution, income, education, and regional representation. The Digital Impact Survey is conducted online with respondents sampled from leading industry consumer panels who clear multiple quality checks during the survey process.
About Apigee
Apigee® (NASDAQ:APIC) provides an intelligent API platform for digital business. Many of the world's largest organizations select Apigee to enable their digital business, including more than 25 percent of the Fortune 100, five of the top six Global 2000 retail companies, and five of the top 10 global telecommunications companies. Apigee customers include global enterprises such as Walgreens, Burberry, Morningstar, and First Data. Apigee is headquartered in San Jose, California and has over 400 employees worldwide.
Connect with Apigee
Apigee blog: https://blog.apigee.com/front
Apigee community: https://community.apigee.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Apigee
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apigeeApigee is a registered trademark in the U.S. Other product or company names mentioned may be trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
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CONTACT: Apigee Media Contact:Mark Wheelerpress@apigee.com615.516.6147Apigee Investor Contact:Kevin Faulknerir@apigee.com408.816.1658
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6D Global Technologies Named to CIOReview List of 50 Most Promising IT Service Providers
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 6D Global Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIXD), a premier digital business solutions company listed on NASDAQ under stock symbol “SIXD,” today announced that it has been named as one of the “50 Most Promising IT Services Providers for 2015” by CIOReview (cioreview.com). The positioning is based on evaluation of 6D Global’s capabilities in web content management, analytics, mobile applications, digital publishing, and marketing management solutions.
The annual list of companies is selected by a panel of experts and members of CIOReview’s editorial board to recognize and promote technology entrepreneurship.
“6D Global has been on our radar for some time for stirring a revolution in the IT Services landscape, and we are happy to showcase them this year due to their continuing excellence in delivering top-notch technology-driven solutions,” said Jeevan George, Managing Editor, CIOReview. “6D Global’s solutions continued to break new ground within the past year, benefiting its digital clients around the globe, and we’re excited to have them featured on our top companies list.”
“6D Global is honored to be recognized by CIOReview’s panel of digital experts and IT thought leaders,” said Tejune Kang, Chairman and CEO for 6D Global Technologies. “This is a testament to our ongoing commitment to helping our clients stay relevant in the digital world, achieve better performance and higher return on investment.”
About 6D Global Technologies, Inc.
6D Global Technologies, Inc. is a NASDAQ listed (stock symbol: SIXD) premier digital business solutions company serving the digital marketing and technology needs of enterprise-class organizations worldwide. 6D Global’s common stock is included in four Russell Indexes including the Russell 2000®, Russell 3000®, Russell Global and Russell Microcap® Index. 6D Global Technologies’ companies offer a full suite of services and solutions to help large organizations optimize digital business channels and create better experiences for their customers, resulting in increased revenue growth and market share. Services include web content management, web and marketing analytics, digital creative, marketing automation, mobile applications, digital publishing, and marketing management solutions. For more information, visit www.6DGlobal.com.
CONTACT: Media Contact:Randall Samborn (312) 214-2300 ir@6DGlobal.com
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Karger Publishers Defends Against DDoS Attacks With Imperva Incapsula
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Dec. 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imperva, Inc. (NYSE:IMPV), committed to protecting business-critical data and applications in the cloud and on-premises, today announced that Karger Publishers, a global medical and scientific publishing company, has selected Imperva Incapsula. The company will use the Incapsula service to ensure that its website, containing approximately 100 new scientific journals per year and a vast e-book archive, is accessible at all times by researchers at leading hospitals, research centers and universities all over the world.
In June 2015, the Karger website was the target of a massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that was controlled by a botnet with zombie clients all over the world. Shaken by the attack, the company evaluated several solutions and ultimately chose Imperva Incapsula because of its ability to detect, filter and control HTTPS traffic, the robustness of the cloud access security broker (CASB) offering and the speed at which Imperva was able to implement.
“We had an internal Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), but it was not able to detect the DDoS attacks we were experiencing,” said Daniel Hangartner, IT Project Manager at Karger Publishers. “We found a 70 percent increase in traffic, most of which was log files, which indicated a paid HTTPS attack.”
Marc Gaffan, General Manager for the Imperva Incapsula service, noted: “Karger was keen on getting the system up and running quickly while being able to tackle the root of the problem—filtering and controlling HTTPS traffic. Through a streamlined implementation, we were able to mitigate the attack and get defenses in place quickly.”
Once the Imperva Incapsula web application firewall (WAF) and content delivery network (CDN) were deployed in front of the Karger site, it resulted in an immediate drop in unwanted traffic. In addition, site performance has since improved and it has not been attacked again. The Imperva Incapsula Content Delivery Network (CDN) offers an added benefit of faster application delivery and enhanced user experience for researchers by enabling the Karger website to serve up dynamic content for paid subscribers without any cached content.
Imperva Incapsula is a cloud-based application delivery service that makes websites safer, faster and more reliable. Using Incapsula, organizations of any size can protect their businesses with enterprise-grade web application security, DDoS mitigation, performance optimization and load balancing.
For more information on Imperva Incapsula, including CDN, DDoS Protection and Web Application Firewall, please visit here.
About Imperva
Imperva® (NYSE:IMPV), is a leading provider of cyber security solutions that protect business-critical data and applications. The company’s SecureSphere, Incapsula and Skyfence product lines enable organizations to discover assets and risks, protect information wherever it lives – in the cloud and on-premises – and comply with regulations. The Imperva Application Defense Center, a research team comprised of some of the world’s leading experts in data and application security, continually enhances Imperva products with up-to-the minute threat intelligence, and publishes reports that provide insight and guidance on the latest threats and how to mitigate them. Imperva is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. Learn more: www.imperva.com, our blog, on Twitter.© 2015 Imperva, Inc. All rights reserved. Imperva, the Imperva logo, SecureSphere, Incapsula and Skyfence are trademarks of Imperva, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
CONTACT: EDITORIAL CONTACTS:Winifred ShumImpervawinifred.shum@imperva.comEskenzi PRincapsula@eskenzipr.com
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Using a Graphics Card as a PhysX Processor - Beneficial or Not?
Even without reading the article I can tell you that the answer is. Kinda.
Recently we reviewed the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 AMP! graphics card, and a good point popped into our mind, what the heck do we do with our old graphics card? Take a read to find our whether it is beneficial to use your older graphics card to process PhysX!
Lucky bastards,
Anyhow back to the discussion. I am always amazed and how confused people get when talking about PhysX and this article is right up there. First of all they are testing with Futuremark Firestrike and a handful of games that DO NOT enabled PhysX. On top of that I get the impression that they are not using discrete graphics and put a Zotac 980 AMP! in there as a PhysX processor.
Mind Blown, if they wrote this as an experiment for click bait then you win, I lost. However, I see this as more of a joke article than something serious. Or, if the article was a serious attempt at proving something they should just stop now.
Oh and for those of you wondering what the right answer is, Yes you can benefit from a dedicated card in a few situations. 1) Running a lower end graphics card like a x60 series card from nVidia. 2) Running SLI, PhysX doesn't take much processing power but if you are gaming for the most performance dedicated PhysX processing is the best. 3) Out of game processing, eg code cracking, video rendering, image processing etc. Might as well have more GPUs in the mix
Seems like it might be time to for another PhysX article. I'll add that to my list of "when I have time" articles.
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LiteHawk QUATTRO SNAP Quadcopter Review @ ModSynergy
With all the news about how folks have to start registering their drones to fly them I figured this would be a good review to post.
I'll be reviewing my second ever Quadcopter from a relatively young Canadian company called LiteHawk. What makes this one different is that it comes with an onboard video camera! Today the LiteHawk QUATTRO SNAP Quadcopter gets reviewed by ModSynergy! Find out what I think and see the SNAP in action with photos and videos of my experience. Let's get this review started!
By the looks of it the copter isn't very big and can still do a good number of things. Might have to get one.
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Net Health to Host Webinar Detailing Revenue Growth Strategies for Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities in 2016
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Net Health, the leader in software solutions for specialized outpatient care will host a free thirty-minute educational webinar titled "High Speed Impact: Real Results in Four Months," on December 15, 2015. The program details the success story of a hospital-owned outpatient rehabilitation facility (PT, OT, and SLP) that achieved 16% net revenue growth only four months after the full implementation of a specialized therapy EMR system.
Jeff Johnson, Director of Physical Medicine and Spine Surgery at TriStar's StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyra, Tennessee, will share how his clinic has boosted its average visits per day, billable units, and regulatory compliance—without any increase in staff.
Vice President of Net Health 360 Professional Services for Rehab Therapy, Doug Cundiff, will be interviewing Mr. Johnson about integrated software use and the best practices he credits for his facility's boosted performance.
According to Cundiff, StoneCrest's experience prior to implementing Net Health's ReDoc software included common clinical and business challenges, like: managing staff efficiencies with meaningful reporting capabilities, charge capture improvement to meet budgetary goals, and compliance in Functional Limitation Reporting.
The key enabler of these improvements was the adoption of specialized software that interfaces with the hospital's system-wide EMR, Meditech. It's designed specifically for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology provider workflow and documentation.
This free thirty-minute webinar will take place Tuesday, December 15th at 12:00 EST and is aimed at Directors of Rehabilitation in hospital-owned outpatient rehab facilities. Register for this public program at http://rightfit.nhsinc.com/High-Speed-Impact-Webinar-social.
About Net HealthNet Health is the leader in software solutions for specialized outpatient care. Known for being experts in The Art of the Right Fit®, fully interoperable EHR solutions serve five medical specialty markets. Offering clients an end-to-end solution that includes practice management tools, clinical workflow documentation, revenue cycle management, and analytics, Net Health serves healthcare professionals in 3,500 urgent care, wound care, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, occupational medicine, employee health, and workplace medicine facilities. Net Health is committed to strengthening patient care, outcomes, and facility performance. Learn more at nhsinc.com. Net Health is a Spectrum Equity portfolio company.
CONTACT: Renee Vandall Director of Marketing 800-411-6281 x24 rvandall@nhsinc.com
