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Steelcase Releases 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Steelcase releases its 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report which recounts the company's performance in sustainability around the world. In the report, the company recognizes several important business, environmental and social achievements from the past year.
A photo accompanying this release is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37904
"At Steelcase, sustainability is a natural outgrowth of our passion for innovation and unlocking human promise," said Jim Keane, President and Chief Executive Officer of Steelcase Inc. "Our 2015 report celebrates a year of progress. We believe that true progress is made in the small things we do every day to help create a positive impact for generations to come. And we're inspired by what's next."
Highlights from the 2015 report include:
- Continue to reduce our energy, water, and waste consumption to meet our ambitious 2020 goals - despite expanding global production
- Employees invested over 12,000 community service hours — a corporate record
- Giving totaled $4.6 million, including nearly half a million dollars in matching employee donations
- Achieved a perfect score in the 2015 Corporate Equality Index, a benchmarking tool on policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees
- Key investments in employee wellbeing, including dedicated wellbeing hubs, innovative training and development programs, and extended parental bonding leave
- End of use services helped divert millions of tons of furniture from the landfill
- Invested in renewable energy equivalent to 100% of our electricity use
- Joined the Circular Economy 100 (CE100), a global business community convening to build a circular economy model
Over the last year, Steelcase's progress has been recognized by leading organizations. These include:
- Named one of Fortune magazine's 2014 "World's Most Admired Companies" scoring high in innovation, social responsibility, and quality of people and products
- Received a Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership
- Named one of the Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies in Michigan by the Michigan Business & Professional Association for the fifth year in a row
- Received an International Green Interior Award for the WorkLife Center in Toronto, Ontario
- Joined the Renewable Energy 100 (RE100) to drive investments and awareness around renewable energy
For more information on the 2015 Steelcase Corporate Sustainability Report and the company's promise to the future, please visit csr.steelcase.com.
About Steelcase Inc.
For over 100 years, Steelcase Inc. has helped create great experiences for the world's leading organizations, across industries. We demonstrate this through our family of brands – including Steelcase®, Coalesse®, Designtex®, PolyVision® and Turnstone®. Together, they offer a comprehensive portfolio of architecture, furniture and technology products and services designed to unlock human promise and support social, economic and environmental sustainability. We are globally accessible through a network of channels, including over 800 dealer locations. Steelcase is a global, industry-leading and publicly traded company with fiscal 2015 revenue of $3.1 billion.
CONTACT: Laura Van Slyke 616-262-3091 lvanslyk@steelcase.com
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EnergyCAP Software Wins Product of the Year Award
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Dec. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EnergyCAP, Inc., a publisher of energy management software, has won a Product of the Year award from Energy Manager Today (EMT), a popular and highly-regarded online energy management publication.
The award, announced by EMT on November 30, is granted annually to organizations that have "achieved high standards in terms of contribution to reductions in energy consumption and energy costs," according to EMT.
"We are thrilled to be recognized yet again as both an innovator and the most time-tested product in the increasingly important and competitive field of energy information management," said EnergyCAP CEO Steve Heinz. "This is the third time this year that we have been honored with a national award. Our achievement illustrates the importance of energy management software in identifying opportunities, streamlining utility bill management, and quantifying organizational energy savings."
EMT Award program director Jennifer Hermes said that this year's competition was steep. EMT Product of the Year award winners were selected by a panel of 11 judges from government and industry. The judges said this about EnergyCAP's submission:
"There are many different products for energy management in the marketplace. However, this is the first one that I've seen that goes past simple analysis…This software provides for a holistic approach to energy management. The EnergyCAP system has evolved significantly over its 34 year history into the strong energy reporting and analysis system it is today."
More details about the awards and winners are available at the Energy Manager Today website at http://www.energymanagertoday.com.
EnergyCAP's website is http://www.EnergyCAP.com.
About EnergyCAP, Inc.For more than 30 years, the award-winning EnergyCAP software has helped 10,000 energy managers to track more than $25 billion in energy spending. EnergyCAP utility bill and energy management software helps users get value from their utility bills and meter data. Software features include bill entry (manual, spreadsheet import, and EDI), bill tracking, an optional AP/GL interface, customizable bill approval workflow, audits, rate schedules, interval and production data tracking, cost avoidance (M &V), issue tracking, submeter tracking, virtual meter formulas, re-billing, greenhouse gas tracking, 300+ reports, automated ENERGY STAR building data submittal, building benchmarking, and graphical PowerViews. Discover why EnergyCAP is America's #1 utility bill management software at http://www.EnergyCAP.com.
CONTACT: Chris Heinz Chief Marketing Officer EnergyCAP, Inc. 814.237.3744
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Carbonite Named Cloud Partner of the Year by Tech Data
BOSTON, Dec. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carbonite, Inc. (Nasdaq:CARB), a leading provider of cloud and hybrid business continuity solutions for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), today announced it was named Tech Data's 2015 Cloud Partner of the Year at the company's eleventh annual Americas Vendor Partner Summit, which took place on November 4, 2015 in Tampa, Florida.
The award is one of several recent accolades Carbonite has received for its growing partner program and underscores Carbonite's commitment to the IT channel. Carbonite will continue to invest in its channel program to empower Value Added Resellers (VARs,) distributors and national service providers with business continuity solutions that meet the needs of their SMB clients.
"We are honored to receive this award from Tech Data, a highly valued Carbonite partner," said Jessica Couto, vice president of U.S. channel sales and marketing at Carbonite. "Throughout the year, we've worked closely with Tech Data to provide their resellers with the secure, advanced hybrid backup and recovery solutions their SMB customers want, while providing the professional services and support our mutual partners need to be successful. This award demonstrates the success of our relationship on multiple fronts and we could not be more pleased."
According to Intuit's study, by 2020 78 percent of SMBs will be fully adapted to cloud computing, more than doubling the current 37 percent. Coinciding with this cloud growth is an explosion in data and with it, the increasing need to protect critical business information. A recent IDC survey revealed that 81 percent of SMBs are considering business continuity improvements, and 72 percent of those surveyed expect to outlay additional investments for business continuity solutions in the next 12-24 months.
"We are pleased to recognize Carbonite as Tech Data's 2015 Cloud Vendor Partner of the Year," said Stacy Nethercoat, vice president, product marketing, Tech Data Cloud. "Carbonite has demonstrated its commitment to continuously improving its cloud and hybrid business continuity solutions to drive success for channel partners. This award is a reflection of their focus and drive, and we thank them for their continued partnership."
To help its partners capitalize on the SMB opportunity, Carbonite has developed its Partner Program with the following benefits:
- A Powerful yet simple set of solutions – Carbonite disaster recovery solutions combine the power of enterprise-grade technology with consumer-like simplicity, making them easy to sell, deploy and bundle. With free trials and Not for Resale (NFR) units, partners can easily demonstrate features and functionality to prospects and clients to ensure each business gets a solution that fits their individual needs.
- A Comprehensive product suite – With product lines that protect workstations and servers, span software and hardware, and offer backup and recovery in the cloud, locally or both, partners can find the ideal product to complement their own professional services and solutions for SMBs. Carbonite provides the best options in the market for price, reliability and scalability.
- Incentives and full support – Carbonite partners get rewarded with deal registration incentives, discounts on product resell and downstream revenue on high-renewal products. Carbonite makes it easy for partners to join the program, start selling and attain even higher levels of benefits.
- Strong brand awareness – With one of the most recognized cloud and hybrid business continuity solutions, Carbonite's ChannelPro Gold Medal award-winning products are known for their reliability and ease-of-use.
About Carbonite
(Nasdaq:CARB) is a leading provider of cloud and hybrid business continuity solutions for small and midsized businesses. Together with our partners, we support more than 1.5 million individuals and small businesses around the world who rely on us to ensure their important data is protected, available and useful. To learn more about the cloud solutions voted #1 by PC Magazine readers, as well as our partner program and our award-winning customer support, visit us at Carbonite.com.
About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation is one of the world's largest wholesale distributors of technology products, services and solutions. Its advanced logistics capabilities and value added services enable 115,000 resellers to efficiently and cost effectively support the diverse technology needs of end users in more than 100 countries. Tech Data generated $27.7 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. It is ranked No. 107 on the Fortune 500® and one of Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies." To learn more, visit www.techdata.com, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
CONTACT: Media Contacts: Emily Held, PAN Communications (for Carbonite) carbonite@pancomm.com 617-502-4300 Megan Wittenberger Carbonite 617-421-5687 media@carbonite.com
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Ahern Selects VelocityEHS Solution to Support Its Safety Management System
CHICAGO, Dec. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VelocityEHS, a leading cloud environmental, health, and safety (EHS) software provider, announced it has been selected by J. F. Ahern Co. ("Ahern"), one of the largest and most respected specialty contractors in the nation, to help identify and control operational risk and promote worker safety.
Ahern provides fire protection, mechanical and pipe fabrication contracting to an array of industries, including manufacturing, agriculture, biotechnology and healthcare. The company selected the VelocityEHS platform to further strengthen its safety program based on the solution's comprehensive approach to risk management and simple user experience.
"Safety is the most important thing we do at Ahern. VelocityEHS meets our safety management needs with a solution that is easy to use and implement, and better ensures we are doing everything possible to keep our workers safe," said Dustin Rusch, chief safety officer at Ahern. "With a more complete safety snapshot we can better execute incident management, risk assessments and training programs that help strengthen our safety culture and continue our improvement journey."
The VelocityEHS solution provides EHS professionals with a comprehensive and growing suite of relevant cloud EHS capabilities, including incident management, audits and inspections, compliance management, corrective actions, management of change, chemical management, risk analysis, EHS training and training tracking. The solution is backed by a customer success team that is widely recognized for delivering unparalleled customer support, earning among the highest renewal and customer satisfaction rates in the industry.
"We are honored to join Ahern and contribute to its continued commitment to worker welfare," said Glenn Trout, president and CEO of VelocityEHS. "We look forward to working with Ahern to advance its safety and risk management efforts. Together, we can ensure all employees have the tools, training and insight to complete their jobs safely."
To learn more about the VelocityEHS solution, visit www.VelocityEHS.com. Additional information on Ahern is available at www.jfahern.com.
About VelocityEHS
VelocityEHS is a leading cloud EHS software company, which helps its customers reach their environmental, health, safety and sustainability goals faster. The company delivers essential cloud EHS capabilities through a simple and intuitive platform that is more affordable, faster to implement, and aims to provide the best user experience for its customers. Its MSDSonline brand chemical management solution is among the best known names in the industry. Backed by unparalleled customer support, VelocityEHS solutions are trusted by millions of users from virtually every industry to help them improve EHS performance. And with more than 11,000 customers worldwide, VelocityEHS is among the largest and fastest growing EHS companies. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with locations in Canada, the UK and Australia.
Additional information on its MSDSonline chemical management solution can be found at www.MSDSonline.com or on its blog at www.MSDSonline.com/blog. For more information about the VelocityEHS platform, visit www.VelocityEHS.com. VelocityEHS is an Actua (Nasdaq:ACTA) company.
CONTACT: Media Contacts VelocityEHS/ MSDSonline Betsy Utley-Marin 312.881.2307 butleymarin@MSDSonline.com Actua Corporation Karen Greene 610.727.6900 karen@actua.com
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SteelSeries Rival 100 Gaming Mouse Review @ Hardware Canucks
Several years ago there was a HUGE land rush to create the next best mouse. Some took the route of adding millions of buttons with an infinite amount of resolution and slapped a big price tag on it. Thing is people bought them. Other companies decided that comfort was the most important thing and started creating ornate designs that worked for one group, *cough* Asians */cough* but were way too small for western folk.
This leaves the juicy middle with thousands of different combos to choose from. Will this mouse with its slender design and half cut price tag be the next best thing since the mouse ball?
The SteelSeries Rival 100 is the latest gaming mouse aimed at those who don't want to splash out hundreds of dollars for accurate polling and a delicate sensor. It costs just $40 but does price lead to performance?
Personally I like a little meat with my mice, who cares about buttons or features.
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Location Based Technologies, Inc. CEO Letter to Shareholders
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Location Based Technologies® Inc. (OTCBB:LBAS) CEO, Dave Morse, has released a letter to shareholders.
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
As we draw near to the close of 2015, Location Based Technologies is providing this update on the progress and operational challenges in lieu of its normal FY 2015 end of year filing. Our stock continues to trade at unprecedented lows and market analysts tells us that our stock will continue to trade at these levels until the company achieves two essential milestones: 1st, positive operational cash flow; and 2nd, growing operations to build up capital to pay down our existing debt burden. We are acutely aware of the challenges associated with continuing to support our initiatives to reach operational profitability and we are grateful for those who have retained our stock along with our officers and directors. Every effort we make day-to-day is focused and prioritized on implementation and management of initiatives to successfully turn-around the company.
Let me share with you the progress we've made toward building momentum to sustain an operation that will reach profitability.
Since launching our product with Apple in late calendar year 2012 (FY 2013) we have made year-over-year progress as measured in Gross Profits as follows:
Gross Profits/Loss: FY 2013 ($1,679,440) FY 2014 +$141,190 FY 2015 +$794,898
Operations Overview: The following is a snap-shot of what has been achieved during the past year.
For the twelve months ended August 31, 2015 compared to the twelve months ended August 31, 2014.
- Total paid monthly users increased 24% compared to Fiscal Year 2014;
- Annual service income was $1,159,747. Service income exceeded break-even levels generating a positive 57% gross margin compared to a 5% gross margin for the Fiscal Year 2014;
- Total net revenues were $1,913,120 for Fiscal Year 2015, 12% higher than 2014; and
- Gross profits increased by 463% year over year from $141,190 to $794,898 in Fiscal Year 2015.
Cost of Revenue. For the twelve months ended August 31, 2015, cost of revenue totaled $1,118,222 resulting in the gross margin noted above of $794,898 compared to $141,190 for the twelve months ended August 31, 2014. The gross margin of 71% for the twelve months ended August 31, 2015 improved from 9% in the twelve months ended August 31, 2014, due to increased scale, increased revenues for consulting/specialty services and tight expense/cost controls.
Operating Expenses. For the twelve months ended August 31, 2015, our total operating expenses were $2,732,502 compared to total operating expenses of $3,977,800 for the twelve months ended August 31, 2014. Operating expenses decreased by $1,245,298 or 31% in 2015 from 2014. The decrease in operating expenses is primarily attributed to decreases in general and administrative expenses, compensation and professional fees.
Other Income/Expenses. For the twelve months ended August 31, 2015, we reported net other expenses totaling ($1,582,891) that consisted of financing costs, deferred financing costs, debt discounts, net interest expense and foreign currency losses compared to net other expenses totaling ($1,310,034) for the twelve months ended August 31, 2014. The $272,857 increase in other income/expenses is primarily due to financing costs associated with raising capital and interest expenses on existing notes.
Net Loss. For the twelve months ended August 31, 2015, we reported a net loss of $3,552,166 compared to a net loss of $5,147,444 for the twelve months ended August 31, 2014, due to fluctuations in operating and other expenses as previously discussed.
Technology Transition: LBT has successfully transitioned its vehicle GPS tracking devices onto the newer 3G network and this will remain our focus as AT&T continues to carry out their plans for the sunset of 2G services in early 2017. LBT has several initiatives underway focused on building up the vehicle GPS tracking business which covers both consumer and commercial business segments.
We are making progress in transitioning our personal GPS trackers to the 3G technology platform, but are lagging behind expectations we had for completion of the development. The upside to this is that there is a lack of viable 3G based personal GPS trackers on the market because of the engineering required for development and certification. So, we have not lost ground in the market yet. LBT will continue to develop the next generation of personal GPS trackers in-house under our PocketFinder brand that will serve as the upper end of our product offering. In the meantime, we are also pursuing partnerships with third-party solutions that may help to bridge our launch time lines and provide opportunities for a broader product line to attract new consumer segments.
Increase LBT's Sales Velocity: LBT will continue its primary focus on selling 3G vehicle solutions in US and Canada. We have expanded retail sales by offering our PocketFinder branded 3G vehicle tracker in the consumer electronics channel and are also pursuing resellers in the auto-parts and services channel. Before the end of 2015 we are launching a private-label platform with a new US partner having ties to commercial fleets and auto dealer channel. Support for this new partner included back-office system infrastructure modifications along with developing new iterations of our browser and mobile apps under their brand name. LBT will further leverage the infrastructure modifications to attract other like partners servicing the auto-dealer market in US, Canada, and Mexico.
Sales of our consumer branded personal trackers will continue in North America until we are able to successfully launch a 3G GPS tracker. The current PocketFinder family of products was ranked #1 in the annual review conducted by Tom's Guide, which we will leverage to accelerate sales during the transition. Sales will grow as we continue to make progress in expanding our retail footprint into Mexico. We expect to have announcements from key national retail partners in the next quarter.
LBT will also continue to nurture its growing Commercial markets in the US and Canada. Customers adopting our IoT tracking devices have verified that use of our tracking solution streamlines and lowers the cost of business processes and logistics, increases safety, and enhances asset security. LBT's wireless connected devices exchange vital information with managers and business owners proving to deliver powerful information and data with their mobile assets and personnel.
You may have noticed that we have eliminated reference to sales ventures with the US military/government and expansion into Asia that were both included in our 2014 plans. The continued impact through sequestration shrunk or eliminated reasonable expectations for significant sales while the costs to support such efforts became too burdensome. Similarly, higher than expected costs to enter and support Asian markets were simply not in our budget so the decision was made not to push forward for expansion. Our Board and management team have determined it is in the company's (and shareholders) best interest to focus on revenue opportunities with a more immediate impact to reach our short-term objectives.
Remove Non-contributing Costs: Of the major accomplishments this past year, one of the most significant is the reduction in our Operating Expenses by $1,245,298 or 31% from 2014 to 2015 while increasing our margin contribution and Gross Profits. We are still short of achieving our monthly expenses albeit much closer to becoming operationally cash flow positive. We have conducted a careful review of additional cost-saving opportunities. The single largest positive impact will come from discontinuing formal audits and associated SEC filings for a period of time – until we are self-sustaining.
The legal counsel we have received on SEC filings has indicated that LBT is not required to file by or under the Securities and Exchange act of 1934 because the company only issues stock under Rule 144. This will preclude LBT from being able to issue a Registration Statement, which is typically done by companies conducting a private offering for capital during the 12 month period in which they have not filed. With our stock price so depressed it is highly unlikely that we would do a raise and therefore do not expect to do a Registration. The company will be able to save approximately $244,000 in annual expenses which singularly cuts our operating cost gap by almost one-third. Our financial records will continue to be kept in accord with full GAAP requirements, but will not be audited. I also intend to share Quarterly results with you through shareholder letters such as this one. I cannot say how long we will refrain from filing, but you will know our progress toward becoming cash flow positive through my Quarterly letters.
Once we become fiscally sound and profitable, we expect to re-start filing. At that time we will have two paths available to us: a) we can audit back to the date of our last Quarterly filing of May 2015, and bring all financial filings up to date, or b) if we determine there is reasonable capital available to the company for an offering, we would need to audit our financials 12 full months prior to the date of that offering. There are no financial penalties associated with this action although we are committed to getting our profits up and being able to resume our filings as soon as reasonable. We strongly believe that it is a prudent move that minimizes our need for ongoing capital, allows us to continue to grow our business and become cash flow positive and still keep you, our shareholders, informed on our progress.
Every month we draw closer to reaching our profitability milestone. This will remain our primary focus. All efforts and attention will continue to concentrate on accelerating the incremental successes that will build momentum in reaching profitability.
We appreciate your ongoing support and I look forward to providing another update next Quarter.
Sincerely,
David M. Morse, PhD
CEOForward Looking Statements
This letter contains certain forward-looking statements of our intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, strategies, and predictions with respect to future activities or other future events or conditions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are usually identified by the use of words such as "believe," "will," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "plan," "intend," "should," "could," or similar expressions. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Actual results may materially different from the results, levels of activity, performance or achievements, express or implied by these forward-looking statements.
Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained in this report are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this report will prove to be accurate. We will not update these statements unless the securities laws require us to do so. Accordingly, you should not rely on forward-looking statements because they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Investor Relations: Dave Morse, CEO, 888-600-1044 ext. 5 info@pocketfinder.com
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Website creator from Buckeye state pairs with Michigan school system
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marshall Public Schools is partnering with a Columbus, Ohio company to relaunch its district website.
eSchoolView expects the new tailor-made site — it's first in the state — to debut in the beginning weeks of 2016. It will be created and maintained with the company's Content Management System (CMS), a flexible and easy-to-use website building software.
The new Marshall Public website will feature new and improved navigation, an enhanced responsive design that is compatible with hand-held browsers. The mobile version of the site will include real-time news, alerts, schedules and contact information.
"Through the company's collaboration with Marshall Public Schools, eSchoolView aims to develop a personalized website that will accommodate both their community and school district," Executive Director Rob O'Leary said. "Our tools help educators connect with parents and the community so they can focus on their number one priority: academic growth."
Marshall's site will also incorporate active directory integration, a centralized system that manages user data, security and distributed resources while operating with other directories.
eSchoolView builds custom websites for all K-12 schools — public, private, charter and faith-based — with its easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) and other integrated products. The CMS platform will also expand the school district's reach through the ability to embed blogs, surveys, RSS feeds, e-newsletters, podcasts and videos.
"We create websites," O'Leary said, "but we are in the business of building strong, long-lasting relationships that serve schools and their communities."
OneView, one of eSchoolView's newest products aimed at enhancing parent engagement, is a one-of-a-kind solution to manage student data. It combines parent portal features, athletic forms, online enrollment for new students and forms for currently enrolled students in one complete package. OneView eliminates the need for parents and teachers to have multiple accounts.
eSchoolView was created in 2008. Since then, its revenue growth lands the company near the top third (at 1907) of Inc. Magazine's 5000 list of fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. for the second consecutive year.
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37881
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37882CONTACT: Michelle Vroom, PR Strategist 1-888-932-6460, x145 mvroom@eSchoolView.com
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Independent Research Firm Names TubeMogul a Leader in Video Advertising Demand-Side Platform Evaluation
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, TubeMogul was named a Leader among video advertising demand-side platforms and received the highest ranking in the "Current Offering" category in The Forrester Wave™: Video Advertising Demand-Side Platforms, Q4 2015 evaluation, scoring 4.55 out of 5 potential points.
TubeMogul was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its Q4 2015 Forrester Wave™ Video Advertising Demand Side Platform evaluation. In this evaluation, TubeMogul received the highest scores in "Planning Capabilities," achieving 4.60 out of 5 possible points, and 5 out of 5 points in both "TV Campaign Extension" and "Client Satisfaction" categories.
The report reads: "TubeMogul's video-first heritage empowers the buy side. TubeMogul was founded as an online video platform and designed to serve brand-focused advertisers, a departure from most online advertising's direct response bias. Its emphasis on serving branding objectives is confirmed by the strong offer of TV network private marketplaces and the platform's capabilities in planning online video that complements a linear TV schedule. TubeMogul customers gave it strong ratings for its data sourcing and management abilities, fraud prevention, and ad delivery controls. Ad agencies and marketers who want to directly manage their programmatic video buying will find the self-serve platform compelling."
Forrester conducted product evaluations in September 2015 of nine vendor companies and surveyed a total of 82 client references among their customers.
The report is available for download here.
About TubeMogul
TubeMogul (NASDAQ:TUBE) is an enterprise software company for brand advertising. By reducing complexity, improving transparency and leveraging real-time data, our platform enables advertisers to gain greater control of their global advertising spend and achieve their brand advertising objectives. TubeMogul was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Emeryville, California with operations in Kyiv, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto and offices across the United States.
TubeMogul and the TubeMogul logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of TubeMogul, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
CONTACT: Media Contact: David Burch press@tubemogul.com Investor Relations Contact: Alex Wellins The Blueshirt Group investor@tubemogul.com
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Slight change to the News
For the past couple of months I have been trying out a service to bring you more "relevant" news over the normal gurgitation of hardware reviews from "friendly" websites. During this time I kinda took a backseat to posting news myself to see what would happen.
Over the past several weeks I have noticed... umm. no real noticeable change in traffic and a good number of you writing in to express a dislike to the new format. (go figure)
As a result I'll be going back to my prevision irregular schedule of techreview postings and changed the site to put a higher emphasis on Hardware Asylum generated content. You will still see the PR posts but instead of getting the full story only the title will show. The sidebar has also been changed to only show Hardware Asylum generated content.
You can still see and read about the PR stuff by going to the main news page. It is still in "blog" format but I plan to tweak that a little bit to match many of the more contemporary news sites best I can.
As always if you have any questions or concerns be sure to send me an email or drop by the forums, register for an account and post as much as you feel is needed to get your point across.
if you are interested in helping Hardware Asylum by posting techrevew type things email me and we'll talk.
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Centage Corporation Wins Gold at 7th Annual Golden Bridge Awards For Innovation in Business Process Management
NATICK, Mass., Nov. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centage™ Corporation, a leading provider of budgeting and forecasting software (Budget Maestro™) for small and medium sized businesses won Gold at the Annual 2015 Golden Bridge Awards® in the category of Innovation in Business Process Management for Analytics Maestro, a powerful financial analytics tool to fuel strategic decision making. Centage also took home Silver in the Best Deployment category based on the successful customer case study with Budget Maestro customer, M3 Midstream, LLC. The coveted annual Golden Bridge Awards program encompasses the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, innovations, executives and management teams, among others, from every major industry. More than 40 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2015 Golden Bridge Business Awards winners.
Innovation in Business Process Management – GOLD Winner
Analytics Maestro™ for Microsoft Dynamics® GP integrates directly with Microsoft Dynamics GP to give accounting and other financial professionals simple, seamless, self-serve reports from their GL and sales order processing data without IT involvement. The dynamic tool gives accountants the power and flexibility they need to build engaging reports and real-time dashboards to deliver more accurate insight decision makers need to confidently monitor their companies' performance on a proactive basis.
Best Deployment – SILVER Winner
M3 Midstream, an independent midstream energy company, relied on archaic spreadsheets to manage their budgeting and forecasting processes. This approach was a manual process which was too inefficient and error prone. The company's business model and revenue stream depended on them providing a turn-key natural gas production facility, so being able to accurately forecast the resulting demand for cash over an 18-24 month pre-production cycle was paramount to the company's success. With detailed cash forecasting capabilities, Budget Maestro from Centage Corporation was the only solution to meet M3's needs. By leveraging user defined drivers to create and revise the budget and forecasts automatically as adjustments were made, the team at M3 was able to develop their annual budget 50% times faster than using spreadsheets. Read more HERE.
"We are pleased to be recognized as a leader in innovation for business process management," said Barry Clapp, President & CEO of Centage. "We continue to enhance our Maestro suite of products to help today's financial professionals spearhead strategic planning and analysis with tools that allow for better productivity, accuracy, and intelligence into the financial health of their organizations. It is an honor to be recognized for our commitment to this effort and our customers' success. We also congratulate M3 Midstream for being recognized as an innovator in their field and the exceptional results of their strategic approach to financial planning."
For more information follow us on Twitter @Centage or visit our blog http://centage.com/Blog/.
About the Golden Bridge Awards
Golden Bridge Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring Best Companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them in North America, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin-America, Best Products and Services, Innovations, Management and Professionals, Women in Business and the Professions, International Business, Corporate Communications, PR and Marketing, Product Management, Customer Service, Support, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Company Milestones. Learn more about the outstanding performances in the workplace recognized by Golden Bridge Awards worldwide at www.goldenbridgeawards.com.
About Centage
Budget Maestro® by Centage is an easy-to-use, scalable, automated budgeting, planning, and forecasting application. It is designed for small to mid-market companies and automates many of the time-consuming and error-prone activities associated with using spreadsheets to generate accurate budgets and forecasts. It features built in financial and business logic that allow users to build and update their budgets and forecasts and never worry about formulas, functions, links or any custom programming. It is the only solution in the market that offers synchronized P &L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow reporting that generate automatically and seamlessly update. Budget Maestro serves more than 7,000 users worldwide. Visit us at www.centage.com. For more information follow us on Twitter @Centage or visit our blog http://blog.centage.com/ for the latest insights on budgeting and forecasting strategies.
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