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QuickMobile Redefines The Event App User Experience with New Mobile Interface
VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QuickMobile, the global leader in enterprise mobile meeting and event apps, today released a new user interface for its mobile app and analytics platform. The new UI recognizes the maturity of the app market and addresses one of the biggest barriers to enterprise mobile app adoption by redefining the user experience. The interface includes a completely redesigned look and feel, enhanced features to improve navigation and interaction with app content, and a new mobile framework for greater cross-platform consistency and development efficiencies.
"We have had tremendous success with our current UI and mobile event app platform with many of our customers experiencing over 100 percent adoption rates of their event apps," said Craig Brennan, CEO of QuickMobile. "Mainstream consumer apps continuously raise the bar on user experience, and expectations quickly carry over to meeting and event apps. We've once again redefined the user experience from the ground up and made our UI even more captivating and user-friendly."
User Experience Drives Adoption
According to enterprise mobility provider Kony, 50 percent of enterprise mobile apps fail because of poor user experience, while SAP found that 78 percent of enterprise apps are abandoned after the first use. The most successful apps are created with the end user in mind, and this applies equally to business use cases. If corporate apps are not intuitive and fail to deliver the intended benefits, then adoption suffers, often with fatal consequences.
"Despite the proliferation of mobile around the world, companies must realize that putting the user first will have significant impact on mobile app adoption," said Brennan. "Unfortunately, the user experience for enterprise apps, for the most part, has been disappointing, and therefore a major obstacle for the B2B market. Today's users are accustomed to elegant and well-designed consumer apps that deliver great experiences. Their expectations don't change when they switch to a corporate app, so our new UI helps our clients keep pace with what people are used to using every day. Our commitment to the user experience is part of what makes us a leader in mobility for events and a key reason for our success in the enterprise space."
Feature-rich, Visually Appealing User Experience
In addition to a new layout and design, QuickMobile has included a number of updates that will simplify and enhance navigation while making data gathering and sharing easier. Among the updates are:
- Style changes and feature updates that make content easier to read, navigate, search and favorite;
- Extended search capabilities. Results will come from every component within the app, including attendee profiles, documents, exhibitors, schedule, sponsors, etc.;
- New survey interface to make surveys easier to read and complete;
- Updated gamification interface with enhanced leaderboard that includes attendee photos; and
- More consistent layout and design between iOS and Android operating systems.
Brennan added, "In the event space, apps help attendees quickly find and share information while driving a positive reflection on the brand. Our new UI sets new standards through a more appealing, feature-rich user experience that maintains the flexibility and brandability our customers have come to expect."About QuickMobile
QuickMobile deepens the value of meetings and events with mobile apps that engage and delight audiences. QuickMobile's enterprise mobile app and analytics platform creates an always-on communication channel that allows event owners to increase attendee participation, build loyalty and generate revenue through richer experiences. By fully leveraging the capabilities of QuickMobile's mobile and social solutions, customers can extend events into yearlong conversations and build lasting relationships with their audiences. QuickMobile's head office is located in Vancouver, Canada. For more information, visit www.quickmobile.com. Follow QuickMobile on Twitter @quickmobile.
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
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http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37230CONTACT: Kevin Wilson 513-898-1008 kevin@crossborderpr.com Susie Reeves 650-520-1005 susie@crossborderpr.com
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QuickMobile Redefines The Event App User Experience with New Mobile Interface
VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QuickMobile, the global leader in enterprise mobile meeting and event apps, today released a new user interface for its mobile app and analytics platform. The new UI recognizes the maturity of the app market and addresses one of the biggest barriers to enterprise mobile app adoption by redefining the user experience. The interface includes a completely redesigned look and feel, enhanced features to improve navigation and interaction with app content, and a new mobile framework for greater cross-platform consistency and development efficiencies.
"We have had tremendous success with our current UI and mobile event app platform with many of our customers experiencing over 100 percent adoption rates of their event apps," said Craig Brennan, CEO of QuickMobile. "Mainstream consumer apps continuously raise the bar on user experience, and expectations quickly carry over to meeting and event apps. We've once again redefined the user experience from the ground up and made our UI even more captivating and user-friendly."
User Experience Drives Adoption
According to enterprise mobility provider Kony, 50 percent of enterprise mobile apps fail because of poor user experience, while SAP found that 78 percent of enterprise apps are abandoned after the first use. The most successful apps are created with the end user in mind, and this applies equally to business use cases. If corporate apps are not intuitive and fail to deliver the intended benefits, then adoption suffers, often with fatal consequences.
"Despite the proliferation of mobile around the world, companies must realize that putting the user first will have significant impact on mobile app adoption," said Brennan. "Unfortunately, the user experience for enterprise apps, for the most part, has been disappointing, and therefore a major obstacle for the B2B market. Today's users are accustomed to elegant and well-designed consumer apps that deliver great experiences. Their expectations don't change when they switch to a corporate app, so our new UI helps our clients keep pace with what people are used to using every day. Our commitment to the user experience is part of what makes us a leader in mobility for events and a key reason for our success in the enterprise space."
Feature-rich, Visually Appealing User Experience
In addition to a new layout and design, QuickMobile has included a number of updates that will simplify and enhance navigation while making data gathering and sharing easier. Among the updates are:
- Style changes and feature updates that make content easier to read, navigate, search and favorite;
- Extended search capabilities. Results will come from every component within the app, including attendee profiles, documents, exhibitors, schedule, sponsors, etc.;
- New survey interface to make surveys easier to read and complete;
- Updated gamification interface with enhanced leaderboard that includes attendee photos; and
- More consistent layout and design between iOS and Android operating systems.
Brennan added, "In the event space, apps help attendees quickly find and share information while driving a positive reflection on the brand. Our new UI sets new standards through a more appealing, feature-rich user experience that maintains the flexibility and brandability our customers have come to expect."About QuickMobile
QuickMobile deepens the value of meetings and events with mobile apps that engage and delight audiences. QuickMobile's enterprise mobile app and analytics platform creates an always-on communication channel that allows event owners to increase attendee participation, build loyalty and generate revenue through richer experiences. By fully leveraging the capabilities of QuickMobile's mobile and social solutions, customers can extend events into yearlong conversations and build lasting relationships with their audiences. QuickMobile's head office is located in Vancouver, Canada. For more information, visit www.quickmobile.com. Follow QuickMobile on Twitter @quickmobile.
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37229
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37230CONTACT: Kevin Wilson 513-898-1008 kevin@crossborderpr.com Susie Reeves 650-520-1005 susie@crossborderpr.com
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BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization Certified for Hadoop Big Data Environments
HOUSTON, Oct. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC, the global leader in software solutions for IT, today announced that its TrueSight Capacity Optimization solution is certified for integration on both Cloudera Enterprise and Hortonworks Hadoop environments. The integration enables digital enterprises to accurately plan for and maximize their investment in the Hadoop IT infrastructure resources they need to quickly deploy Big Data applications and ensure ongoing service delivery.
Digital enterprises are increasingly using Big Data to secure business insights that deliver a competitive advantage. According to a recent IDC forecast, the Big Data technology and services market will grow at a 26.4 percent compound annual growth rate to $41.5 billion through 2018, or about six times the growth rate of the overall information technology market.
BMC's TrueSight Capacity Optimization solution is available for Hadoop capacity management, enabling enterprises to automate the planning and management of the growth and use of their Hadoop compute, storage and network resources. With this knowledge, organizations can accurately plan capital expenditures and optimize their infrastructure investment for their Hadoop projects, as well as ensure that Hadoop clusters have the resources needed to support current and future application workloads and reduce the risk of application failure due to capacity shortfalls.
"Success in the digital economy demands that enterprises quickly and intelligently respond to customer, market and other business developments. To enable this agility and insight, many companies turn to Hadoop and Big Data applications," said Bill Berutti, president of the cloud, data center and performance businesses at BMC. "BMC's TrueSight Capacity Optimization gives organizations the ability to plan, control and optimize their ongoing IT investment in their Hadoop environments. Ultimately, the TrueSight Capacity Optimization solution enables them to accelerate their transformation into digital enterprises that move at the speed of business."
"BMC's TrueSight Capacity Optimization integration with Cloudera Manager provides organizations with added visibility and analysis of their Cloudera cluster resources. This added insight allows organizations to better understand existing big data environments and plan for future business workloads," said Tim Stevens, vice president of Business and Corporate Development at Cloudera.
"Hortonworks is dedicated to expanding and empowering the Apache Hadoop ecosystem, accelerating innovation and adoption of Open Enterprise Hadoop," said Matt Morgan, vice president of product and alliance marketing at Hortonworks. "We are pleased to welcome BMC's TrueSight Capacity Optimization solution to the Apache Hadoop community and look forward to working with them to help strengthen Hadoop's role as the foundation of the next-generation data architecture. The relationship will help accelerate successful implementations of TrueSight Capacity Optimization and the Hortonworks Data Platform to deliver data driven business transformations."
About BMC
BMC is a global leader in software solutions that help IT transform traditional businesses into digital enterprises for the ultimate competitive advantage. Our Digital Enterprise Management set of IT solutions is designed to make digital business fast, seamless, and optimized. From mainframe to mobile to cloud and beyond, we pair high-speed digital innovation with robust IT industrialization—allowing our customers to provide intuitive user experiences with optimized performance, cost, compliance, and productivity. BMC solutions serve more than 15,000 customers worldwide including 82 percent of the Fortune 500.
BMC – Bring IT to Life
BMC, BMC Software, the BMC logo, and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software Inc., are registered or pending registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other BMC trademarks, service marks, and logos may be registered or pending registration in the U.S. or in other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ©Copyright 2015 BMC Software, Inc.
CONTACT: Tami Casey BMC D: 408.571.7131 M: 650.293.7219 Tami_Casey@bmc.com Jenn Zimmer Eastwick Communications D: 415.820.4175 bmc@eastwick.com
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BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization Certified for Hadoop Big Data Environments
HOUSTON, Oct. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC, the global leader in software solutions for IT, today announced that its TrueSight Capacity Optimization solution is certified for integration on both Cloudera Enterprise and Hortonworks Hadoop environments. The integration enables digital enterprises to accurately plan for and maximize their investment in the Hadoop IT infrastructure resources they need to quickly deploy Big Data applications and ensure ongoing service delivery.
Digital enterprises are increasingly using Big Data to secure business insights that deliver a competitive advantage. According to a recent IDC forecast, the Big Data technology and services market will grow at a 26.4 percent compound annual growth rate to $41.5 billion through 2018, or about six times the growth rate of the overall information technology market.
BMC's TrueSight Capacity Optimization solution is available for Hadoop capacity management, enabling enterprises to automate the planning and management of the growth and use of their Hadoop compute, storage and network resources. With this knowledge, organizations can accurately plan capital expenditures and optimize their infrastructure investment for their Hadoop projects, as well as ensure that Hadoop clusters have the resources needed to support current and future application workloads and reduce the risk of application failure due to capacity shortfalls.
"Success in the digital economy demands that enterprises quickly and intelligently respond to customer, market and other business developments. To enable this agility and insight, many companies turn to Hadoop and Big Data applications," said Bill Berutti, president of the cloud, data center and performance businesses at BMC. "BMC's TrueSight Capacity Optimization gives organizations the ability to plan, control and optimize their ongoing IT investment in their Hadoop environments. Ultimately, the TrueSight Capacity Optimization solution enables them to accelerate their transformation into digital enterprises that move at the speed of business."
"BMC's TrueSight Capacity Optimization integration with Cloudera Manager provides organizations with added visibility and analysis of their Cloudera cluster resources. This added insight allows organizations to better understand existing big data environments and plan for future business workloads," said Tim Stevens, vice president of Business and Corporate Development at Cloudera.
"Hortonworks is dedicated to expanding and empowering the Apache Hadoop ecosystem, accelerating innovation and adoption of Open Enterprise Hadoop," said Matt Morgan, vice president of product and alliance marketing at Hortonworks. "We are pleased to welcome BMC's TrueSight Capacity Optimization solution to the Apache Hadoop community and look forward to working with them to help strengthen Hadoop's role as the foundation of the next-generation data architecture. The relationship will help accelerate successful implementations of TrueSight Capacity Optimization and the Hortonworks Data Platform to deliver data driven business transformations."
About BMC
BMC is a global leader in software solutions that help IT transform traditional businesses into digital enterprises for the ultimate competitive advantage. Our Digital Enterprise Management set of IT solutions is designed to make digital business fast, seamless, and optimized. From mainframe to mobile to cloud and beyond, we pair high-speed digital innovation with robust IT industrialization—allowing our customers to provide intuitive user experiences with optimized performance, cost, compliance, and productivity. BMC solutions serve more than 15,000 customers worldwide including 82 percent of the Fortune 500.
BMC – Bring IT to Life
BMC, BMC Software, the BMC logo, and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software Inc., are registered or pending registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other BMC trademarks, service marks, and logos may be registered or pending registration in the U.S. or in other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ©Copyright 2015 BMC Software, Inc.
CONTACT: Tami Casey BMC D: 408.571.7131 M: 650.293.7219 Tami_Casey@bmc.com Jenn Zimmer Eastwick Communications D: 415.820.4175 bmc@eastwick.com
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Rapid7 Launches Analytic Response for Advanced Threat Detection
BOSTON, Oct. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD), a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions, today announced it has launched Rapid7 Analytic Response, a new, fully managed service that gives customers continuous threat detection by identifying known threats, certain unknown threats, and intruder movement from the endpoint to the cloud. The service – part of Rapid7's Incident Detection and Response offerings – combines threat insight with sophisticated user and attacker behavior analytics and is monitored and managed by Rapid7's world-class security analysts, with experience in hunting for dynamic threats and containing incidents to protect organizations. When a breach is identified with Analytic Response services, Rapid7 analysts pivot to incident response, providing security teams with detailed, easy-to-follow remediation steps tailored to the customer's environment.
"Security teams know they can't rely exclusively on preventative technologies to protect their IT environments, but continuous detection and near real-time incident response is outside the reach of most internal teams," said Nicholas J. Percoco, vice president of Global Services at Rapid7. "Our Analytic Response service and Incident Response team make mature incident detection and response accessible to nearly any company. We can help detect an attack across assets and act faster when a threat is validated and identified. We're positioned to help security teams reduce the time it takes to recognize and respond to an attacker from months to days or even hours."
As an extension of an organization's existing information security program, Analytic Response helps customers identify and respond to threats more accurately, efficiently, and cost effectively. When Rapid7's analysts detect an intrusion, they investigate the attacker's actions to determine what assets may have been compromised and provide detailed remediation steps tailored to each environment. Analytic Response helps validate each threat, meaning that customers no longer need to spend hours investigating numerous false alerts and can respond more confidently.
Analytic Response provides more comprehensive threat detection and response capabilities across the entire IT environment – on premise, mobile, and cloud. In addition to user behavior analytics, attacker analytics, and threat insight feeds, the service also integrates feeds from existing security infrastructure, giving Analytic Response even deeper visibility into dynamic threats across a customer's IT environment.
"The Analytic Response and Incident Response team at Rapid7 has an average of 15 years of experience in hunting for dynamic threats and has addressed, investigated, and remediated some of the world's most infamous breaches," said Wade Woolwine, manager of Incident Response and Analytic Response, Global Services at Rapid7. "We're providing a world-class, fully managed service, with a team and technology that can significantly help our customers by detecting most critical threats and having the resources in place to respond more quickly."
Based in the Washington, D.C. area, the Analytic Response team is led by Woolwine, who also manages Rapid7's Incident Response Services. The Rapid7 Security Operations Center (SOC) is state of the art, with multi-factor access control, 24/7 physical security monitoring, a dedicated on-site data center, and custom-built, proprietary technology.
To learn more about Analytic Response, visit: http://www.rapid7.com/services/analytic-response.jsp.
About Rapid7
Rapid7 is a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions that enable organizations to implement an active, analytics-driven approach to cyber security. We combine our extensive experience in security data and analytics and deep insight into attacker behaviors and techniques to make sense of the wealth of data available to organizations about their IT environments and users. Our solutions empower organizations to prevent attacks by providing visibility into vulnerabilities and to rapidly detect compromises, respond to breaches, and correct the underlying causes of attacks. Rapid7 is trusted by more than 4,150 organizations across 90 countries, including 34% of the Fortune 1000. To learn more about Rapid7 or get involved in our threat research, visit www.rapid7.com.
CONTACT: Press Contact: Rachel Adam Rapid7, Senior PR Manager press@rapid7.com +1 (857) 415-4443
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New Mexico's Ristra Project Built with Paladin's Panoramic Awarded NADO's Innovation Award
POULSBO, Wash., Oct. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paladin Data Systems, a leading developer and provider of software development, integration, implementation, database administration, and project management services, announced today that the New Mexico's Ristra Project has won one of NADO's Annual Innovation Awards. The project was built with Paladin's Panoramic technology and launched in 2013.
The Annual Innovation Award was presented at the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Annual Training Conference on Monday, October 26. The annual conference provides advocacy, education, research, and training for the nation's regional development organizations. The association and its members promote regional strategies, partnerships, and solutions to strengthen the economic competitiveness and quality of life across America's local communities.
The Ristra Project that won a NADO Innovation Award features a database and portal built on Panoramic technology that allows New Mexico COGS to visualize and share information about their programs, plans, and projects. The Ristra Project web portal is designed to assists local government navigate state and federal funding programs, to track the lifecycle of projects, and to establish a lasting record of project activities-all core to the work of the Cogs.
"This is my favorite conference every year. Conference staff are professional and accommodating and attendees are friendly, engaging, and doing great this for communities around the country. It's a great conference and honor to be a part of this Award for New Mexico," Panoramic Business Development Manager, Jeff Pavey said.
Panoramic is used by stage agencies and local government to track, communicate and share information about a range of projects and plans.
About PanoramicPanoramic is designed for Program Managers who need to plan, track, evaluate, and share information about their program to project stakeholders, other agencies, and to the public. Panoramic is a web-based system helping organizations communicate the purpose, activities, locations, and accomplishments of their programs. Panoramic provides spatial integration, cross-organization collaboration, performance reporting can be specifically tailored to nearly any program.
About Paladin Data Systems CorporationWinner of numerous prestigious awards that include Top DoD Program Award, Paladin Data Systems has developed a suite of cloud-based software products serving a wide-range of government agencies in all 50 states and 6 territories. Paladin's national presence spans a diverse customer base including U.S. local governments, state departments, regional transportation agencies, and defense contractors. Paladin also provides software services such as interface development, implementation, database administration, and project management for numerous industries in both the public and private sector. For more information about Paladin Data Systems and the full suite of products available, please visit http://www.paladindata.com.
CONTACT: Chris Andersen Marketing Manager Paladin Data Systems 19362 Powder Hill Place NE Poulsbo, WA 98370 360.394.3233 360.779.2600 fax
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MyLife.com Experiences Traffic Surge Following Peeple App Announcement
Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MyLife.com, the original people review and reputation management site, reports a recent spike in traffic following the announcement of Peeple, a yet-to-launch app that was poised to be the new "Yelp for people." The increase in engagement points to a burgeoning public acceptance of people review sites, despite the media's criticisms.
After announcing their soon-to-launch "Yelp for People" app, Peeple had much of the media outraged. Within days, Peeple's founder revealed it would amend its two-sided people review model to focus solely on positive reviews. Immediately following this announcement, Jeff Tinsley, whom six months ago launched MyLife.com, a comprehensive reputation management site with a nearly identical people review feature as the one originally proposed by Peeple, noted a significant increase in traffic to his company's site.
"In near perfect synchronicity, Peeple caved under criticism and MyLife.com saw a surge in activity. A coincidence? I doubt it," said Tinsley. "I'm pretty certain what we are proving here is that people are, in fact, intrigued by the ability to leave/receive positive and negative reviews, despite the media's negative hyperbole."
In addition to providing a platform for individuals to post personal, professional, and romantic reviews for any person aged 18 and over, MyLife.com also allows individuals to view, monitor, and control all personal information being exposed about them on the Internet.
"While I completely understand the public's initial apprehension to embrace the people review concept, it is actually pretty harmless and, at least with MyLife.com, has certainly not led to the mass bullying most people are fearing," said Tinsley. "In fact, many people seem to be benefitting from it, both personally and professionally. If you ask me, people reviewing is just a natural extension of how we already communicate and 'evaluate' one another on social media. Perhaps if Peeple's founders hadn't buckled under the criticism, they would have seen that their idea was really not all that controversial after all."
Most recently, MyLife.com reported nearly 6 million unique visitors to its reputation management and people review site.
For more information on MyLife.com, please visit https://www.mylife.com.
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Blackbaud Announces New Cloud for Global Philanthropic Community
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB), the leading provider of software and services for the global philanthropic community, today unveiled its innovative open cloud, Blackbaud SKY™, to nonprofits, charitable giving organizations, schools and corporate CSR clients at its 16th annual bbcon conference.
“Blackbaud SKY brings together an unparalleled set of capabilities that power an ecosystem of good,” said Kevin McDearis, executive vice president of Research, Delivery and Operations at Blackbaud. “It combines infrastructure, processes and pre-integrated services to deliver total solutions—all within the most secure, scalable and highest-performing cloud available.”
Blackbaud showcased many innovative services that are offered as part of Blackbaud SKY, like payments, Nonprofit Intelligence™, data enrichment, email, crowdfundraising and more, which are now being pre-packaged with flagship products to deliver comprehensive, anywhere-accessible solutions to clients. “We’ve embraced a vision to provide pre-integrated, total solutions that no longer require clients to be their own integrator,” said Mary Beth Westmoreland, chief technology officer at Blackbaud. “And we’re making it easy for those solutions to be accessed anytime from any device.”
The first cloud solution set built within Blackbaud SKY is the company’s highly-demanded NXT Solution Line. Nearly 1500 clients have purchased to date, and since general availability this summer, these innovative cloud solutions have experienced nearly perfect availability and record-breaking quality. Microsoft executive Neal Suggs joined Blackbaud on stage to discuss a new partnership between the two companies to power the NXT Solution Line with Microsoft Azure. “We know data security is mission critical for our clients, so powering our NXT Solution Line with Microsoft Azure, is just one example of the many ways we’re investing to give them full peace of mind,” Westmoreland continued.
Blackbaud also announced it is opening its new cloud to offer more choice. With Blackbaud SKY API™, clients, partners and other application developers will have access to industry-standard open, REST APIs and a comprehensive set of resources which allow them to customize, integrate or extend functionality. Over time, Blackbaud intends to empower the developer community with full SDKs (Software Development Kits) to make the process even easier. Blackbaud’s SKY API for the NXT Solution Line will be in EAP phase in 2016 with others to follow.
In addition, with Blackbaud SKY UX™, the company’s clients will benefit from a consistent, always-modern user experience that will be available across all Blackbaud cloud solutions. “Today we’re completely transforming the user experience with a consistent look and feel, navigation, login and integration – getting clients productive from the first click,” said Westmoreland. Blackbaud Partners will also have the ability to build their solutions with SKY UX, which will also be available as open source. The company presented many new innovations that are already live today with this common user experience, including Blackbaud outcomes, the NXT Solution Line and Givalanche™, with more currently in development. “In 2016, our work on the Luminate® platform will focus primarily on creating a next generation, SKY user experience that leverages best-in-class solutions, commoditized services, and the overall vision that is Blackbaud SKY,” added McDearis.
Blackbaud highlighted that solutions powered by Blackbaud SKY are bringing rapid, ongoing enhancements to clients. One example of this is the NXT Solution Line, which benefited from more than 300 seamless, automated releases within the past three months.
About Blackbaud
Serving the worldwide philanthropic community for more than 30 years, Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) combines innovative software and services, and expertise to help organizations achieve their missions. Blackbaud works in over 60 countries to power the passions of more than 30,000 clients, including nonprofits, K-12 private and higher education institutions, healthcare organizations, foundations and other charitable giving entities, and corporations. The company offers a full spectrum of cloud and on-premise solutions, as well as a resource network that empowers and connects organizations of all sizes. Blackbaud's portfolio of software and services support nonprofit fundraising and relationship management, eMarketing, advocacy, accounting, payments and analytics, as well as grant management, corporate social responsibility, and education. Using Blackbaud technology, these organizations raise, invest, manage and award more than $100 billion each year. Recognized as a top company, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com.
Forward-looking Statements
Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations, and assumptions contained in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Although Blackbaud attempts to be accurate in making these forward-looking statements, it is possible that future circumstances might differ from the assumptions on which such statements are based. In addition, other important factors that could cause results to differ materially include the following: general economic risks; uncertainty regarding increased business and renewals from existing customers; continued success in sales growth; management of integration of acquired companies and other risks associated with acquisitions; risks associated with successful implementation of multiple integrated software products; the ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to our dividend policy and share repurchase program, including potential limitations on our ability to grow and the possibility that we might discontinue payment of dividends; risks relating to restrictions imposed by the credit facility; risks associated with management of growth; lengthy sales and implementation cycles, particularly in larger organization; technological changes that make our products and services less competitive; and the other risk factors set forth from time to time in the SEC filings for Blackbaud, copies of which are available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or upon request from Blackbaud's investor relations department. All Blackbaud product names appearing herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blackbaud, Inc.
CONTACT: Media ContactNicole McGouganPublic Relations843-654-3307nicole.mcgougan@blackbaud.com
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Haivision Named One of the Fastest-Growing Companies in 2015 by Profit Magazine
MONTREAL, Oct. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Haivision, a market leader in video streaming and media management solutions, announces that Canadian Business and PROFIT ranked Haivision on the 27th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies.
Published in the October issue of Canadian Business and at PROFITguide.com, Haivision made the 2015 PROFIT 500 list with five-year revenue growth of 142 percent.
"We are pleased with PROFIT recognizing Haivision once again for our sustained growth and continued profitability as we continue to grow our business," says Mirko Wicha, President and CEO of Haivision. "Our proven success is driven by innovation in advanced streaming technologies and continuously delivering great video experiences for our customers."
Haivision's award-winning video streaming and media management solutions are used by enterprises, broadcasters, churches, governments and healthcare organizations for collaboration, learning and development, communications and broadcasting. Organizations choose Haivision to deliver successful, reliable and flawless video experiences that are crafted to perform in any network environment.
"The PROFIT 500 represent the highest tier of entrepreneurialism in Canada," says James Cowan, Editor-in-chief of PROFIT and Canadian Business. "They should be lauded for the positive economic contributions they've made to their communities—and the entire country. They are examples of what can be accomplished with innovation, discipline and determination."
About PROFIT and PROFITguide.com
PROFIT is Canada's preeminent media brand dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For 33 years, Canadian entrepreneurs across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it's a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them achieve business success and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Visit PROFIT at PROFITguide.com.
About Canadian Business
Founded in 1928, Canadian Business is the longest-serving, best-selling and most-trusted business publication in the country. With a total print readership of more than 600,000, it is the country's premier media brand for executives and senior business leaders. It fuels the success of Canada's business elite with a focus on the things that matter most: leadership, innovation, business strategy and management tactics. We provide concrete examples of business achievement, thought-provoking analysis and compelling storytelling, all in an elegant package with bold graphics and great photography. Canadian Business—what leadership looks like.
About Haivision
Haivision provides media management and video streaming solutions that help the world's leading organizations communicate, collaborate and educate. Recognized as one of the most influential companies in video by Streaming Media, Haivision's mission is to help people work better with video. Haivision is headquartered in Montreal and Chicago, with regional offices located throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. Learn more about Haivision at haivision.com, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and on our Video Wall.
CONTACT: PR and Communications Manager Jennifer Gazin 514.334.5445 x8309 jgazin(at)haivision.com
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Mitel Advances to Leaders Position in Latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony Report
Only Brand Across Five Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports for Business Communications
- Mitel recognized as a leader in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony
- Mitel is the only brand to appear in all five Gartner Magic Quadrants for business communications
OTTAWA, Oct. 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mitel® (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW), a global leader in real-time business, cloud and mobile communications, has been recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony.
Mitel leads the market in the shift from hardware to software-based business communications, and was the first vendor to virtualize voice and deliver it as an application. According to Gartner, "The corporate telephony market is evolving from a focus on innovation in proprietary hardware to use of commodity hardware and standards-based software."
In addition to the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony, Mitel was previously selected for inclusion in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications; the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for Midsize Enterprises, North America; the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide; and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide.
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"Mitel's MiVoice MX-ONE platform has allowed San Diego State University (SDSU) to protect their telecom investment over the last 20+ years while moving to a platform that can provide the latest unified communications and collaboration (UCC) technologies and capabilities. The addition of Mitel's MiCollab to the MX-ONE portfolio will enable us to provide UC, mobility and video capabilities to our users beginning in 2016," said Riny Ledgerwood, director of Communications, ETS Voice Services, SDSU.
"Customers today are increasingly looking for vendors to simplify their communications solutions and to remove the seams that have previously resulted in siloed, separate and proprietary systems that have trapped them," said Rich McBee, president and CEO of Mitel. "We feel being recognized as the only vendor to appear in five critical Gartner Magic Quadrant reports is a testament to the strength of the Mitel portfolio and our unique ability to offer customers the full suite of business communications solutions they require."
Important Facts
- Mitel is globally recognized as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications
- More than 1.6 million users around the world rely on Mitel for cloud communications
Related Materials
- Learn more about real-time communications and collaboration
- Download information on Mitel's MiVoice MX-ONE solution
- Read Mitel's vision for "Mobilizing Real-Time Communications"
- Discover "How Cloud Communications Is Opening Up Possibilities"
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1 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, October 7, 2015
2 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, August 10, 2015
3 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for Midsize Enterprises, North America, May 5, 2015
4 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide, May 18, 2015
5 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, Worldwide, September 3, 2015About the Magic Quadrant
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About Mitel
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