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PCG Software Releases Primer on the Coding Modifier 59 Subset: XE, XP, XS and XU
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 03, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PCG Software (PCG), a leading provider of software solutions designed to slow the escalating costs of healthcare, today announced the public release of a new primer document designed to provide guidance on the four new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) modifiers to define subsets of modifier 59 that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established.
The educational resource, “A Primer on the Coding Modifier 59 Subset: XE, XP, XS and XU,” offers insight and tips into how to use each of the new modifiers that became effective January 1, 2015 and were developed to provide greater reporting specificity in situations where modifier 59 was previously reported and may be utilized in lieu of modifier 59 whenever possible.
“Modifier 59 is the most commonly used and abused modifier for Medicare reimbursement of CPT codes in acupuncture, breast biopsies, physical therapy, radiology, surgery and other medical practices. It often causes incorrect payments – triggering audits, fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) cases and escalating costs for everyone,” said Andria Jacobs, RN, MS, CEN, CPHQ, chief operating officer of PCG Software. “The new codes were designed to be more descriptive, precise and reduce errors, but because there hasn't been clear guidance issued on how to use the new modifiers, the change has caused denied claims, increased costs and frustrated the industry more than necessary. So we felt it incredibly necessary to develop and release this primer document to the industry, as we continue on our mission of reducing the cost of healthcare.”
Modifier 59 has been used to identify procedures/services that are commonly bundled together but are appropriate to report separately under some circumstances, whereas the XE (Separate Encounter), XP (Separate Practitioner), XS (Separate Structure) and XU (Unusual Non-Overlapping Service) may now be used, together with National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, to identify distinct services in the same encounter warranting separate reimbursement. While it encourages migration to the new modifiers, CMS currently allows providers to submit either modifier 59 or the appropriate X modifier to override Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits and get paid.
About PCG Software
Established in 1984, PCG Software is a leading provider of innovative software solutions designed to slow the escalating costs of healthcare. The company works with healthcare payer organizations to increase profitability and maximize financial recoveries, while assisting their provider partners to improve the accuracy of billing processes.The company’s flagship software solution, Virtual Examiner®, enhances claims adjudication systems with more than 30 million edits per claim and uses investigative profiling reports to graphically indicate patterns of fraud and abuse. Through more accurate and efficient claims adjudication, this fraud and abuse prevention software acts as an automated cost containment system for national and regional health insurance plans, independent practice associations and third-party administrators. For more information, visit www.pcgsoftware.com, or follow us on Twitter.
CONTACT: Press Contact Information:Dave Anderson678-401-2991dave@andersoni.com
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PCG Software Releases Primer on the Coding Modifier 59 Subset: XE, XP, XS and XU
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 03, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PCG Software (PCG), a leading provider of software solutions designed to slow the escalating costs of healthcare, today announced the public release of a new primer document designed to provide guidance on the four new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) modifiers to define subsets of modifier 59 that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established.
The educational resource, “A Primer on the Coding Modifier 59 Subset: XE, XP, XS and XU,” offers insight and tips into how to use each of the new modifiers that became effective January 1, 2015 and were developed to provide greater reporting specificity in situations where modifier 59 was previously reported and may be utilized in lieu of modifier 59 whenever possible.
“Modifier 59 is the most commonly used and abused modifier for Medicare reimbursement of CPT codes in acupuncture, breast biopsies, physical therapy, radiology, surgery and other medical practices. It often causes incorrect payments – triggering audits, fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) cases and escalating costs for everyone,” said Andria Jacobs, RN, MS, CEN, CPHQ, chief operating officer of PCG Software. “The new codes were designed to be more descriptive, precise and reduce errors, but because there hasn't been clear guidance issued on how to use the new modifiers, the change has caused denied claims, increased costs and frustrated the industry more than necessary. So we felt it incredibly necessary to develop and release this primer document to the industry, as we continue on our mission of reducing the cost of healthcare.”
Modifier 59 has been used to identify procedures/services that are commonly bundled together but are appropriate to report separately under some circumstances, whereas the XE (Separate Encounter), XP (Separate Practitioner), XS (Separate Structure) and XU (Unusual Non-Overlapping Service) may now be used, together with National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, to identify distinct services in the same encounter warranting separate reimbursement. While it encourages migration to the new modifiers, CMS currently allows providers to submit either modifier 59 or the appropriate X modifier to override Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits and get paid.
About PCG Software
Established in 1984, PCG Software is a leading provider of innovative software solutions designed to slow the escalating costs of healthcare. The company works with healthcare payer organizations to increase profitability and maximize financial recoveries, while assisting their provider partners to improve the accuracy of billing processes.The company’s flagship software solution, Virtual Examiner®, enhances claims adjudication systems with more than 30 million edits per claim and uses investigative profiling reports to graphically indicate patterns of fraud and abuse. Through more accurate and efficient claims adjudication, this fraud and abuse prevention software acts as an automated cost containment system for national and regional health insurance plans, independent practice associations and third-party administrators. For more information, visit www.pcgsoftware.com, or follow us on Twitter.
CONTACT: Press Contact Information:Dave Anderson678-401-2991dave@andersoni.com
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Centage Corporation Continues Rapid Growth Driven by Demand for Cloud-Based Budgeting Solutions
NATICK, Mass., Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centage™ Corporation, a leading provider of budgeting and forecasting software (Budget Maestro™) for small and medium sized businesses, today announced the company has continued its double digit growth, as market demand for innovative cloud-based budgeting solutions expands. The company's cloud-based Budget Maestro solution has generated five times more revenue in Q3 of this year than for the same period last year. The extraordinary adoption of the cloud platform has also driven a 130% increase in cloud software sales year to date.
Centage remains committed to delivering the financial and operational insight organizations need to improve business performance, and has also garnered independent industry recognition for its efforts.
Notable industry recognition for 2015 include:- Awarded Microsoft Gold Competency for application development;
- Designated a Core Vendor in BPM Partners 2015 BPM Pulse report;
- Selected as a 2015 Golden Bridge Awards finalist for "Innovation in Business Process Management" with Analytics Maestro and "Best Deployment", based on a successful customer case study with M3 Midstream; and,
- Named a finalist nominee in CPA Practice Advisor's annual Innovation Awards.
"Top performing organizations look for solutions that can provide the essential information and process flows needed to effectively and efficiently plan, budget, and forecast", noted Nick Castellina, Senior Research Director, Aberdeen Group. "Part of the solution selection equation is deployment method. Due to cost concerns, easy implementation, and recurring updates, cloud technology has been an attractive alternative to spreadsheets, for organizations that are looking to improve their FP &A processes."
"We have more 7,000 users worldwide across industries including manufacturing, healthcare and non-profit", said Barry Clapp, President & CEO of Centage. "While Budget Maestro's growth has been nearly 30% per year of late, we were constrained by not offering the alternative of cloud access to the product. Since we offered it, adoption and growth has wildly exceeded our expectations. Our customers and market face challenges that demand timely, agile, flexible budgeting, planning and forecasting, and that also enable involvement of a broader number of managers in the process. The budget itself, and financial reports, need to be easily modifiable and should be accessible on whatever technology platform that the customers desire. Adding cloud access continues our mission to make our best in class tool affordable and easy to deploy."
As part of the company's ongoing commitment to ensuring customer success, Centage also introduced a new cloud-based training portal. The Training Center is an extension of the company's "Center of Excellence" program and complements existing educational resources. The complimentary resource for Budget Maestro users is designed to serve as, a study guide for new users, to reinforce what was learned during initial implementation, and as an independent resource for on-demand training.
For more information on Centage follow us on Twitter @Centage or visit our blog http://centage.com/Blog/.
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.
Centage and Budget Maestro are registered trademarks of Centage.CONTACT: David Winterhalter dwinterhalter@centage.com (508) 948-0088
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Centage Corporation Continues Rapid Growth Driven by Demand for Cloud-Based Budgeting Solutions
NATICK, Mass., Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centage™ Corporation, a leading provider of budgeting and forecasting software (Budget Maestro™) for small and medium sized businesses, today announced the company has continued its double digit growth, as market demand for innovative cloud-based budgeting solutions expands. The company's cloud-based Budget Maestro solution has generated five times more revenue in Q3 of this year than for the same period last year. The extraordinary adoption of the cloud platform has also driven a 130% increase in cloud software sales year to date.
Centage remains committed to delivering the financial and operational insight organizations need to improve business performance, and has also garnered independent industry recognition for its efforts.
Notable industry recognition for 2015 include:- Awarded Microsoft Gold Competency for application development;
- Designated a Core Vendor in BPM Partners 2015 BPM Pulse report;
- Selected as a 2015 Golden Bridge Awards finalist for "Innovation in Business Process Management" with Analytics Maestro and "Best Deployment", based on a successful customer case study with M3 Midstream; and,
- Named a finalist nominee in CPA Practice Advisor's annual Innovation Awards.
"Top performing organizations look for solutions that can provide the essential information and process flows needed to effectively and efficiently plan, budget, and forecast", noted Nick Castellina, Senior Research Director, Aberdeen Group. "Part of the solution selection equation is deployment method. Due to cost concerns, easy implementation, and recurring updates, cloud technology has been an attractive alternative to spreadsheets, for organizations that are looking to improve their FP &A processes."
"We have more 7,000 users worldwide across industries including manufacturing, healthcare and non-profit", said Barry Clapp, President & CEO of Centage. "While Budget Maestro's growth has been nearly 30% per year of late, we were constrained by not offering the alternative of cloud access to the product. Since we offered it, adoption and growth has wildly exceeded our expectations. Our customers and market face challenges that demand timely, agile, flexible budgeting, planning and forecasting, and that also enable involvement of a broader number of managers in the process. The budget itself, and financial reports, need to be easily modifiable and should be accessible on whatever technology platform that the customers desire. Adding cloud access continues our mission to make our best in class tool affordable and easy to deploy."
As part of the company's ongoing commitment to ensuring customer success, Centage also introduced a new cloud-based training portal. The Training Center is an extension of the company's "Center of Excellence" program and complements existing educational resources. The complimentary resource for Budget Maestro users is designed to serve as, a study guide for new users, to reinforce what was learned during initial implementation, and as an independent resource for on-demand training.
For more information on Centage follow us on Twitter @Centage or visit our blog http://centage.com/Blog/.
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.
Centage and Budget Maestro are registered trademarks of Centage.CONTACT: David Winterhalter dwinterhalter@centage.com (508) 948-0088
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Johnson Smith Company(TM) Expands Relationship with Yes Lifecycle Marketing
CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yes Lifecycle Marketing, an Infogroup company and multichannel marketing solutions provider, today announced the Johnson Smith Company™ has expanded their relationship with Yes Lifecycle Marketing to include full-service marketing capabilities - analytics, strategy, data and database marketing technology - across their brands.
As one of America's oldest catalog and internet retailers, headquartered in Bradenton, FL, the Johnson Smith Company, relies on Yes Lifecycle Marketing to provide data-driven, actionable insights, and state-of-the-art technology solutions to ensure they are meeting the demands of their customers. By implementing a Marketing Opportunity Diagnosis, Yes Lifecycle Marketing's Agency Services was able to equip the Johnson Smith Company with a comprehensive customer data analysis in order to quantify and fuel revenue growth opportunities.
"Yes Lifecycle Marketing has provided us with the insights and guidance to help lead our business into becoming a better multichannel cataloger," said Johnson Smith Company's, Ellen Pullman, Director of Marketing. "They understand our customers, our business and our vision."
Key reasons the Johnson Smith Company selected Yes Lifecycle Marketing include:- Innovative data and analytics solutions
- Thought Leadership
- Database marketing expertise
- Responsiveness and collaboration of the client service team
"The Johnson Smith Company has long been a household name in cataloging for novelties, gifts and collectibles," said Michael Fisher, president of Yes Lifecycle Marketing. "We are thrilled to be an integral partner as the Johnson Smith Company further evolves into a multichannel marketer."
"Yes Lifecycle Marketing is well positioned to help traditional cataloguers adapt to the multichannel age of marketing," said Mike Iaccarino, CEO and Chairman, of Infogroup. "Our expertise as a services and technology partner gives clients the opportunity to facilitate progress and develop strategies that impact the bottom line."
About Johnson Smith CompanyFounded in 1904 by Alfred Johnson Smith in Australia and launched in the United States in 1914, is celebrating its 97th anniversary in 2011. Based in Bradenton, Florida, The Johnson Smith Company serves millions of people through its four catalogs and complementary web sites - The Lighter Side (www.LighterSide.com), Things You Never Knew Existed (www.ThingsYouNeverKnew.com), Betty's Attic (www.BettysAttic.com), and Full of Life (www.FullOfLife.com). The Johnson Smith Company is a member of The Direct Marketing Association, American Catalog Association, The New England Mail Order Association, the Manatee (Fla.) Chamber of Commerce and Better Business Bureau. Find out more information at: www.johnsonsmith.com.
About Yes Lifecycle MarketingYes Lifecycle Marketing provides solutions that orchestrate cross-channel marketing communications to drive results and revenue. This is accomplished by leveraging technology, data, analytics, creative, and strategy to activate and optimize insights-driven, real-time, relevant communications. This holistic approach gives marketers the ability to source a full-service offering of best-of-breed technology and solutions from a single vendor in order to achieve their desired outcomes across all on and offline channels. To learn more, call 1-877-937-6245, email sales@yeslifecyclemarketing.com or visit www.yeslifecyclemarketing.com.
About InfogroupInfogroup is a marketing services and analytics provider that delivers best in class data-driven customer-centric technology solutions. Our data and software-as-a-service (DaaS & SaaS) offerings help clients of all sizes, from small companies to FORTUNE 100TM enterprises, increase their sales and customer loyalty. Infogroup provides both digital and traditional marketing channel expertise that is enhanced by access to our proprietary data on 235MM individuals and 24MM businesses, which is distributed real-time to our clients. For more information, visit: www.infogroup.com.
CONTACT: Sarah Dietze Phone: 312-241-1471 E-mail: sarah.dietze@walkersands.com
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Johnson Smith Company(TM) Expands Relationship with Yes Lifecycle Marketing
CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yes Lifecycle Marketing, an Infogroup company and multichannel marketing solutions provider, today announced the Johnson Smith Company™ has expanded their relationship with Yes Lifecycle Marketing to include full-service marketing capabilities - analytics, strategy, data and database marketing technology - across their brands.
As one of America's oldest catalog and internet retailers, headquartered in Bradenton, FL, the Johnson Smith Company, relies on Yes Lifecycle Marketing to provide data-driven, actionable insights, and state-of-the-art technology solutions to ensure they are meeting the demands of their customers. By implementing a Marketing Opportunity Diagnosis, Yes Lifecycle Marketing's Agency Services was able to equip the Johnson Smith Company with a comprehensive customer data analysis in order to quantify and fuel revenue growth opportunities.
"Yes Lifecycle Marketing has provided us with the insights and guidance to help lead our business into becoming a better multichannel cataloger," said Johnson Smith Company's, Ellen Pullman, Director of Marketing. "They understand our customers, our business and our vision."
Key reasons the Johnson Smith Company selected Yes Lifecycle Marketing include:- Innovative data and analytics solutions
- Thought Leadership
- Database marketing expertise
- Responsiveness and collaboration of the client service team
"The Johnson Smith Company has long been a household name in cataloging for novelties, gifts and collectibles," said Michael Fisher, president of Yes Lifecycle Marketing. "We are thrilled to be an integral partner as the Johnson Smith Company further evolves into a multichannel marketer."
"Yes Lifecycle Marketing is well positioned to help traditional cataloguers adapt to the multichannel age of marketing," said Mike Iaccarino, CEO and Chairman, of Infogroup. "Our expertise as a services and technology partner gives clients the opportunity to facilitate progress and develop strategies that impact the bottom line."
About Johnson Smith CompanyFounded in 1904 by Alfred Johnson Smith in Australia and launched in the United States in 1914, is celebrating its 97th anniversary in 2011. Based in Bradenton, Florida, The Johnson Smith Company serves millions of people through its four catalogs and complementary web sites - The Lighter Side (www.LighterSide.com), Things You Never Knew Existed (www.ThingsYouNeverKnew.com), Betty's Attic (www.BettysAttic.com), and Full of Life (www.FullOfLife.com). The Johnson Smith Company is a member of The Direct Marketing Association, American Catalog Association, The New England Mail Order Association, the Manatee (Fla.) Chamber of Commerce and Better Business Bureau. Find out more information at: www.johnsonsmith.com.
About Yes Lifecycle MarketingYes Lifecycle Marketing provides solutions that orchestrate cross-channel marketing communications to drive results and revenue. This is accomplished by leveraging technology, data, analytics, creative, and strategy to activate and optimize insights-driven, real-time, relevant communications. This holistic approach gives marketers the ability to source a full-service offering of best-of-breed technology and solutions from a single vendor in order to achieve their desired outcomes across all on and offline channels. To learn more, call 1-877-937-6245, email sales@yeslifecyclemarketing.com or visit www.yeslifecyclemarketing.com.
About InfogroupInfogroup is a marketing services and analytics provider that delivers best in class data-driven customer-centric technology solutions. Our data and software-as-a-service (DaaS & SaaS) offerings help clients of all sizes, from small companies to FORTUNE 100TM enterprises, increase their sales and customer loyalty. Infogroup provides both digital and traditional marketing channel expertise that is enhanced by access to our proprietary data on 235MM individuals and 24MM businesses, which is distributed real-time to our clients. For more information, visit: www.infogroup.com.
CONTACT: Sarah Dietze Phone: 312-241-1471 E-mail: sarah.dietze@walkersands.com
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BMC Named Mobby Award Winner for Best Collaboration and Teamwork App
HOUSTON, Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC, the global leader in software solutions for IT, has been named the winner of the Best Collaboration and Teamwork App in the 2015 Mobby Awards. Selected from a pool of more than 150 nominated apps, the award honors BMC MyEBC, a mobile application designed to deliver an exceptional customer experience for those visiting the company's executive briefing center in Houston.
The MyEBC app provides a holistic approach to the customer's visit with BMC including personalized access to all logistical and content details associated with the visit such as agendas, speaker bios, travel information, presentations and related post briefing collateral.
"At BMC we strive to create intuitive solutions, centered on specific needs that enable our customers to be more productive. MyEBC does just that, and we are excited to be recognized by the industry," said Karen Bintz, area vice president, customer experience, BMC. "The BMC MyEBC app redefines how executive briefing centers can bring digital transformation to life and sets the standard for customer-facing enterprise apps."
MyEBC was developed in collaboration with Appirio's top coder community. "Appirio's developer community is comprised of some of the most talented programming and design experts in the world," says Tom Scott, vice president at Appirio. "We are proud to be a trusted BMC partner and are excited to have been given the opportunity to help build an innovative business application that delivers exceptional customer experiences and interactions."
The Mobby Awards celebrate the best mobile apps for work and productivity across the world. For a list of winners, visit http://tabbyawards.com/business/2015-winners/.
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: Editorial contacts: 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 Named Mobby Award Winner for Best Collaboration and Teamwork App
HOUSTON, Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC, the global leader in software solutions for IT, has been named the winner of the Best Collaboration and Teamwork App in the 2015 Mobby Awards. Selected from a pool of more than 150 nominated apps, the award honors BMC MyEBC, a mobile application designed to deliver an exceptional customer experience for those visiting the company's executive briefing center in Houston.
The MyEBC app provides a holistic approach to the customer's visit with BMC including personalized access to all logistical and content details associated with the visit such as agendas, speaker bios, travel information, presentations and related post briefing collateral.
"At BMC we strive to create intuitive solutions, centered on specific needs that enable our customers to be more productive. MyEBC does just that, and we are excited to be recognized by the industry," said Karen Bintz, area vice president, customer experience, BMC. "The BMC MyEBC app redefines how executive briefing centers can bring digital transformation to life and sets the standard for customer-facing enterprise apps."
MyEBC was developed in collaboration with Appirio's top coder community. "Appirio's developer community is comprised of some of the most talented programming and design experts in the world," says Tom Scott, vice president at Appirio. "We are proud to be a trusted BMC partner and are excited to have been given the opportunity to help build an innovative business application that delivers exceptional customer experiences and interactions."
The Mobby Awards celebrate the best mobile apps for work and productivity across the world. For a list of winners, visit http://tabbyawards.com/business/2015-winners/.
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: Editorial contacts: 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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Next Generation Crucial BX200 SSD is an Ideal Hard Drive Replacement
Key Messages:
- BX200 SSD allows users to load applications in seconds
- Compared to hard drives, computers will boot up almost instantly
- Applications will accelerate in speed
Multimedia Elements:
BOISE, Idaho and GLASGOW, United Kingdom, Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crucial, a leading global brand of memory and storage upgrades, today announced the new Crucial® BX200 solid state drive (SSD), which offers substantial yet affordable performance gains compared to a standard hard drive. The drive, designed for consumers and SMBs, allows users to load applications in seconds, boot up almost instantly, and accelerate every day applications.
The new BX200 provides sequential read and write speeds up to 540 MB/s and 490 MB/s respectively on all types of data, as well as random read and write speeds up to 66k and 78k IOPS respectively. Additionally, when compared to a typical hard drive, the new BX200 is more than 13 times fasteri and 40 times more energy efficientii for almost instantaneous access to data, resulting in longer battery life and a cooler, quieter system. The new drive utilizes a Silicon Motion SM2256 Controller and is coupled with Micron verified firmware, allowing users to upgrade their existing infrastructure at an affordable price, which is a great alternative to buying a whole new system.
"The new Crucial BX200 SSD is an ideal solution for consumers whose computers are slowed down by an old or inadequate hard drive," said Jonathan Weech, senior worldwide product manager, Crucial. "This SSD is the perfect blend of performance and value, allowing a user to get more done and have more fun. Installing a BX200 will help users enjoy their computers again."
Robert Fan, vice president and general manager of Silicon Motion U.S.A., said, "We are excited about our latest partnership with Crucial on the new BX200 SSD. Our high-performance and low power consumption SM2256 controller combined with Micron 16nm TLC NAND helps make the BX200 reliable, fast, energy efficient and affordable."
Available now in a 2.5-inch form factor, the Crucial BX200 SSD is offered in 240GB, 480GB and 960GBiii with MSRPs of $84.99, $149.99 and $299.99, respectively, and is available at crucial.com. The new drive is supported by the Crucial Storage Executive tool, is backed by a limited three-year warranty, and is compatible with both PC and Mac® systems. The BX200 also comes standard with Acronis® True Image™ HD data migration software that moves all files, operating systems, settings and programs from an existing hard drive to the newly installed SSD. For more information about Crucial SSDs, please visit www.crucial.com/bx200.
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About Micron
Micron Technology, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets a full range of DRAM, NAND and NOR flash memory, as well as other innovative memory technologies, packaging solutions and semiconductor systems for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, embedded and mobile products. Micron's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit www.micron.com.
©2015 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Information, products, and/or specifications are subject to change without notice. Neither Crucial nor Micron Technology, Inc. is responsible for omissions or errors in typography or photography. Micron, the Micron logo, Crucial, and the Crucial logo are trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. Acronis® and True Image™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acronis International GmbH or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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i Performance level based on comparative benchmark scores of the Crucial BX200 SSD and the Western Digital® Caviar Blue™ WD10EZEX internal hard drive. Actual performance level may vary based on benchmark used and individual system configuration. Test setup: 256GB Crucial m4 SSD as the primary storage drive, paired with a 960GB Crucial BX200 SSD and a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue internal hard drive as secondary drives (each secondary drive tested separately). All tests conducted on an Asus® Maximus VII Gene motherboard, Intel® i7-4790K 4.0GHz processor, SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 video card, BIOS Rev. 2801, and Windows® 7 Pro 64-bit operating system using PCMark Vantage HDD test suite. Benchmark testing conducted September 2015.
ii Active average power use comparison based on published specs of the 960GB Crucial BX200 SSD and the 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue internal hard drive.
iii 1 GB equals 1 billion bytes. Actual usable capacity may vary.CONTACT: Media Contact: US Contact: Brittany Hendrickson InkHouse Media + Marketing +1 (415) 299-6370 crucial@inkhouse.com www.crucial.com
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Next Generation Crucial BX200 SSD is an Ideal Hard Drive Replacement
Key Messages:
- BX200 SSD allows users to load applications in seconds
- Compared to hard drives, computers will boot up almost instantly
- Applications will accelerate in speed
Multimedia Elements:
BOISE, Idaho and GLASGOW, United Kingdom, Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crucial, a leading global brand of memory and storage upgrades, today announced the new Crucial® BX200 solid state drive (SSD), which offers substantial yet affordable performance gains compared to a standard hard drive. The drive, designed for consumers and SMBs, allows users to load applications in seconds, boot up almost instantly, and accelerate every day applications.
The new BX200 provides sequential read and write speeds up to 540 MB/s and 490 MB/s respectively on all types of data, as well as random read and write speeds up to 66k and 78k IOPS respectively. Additionally, when compared to a typical hard drive, the new BX200 is more than 13 times fasteri and 40 times more energy efficientii for almost instantaneous access to data, resulting in longer battery life and a cooler, quieter system. The new drive utilizes a Silicon Motion SM2256 Controller and is coupled with Micron verified firmware, allowing users to upgrade their existing infrastructure at an affordable price, which is a great alternative to buying a whole new system.
"The new Crucial BX200 SSD is an ideal solution for consumers whose computers are slowed down by an old or inadequate hard drive," said Jonathan Weech, senior worldwide product manager, Crucial. "This SSD is the perfect blend of performance and value, allowing a user to get more done and have more fun. Installing a BX200 will help users enjoy their computers again."
Robert Fan, vice president and general manager of Silicon Motion U.S.A., said, "We are excited about our latest partnership with Crucial on the new BX200 SSD. Our high-performance and low power consumption SM2256 controller combined with Micron 16nm TLC NAND helps make the BX200 reliable, fast, energy efficient and affordable."
Available now in a 2.5-inch form factor, the Crucial BX200 SSD is offered in 240GB, 480GB and 960GBiii with MSRPs of $84.99, $149.99 and $299.99, respectively, and is available at crucial.com. The new drive is supported by the Crucial Storage Executive tool, is backed by a limited three-year warranty, and is compatible with both PC and Mac® systems. The BX200 also comes standard with Acronis® True Image™ HD data migration software that moves all files, operating systems, settings and programs from an existing hard drive to the newly installed SSD. For more information about Crucial SSDs, please visit www.crucial.com/bx200.
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i Performance level based on comparative benchmark scores of the Crucial BX200 SSD and the Western Digital® Caviar Blue™ WD10EZEX internal hard drive. Actual performance level may vary based on benchmark used and individual system configuration. Test setup: 256GB Crucial m4 SSD as the primary storage drive, paired with a 960GB Crucial BX200 SSD and a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue internal hard drive as secondary drives (each secondary drive tested separately). All tests conducted on an Asus® Maximus VII Gene motherboard, Intel® i7-4790K 4.0GHz processor, SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 video card, BIOS Rev. 2801, and Windows® 7 Pro 64-bit operating system using PCMark Vantage HDD test suite. Benchmark testing conducted September 2015.
ii Active average power use comparison based on published specs of the 960GB Crucial BX200 SSD and the 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue internal hard drive.
iii 1 GB equals 1 billion bytes. Actual usable capacity may vary.CONTACT: Media Contact: US Contact: Brittany Hendrickson InkHouse Media + Marketing +1 (415) 299-6370 crucial@inkhouse.com www.crucial.com
