 | WHAM-O Celebrates Five Decades of Hip-Shakin' Fun as the World Famous Hula Hoop Turns 50 Years Old : 2008 Marks 50 Years Since Wham-O Set Off The Hoop Craze Of 1958 With The Introduction Of Its "Gravity Defying" Hula Hoop, Which Has Since Become An American Icon Of Self Expression
WHAM-O®, Inc., the originator of innovative outdoor fun, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of one its most popular and iconic toys, the legendary Hula Hoop®. Officially born (filed for trademark) on June 19th, 1958 by WHAM-O co-founders Arthur Melin and Richard Knerr, the Hula Hoop continues to evoke the same energy, emotion and excitement in “kids” of all ages that it has for the past five decades on the beaches, backyards and playgrounds of America. 2008-06-19 |
 | Children of America Exhibits at the International Council of Shopping Centers' Global Retail Real Estate Convention : Quality Childcare Provider Launches Educational Radio Podcasts on Web Site
World Wide Child Care Corp. (Pink Sheets:WWCC) subsidiary Children of America’s real estate department recently participated in the Global Retail Real Estate Convention in Las Vegas hosted by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). The annual convention is the world’s largest professional real estate event. 2008-06-19 |
 |  Forterra Systems and Clever Zebra Partner for vBusiness Expo and Virtual Worlds Events : 3D Conferences and Events Provide Equivalent Experience Without Travel Cost and Time
Forterra Systems, the market and technology leader in enterprise-grade virtual worlds, announced today a sponsorship of the July 2008 vBusiness Expo produced by Clever Zebra, and a partnership to deliver future enterprise virtual world events. vBusiness Expo is the leading conference focused on enterprise use cases of virtual worlds. The event is entirely hosted within a virtual world, and brings together thought leaders and innovators from across the physical globe to discuss how virtual world technologies are being used in business. 2008-06-19 |
 | Accountants Experience Breakthrough Productivity with New Intuit Offerings : Accountant Work Exchange Alleviates Critical Staffing Shortage Distress; Document Management System Enables QuickBooks Consultants and Small Business Owners to Go Paperless and Reduce Operating Costs
Accountants and QuickBooks ProAdvisors have converged today at Intuit Inc.’s (Nasdaq:INTU) first Accounting Professionals User Conference to examine important critical issues that currently threaten their ability to work productively across their most critical tasks. To address the need for greater productivity, Intuit showcased two new offerings that will enable accountants to work more efficiently and better serve their clients: Intuit Accountant Work Exchange and Intuit Document Management System for QuickBooks® Accounting. 2008-06-19 |
Wize Releases the 'Wize Best Summer Products' : Free Web Site Finds the Best Products for You, According to Qualified Reviews From All Over the Web
Just in time for summer, Wize (www.wize.com), the product research Web site that makes deciding which products are best for you extremely easy, is releasing the 'Wize Best Summer Products', a list of the best products for summer as determined by thousands of user and expert reviews. 2008-06-19
More Than 1,000 Graduates of Limited-English-Proficiency (LEP) Educational Pilot Program Honored in Santa Ana
As family members and friends cheered them on, hundreds of Hispanic adults received certificates today from the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) and the California State Senate and Assembly signifying that they have successfully completed a Limited English-Proficiency (LEP) educational pilot program provided through the English Works initiative of the Greater Santa Ana Business Alliance. The event took place at the Valley High School Auditorium in Santa Ana. 2008-06-19
 | TriQuint Semiconductor Reveals Gallium Nitride Products, Opens Industry's 1st GaN Foundry Service : TriQuint Introduces New High Frequency GaN Product Family, First GaN Foundry Service Opened for September Starts
TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TQNT), a leading RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, today released the first of its gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors for a wide range of high frequency applications including mobile base station, defense and space communications systems. TriQuint also announced opening the industry’s first GaN Foundry service for customers with circuit designs intended for production starts in September, 2008. 2008-06-18 |
 | Neocleus Raises Over $11M in Series B Financing : Virtualization Pioneer to Invest in Product Development, Sales and Marketing
Neocleus, a pioneer in endpoint virtualization, today announced that it has raised $11.4M in Series B funding. Neocleus’ solutions create a more flexible, secure and efficient endpoint infrastructure. The round was led by Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Funds, the company’s original investors. 2008-06-18 |
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Software Helps Creativity Inc. Win TechTarget 2008 Midmarket IT Leadership Award : -- Creative arts manufacturer recognized for successful IT implementations, including IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, that helped drive efficiencies and support key business initiatives --
Cognos, an IBM company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management, announced today that Creativity Inc. VP of IT, Jim Mulholland, has won a TechTarget® Midmarket IT Leadership Award for successfully executing a variety of IT initiatives, including the implementation of an enterprise-wide performance management system, that led to significant productivity gains. 2008-06-18
 | Toshiba Introduces Two New Affordable Lightweight Projectors : TDP-XP1U and TDP-XP2U Projectors Offer Mobility Extended Lamp Life and Lower Total Cost of Ownership in a Compact 4.8-Pound Form Factor
Building upon its leadership in the small projector category, Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced two additions to its line of lightweight mobile projectors with the TDP-XP1U and the TDP-XP2U. 2008-06-18 |
 | Sales Savvy for Start-Ups: Seven Mistakes to Avoid -- Sales Expert Identifies Pitfalls for Entrepreneurs
The number one mistake that start-up companies make in sales is targeting the wrong person, according to Bill Behnke, a “serial sales manager” for entrepreneurial firms. 2008-06-18 |
 | Toshiba Announces Multimedia Projector for Large Presentation Halls : Priced at $2,679, TDP-T420U Projector Offers 4,000 ANSI Lumens and Multimedia Capabilities
Adding to its award-winning projector lineup, Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the launch of the 4,000 ANSI lumen TDP-T420U projector for just $2,6791 (MSRP). This new high-brightness DLP® projector is covered under Toshiba's three-year standard limited warranty2 , includes a wide range of multimedia capabilities and connectivity options and was designed for presentations in large venues, such as house of worship (HOW) auditoriums, meeting rooms, lecture halls and conference rooms. 2008-06-18 |
 | Toshiba Launches Premium Wireless Projector for Large Venues : TDP-TW420U Features Multi-screen Functionality, Windows Vista(R) Wireless Network Capabilities and PC-Free' Presentations for $2,919
Adding to its award-winning projector lineup, Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the launch of a high-powered projector, the TDP-TW420U. This new DLP® XGA projector is the company's first presentation solution with multi-screen functionality, which allows users to network up to four projectors from a single computer to create larger images for a variety of venue sizes. This innovative projector is affordably priced at $2,9191 (MSRP) and offers Toshiba's three-year standard limited warranty2. 2008-06-18 |
 | Sun Microsystems Releases New Version of Open Source Database Platform for Carrier Grade Telecommunications Environments : MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition 6.3 Reduces Risk of Site-Level Failures; Simplifies Development and Deployment of Network Subscriber Databases
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the general availability of MySQL(TM) Cluster Carrier Grade Edition 6.3, the latest version of its high-availability open source database, especially designed and certified for use in carrier grade telecom environments, such as Subscriber Data Management systems (HLR, HSS) and in Service Delivery Platforms. This new release enables Service Providers and Network Equipment Providers to deploy larger database applications and provide data availability across geographies in case of site-level failure. Additional MySQL Cluster 6.3 information and downloads are available now at http://www.mysql.com/cluster. 2008-06-18 |
 | Tresys Announces Desktop Virtualization Security Solution for High-Risk Environments : Enables Strong Security and Operational Integrity for Virtualized Systems
Tresys Technology, a provider of technology and services for customers with high security requirements, today announces the availability of Tresys VM Fortress™ – a patent-pending secure desktop virtualization technology for organizations seeking strong security and operational integrity. VM Fortress gives organizations with high-end security needs the ability to utilize desktop virtualization without compromising protection by strengthening the guest operations system and the virtualization software itself to withstand the most threatening of compromises. VM Fortress provides a level of security high above most conventional requirements, which enables mission-critical organizations to leverage desktop virtual machine (VM) technology. 2008-06-18 |
 | Sun Expands Sun Blade Family With New Four Socket Blade Server for HPC and Enterprise Applications : Sun Blade X6450 Server Module Delivers 50% More Memory and up to 71% Greater Density Than Competitive Blades
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the availability of its newest Sun Blade(TM) x64 system, offering industry-leading memory capacity to run the most compute-intensive HPC and enterprise applications. The Sun Blade X6450 Server Module, powered by four high-performance dual-or-quad core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 7300 series, enables 50% more memory capacity than competitive blade servers from HP, IBM and Dell, making it an ideal, energy efficient platform for virtualization and applications in vertical industries such as manufacturing, energy and financial services. Running a choice of operating systems, including the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS), Linux, Windows and VMware, the Sun Blade X6450 Server Module gives customers the flexibility to run existing 32-bit applications as they migrate to 64-bit applications. To take advantage of special offers and promotions for the Sun Blade X6450 server, including Sun's Try and Buy program, visit: 2008-06-18 |
 | Dr. Shan Nair Receives Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award : Asian American Business Development Center Recognizes Asian American Professionals for Their Accomplishments in the Industry
The seventh annual Outstanding 50 awards banquet held at the historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York city attracted over 500 of the most prominent members and leaders from a broad range of businesses and industries. On behalf of the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award was presented to Dr. Shan Nair of Nair & Co, in acknowledgment of his accomplishments at achieving the highest professional standards. Congressman Anthony D.Weiner, the Guest of Honor, together with Leroy Comrie and Larry Seabrook, New York City Council, Stephen Orlins, National Committee on US - China Relations, Kyung Keun Kim, Consulate General of Korea, Cecilia Rebong, Consulate General Philippines, Am Gondane, Deputy Consulate General of India and WCBS-TV news anchor Cindy Hsu who served as Mistress of Ceremonies, all participated in honoring this year’s award recipients. 2008-06-18 |
 | Sun Expands Sun Constellation System Family : New HPC Solutions Target Both Divisional and Supercomputing Environments, Sun Spotlights Open Storage and Open Source Software for HPC at ISC 2008
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAVA) today expanded its HPC portfolio with new products and solutions aimed to enable mainstream HPC customers across all industries to take advantage of the benefits of Sun's superscale computing technologies, including the Sun(TM) Constellation System which runs the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) and Linux. Sun Constellation System additions enable customers to scale from a single rack at approximately 7 TFlops to over 2 PFlops within the same, compatible architecture - allowing customers to deploy a scalable high-performance cluster in any datacenter. Sun also announced a new Storage and Archive solution for HPC and updated software and development tools that simplify HPC cluster installation and management. Find out more about today's software updates and how they can be quickly and easily downloaded: http://www.sun.com/servers/hpc/software.jsp. 2008-06-18 |
 | Oblicore Takes Healthcare Service Level Management to the Next Level : Catholic Health East Experiences High ROI managing its SLAs using Oblicore Guarantee
Oblicore, the leading provider of Service Level Management solutions, today announced that Catholic Health East has transformed its IT operations using Oblicore Guarantee. Catholic Health East’s geographically diverse IT operations serve nearly 50,000 colleagues across eleven states. After using the solution for one year, the organization has leveraged the solution, along with a strong continual service improvement process, to standardize and centralize its service offerings for: 2008-06-18 |
 | Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor-Based Servers from Dell Achieves Top Score for Virtualization Performance : Top VMmark™ Benchmark Score with Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ SE Processors in Dell PowerEdge R905 Server
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that a four-socket server from Dell with Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ SE processors has achieved the top score for virtualization performance based on the VMmark™ benchmark from VMware. The Dell PowerEdge R905 with Quad-Core AMD Opteron SE processors notched an official top score for four-socket servers of 14.17 and achieved a score of 10 tiles or 60 virtual machines. 2008-06-18 |
Employee Benefit Specialists Increases Productivity with MegaPath Bonded T1 Service : MegaPath Bonded T1 Service Delivers High Speed Internet Access for Business Critical Applications
MegaPath Inc., the leading provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, today announced that Employee Benefit Specialists (EBS), a provider of employee benefits administration and communications services deployed MegaPath's Bonded T1 service to increase the reliability and performance of the company's business critical applications. MegaPath's Bonded T1 service enables EBS to lower infrastructure costs, while also providing a fully managed service that reduces the company's network management overhead. 2008-06-18
 | DailyMe Launches New User-Centric News Destination : Offers Three Distinct Editions: Personalized 'DailyMe,' Community-Driven 'DailyWe,' Editor-Selected 'Top News' Licensed News Content, Advanced Delivery Provide Unparalleled Experience
DailyMe, Inc. (http://dailyme.com), an interactive media and technology start-up, today announced the launch of DailyMe.com, a new user-centric news destination that offers top-quality content and advanced features as well as three distinct editions: personalized, community driven and editor selected. 2008-06-18 |
Inovis TrustedLink Solutions Achieve SAP® Certified Integration Status : Certified Integration to Benefit Businesses of All Sizes
Inovis USA, a leading provider of on-demand Business Community Management solutions, today announced that its TrustedLink® family of translators has achieved “Certified for SAP NetWeaver®” status. The TrustedLink® Enterprise 6.1, TrustedLink 6.1 EDI Interface and TrustedLink® System i 6.2 EDI interface have been proven to integrate with the SAP® ERP application Release 5.0 via the EDI subsystems 4.0 (CA-EDI) integration scenario, providing benefits to businesses of all sizes. 2008-06-18
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