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a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipment, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sierra Monolithics, Inc. for $180 million in cash. Headquartered in Irvine, California with design centers in Irvine and Redondo Beach, California, Sierra Monolithics provides high performance analog ICs and solutions for a wide array of communications systems and applications. The transaction is expected to be accretive to Semtech’s GAAP earnings per share within twelve months of the transaction closing and is expected to be immediately accretive to Semtech’s Non-GAAP gross margins and Non-GAAP earnings per share.Sierra Monolithics, Inc. was founded in 1986, and has approximately 110 employees including over 60 engineers. SMI has experienced significant growth over the past few years fueled by rapid growth in traffic over both wireline and wireless telecom networks. Market growth drivers for SMI include growing video traffic over the internet, competition between cable operators and telecom carriers, emergence of datacenters, cloud computing, and wireless data services. Over the last five years, SMI has grown revenue at a compound annual growth rate of over 40%.SMI is the recognized leader in the 40Gbps and 100Gbps SERDES space. Its 40Gbps SERDES product portfolio includes multiple chip sets which address all the major 40Gbps modulation schemes currently being deployed worldwide. These leadership products have enabled SMI to become a key supplier to almost all of the major telecom OEMs and Optical module customers offering 40Gbps solutions. Following up on its success in the 40Gbps SERDES arena, SMI was also the first semiconductor company to provide both client side as well as line side 100Gbps SERDES chip sets for the emerging 100Gbps telecom and datacom markets. In addition, SMI leverages its expertise in high frequency wireless technologies and protocols to deliver wireless solutions for high performance military and wireless networking applications.Sierra Monolithics expects to generate approximately $50 million of revenue for calendar with gross margins towards the high end of Semtech’s stated gross margin model of 55% to 60%. Driven by its growing product portfolio and the rapid growth markets it addresses, Sierra Monolithics expects to continue the rapid growth vector it has been on over the last five years, including revenue growth of approximately 20% to 30% in calendar Sierra Monolithics’ focus on providing leading solutions to the core communications infrastructure and leading edge defense markets enhances Semtech’s value proposition to major customers in these markets. With the acquisition of Sierra Monolithics, Semtech adds an additional, high growth revenue stream to Semtech’s portfolio of growth engines.“We are extremely excited to have Sierra Monolithics become a part of Semtech,” said Mohan Maheswaran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Semtech. “Sierra Monolithics has the benefit of over 20 years of innovation, design and commercialization of high performance Analog ICs and solutions and brings to Semtech a world-class engineering team.
leader in Cloud operations, today announced three innovative OpSource Cloud partner programs that offer incentives, discounts and easy technology on-ramps for individuals and companies of all sizes looking to enter the lucrative cloud computing space. Available for online purchase by the hour from www.opsourcecloud.net : , OpSource Cloud is the first cloud to bring together the flexibility, availability and community of the public cloud with the security, performance and control the enterprise requires. To take advantage of OpSource Cloud’s power and help hasten mass adoption of cloud computing : , OpSource is offering a referral plan, SI/Developer/VAR discount program and a white label technology opportunity. These plans enable third parties to share cloud revenues and quickly build businesses in this white hot space.The unique referral partner plan is open to any individual, OpSource Cloud customer or not, who helps sign up new customers. All an individual or company has to do is encourage their customers, partners — or even their friends and family — to create an OpSource Cloud account. They then earn 10 percent of their referral’s first six month net fees while the referral gets to enjoy 25 percent off their first month using OpSource Cloud. This creates a lucrative revenue stream for individuals interested in promoting cloud computing. To apply to become a referral partner, please visit opsourcecloud.net/partners/referrals/ : .
“OpSource has created some truly innovative partner programs that are helping businesses make the most of all the cloud economy has to offer,”
said Steve Wagner, CEO, Servoterra. “We are already using OpSource Cloud and now through the referral program we can easily bring the same powerful, cost-effective capabilities to our customers. It’s a win for us and for our growing customer base.”OpSource has also created a plan to incent system integrators, developers and value-added resellers to use OpSource Cloud as a platform to deliver their products and services. To participate, these firms declare their eligibility, sign-up online and are automatically accepted into the SI/Developer/VAR program. They then open an OpSource Cloud account and receive an incremental ten percent discount on all OpSource Cloud services they consume in delivering their product or service. The program is easy to join and the discount applies to all OpSource Cloud plans, resulting in discounts of as much as thirty percent. For more information, please visit opsourcecloud.net/partners/sidevar/ : .The OpSource Cloud White Label Program speeds up time to market for companies wishing to offer their own infrastructure as a service solution.Rather than investing in Cloud development they can benefit from the years of development and millions of dollars OpSource has invested in developing its enterprise class Cloud while they focus their resources on marketing and selling their white labeled Cloud solution. The white labeled OpSource Cloud runs on OpSource infrastructure and includes: re-branded OpSource Cloud software; support of the application, including regular code releases; and OpSource Billing CLM(TM) integration. This program includes a significant discount off OpSource’s pay-as-you-go pricing based on volume as well as optional community support and website integration. For more information,”Cloud computing has the potential to change forever the way technology is consumed, by individual developers to the largest IT organizations. It is a veritable gold rush,” said Richard Dym, CMO, OpSource. “With our partner programs, we are helping cloud proponents build successful cloud businesses faster than they imagined possible, while saving money to boot. We’ve eliminated the need for them to invest in cloud development and also created potential referral revenue streams for them. Technology today is all about the cloud, and OpSource is committed to building a powerful, inclusive cloud ecosystem.”
OpSource Cloud offers companies the true Cloud, combining the availability, flexibility and community of the public Cloud with the security, performance and control that the enterprise demands. Its features include:
Best of the Public Cloud : Easy online sign-up with infrastructure provisioning in minutes
Pay by the hour and only for what you use, with no commitment Community resources for sharing and collaboration, third party add-ins
and configurations Web interface plus complete set of APIs Enterprise Security & Compliance : Virtual Private Clouds with user-specified public Internetconnectivity Unique customizable security for firewalls User-level login/password and access controlSAS 70 Audited Cloud One hundred percent uptime OpSource provides complete Cloud operations, infrastructure and services for companies of all sizes, from Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ISVs to the enterprise, with hundreds of applications, millions of users and billions of transactions supported daily.
OpSource is the first Cloud to bring together the flexibility, availability and community of the public Cloud with the security, performance and control the enterprise demands. Emphasizing security, OpSource Cloud provides enterprise users with a Virtual Private Cloud within the public Cloud, allowing them to determine their own degree of Internet connectivity. For more information, visit www.opsourcecloud.net : .OpSource On-Demand empowers SaaS ISVs to bring the Cloud to the enterprise by quickly and securely delivering their applications and services over the Web. Going far beyond full-featured managed hosting, the comprehensive, award-winning Cloud operations solution includes the application management, compliance and business services that are necessary for on-demand business success.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., OpSource has Cloud and Web application delivery centers in Virginia, London and Bangalore. For more information about OpSource, visit www.opsource.net : .
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Service Model UI: A redesigned and significantly more complete interface for manipulating Role configuration information. To access, double-click on a role node in the Solution Explorer.Windows Azure Service Hosting Runtime Managed Library: The latest version of the Service Hosting Runtime API includes support for enhanced communication between roles and for runtime notification of service configuration changes. Direct communication between role instances enables new application development scenarios, including applications that distribute state across role instances. Service configuration changes include an increase or decrease in the number of request role instances and changes to the values of configuration settings.
Windows Azure Diagnostics Managed Library: The new Diagnostics API enables logging using standard .NET APIs. The Diagnostics API provides built-in support for collecting standard logs and diagnostic information, including the Windows Azure logs, IIS 7.0 logs, Failed Request logs, crash dumps, Windows Event logs, performance counters, and custom logs. Windows Azure Storage Client Managed Library: The Storage Client library provides a .NET API for accessing the Windows Azure storage services. Certificate Management: Enhanced support for SSL certificates in Windows Azure and in the Windows Azure SDK enables the secure automated deployment of certificates to services hosted on Windows Azure. Variable-size Virtual Machines (VMs): Developers may now specify the size of the virtual machine to which they wish to deploy a role instance, based on the role’s resource requirements. The size of the VM determines the number of CPU cores, the memory capacity, and the local file system size allocated to a running instance. External endpoints for worker roles. A worker role may now define any number of external endpoints for HTTP, HTTPS, and TCP, and specify the desired port number for any external endpoint. Development Storage: Development storage provides a high-fidelity simulation of the Windows Azure storage services in the cloud. Tables can now be created dynamically in the development storage Table service. Additional role templates: Support for ASP.NET MVC 2 worker roles (2010 only), and WCF Service Application web roles. Updated Samples: The samples included with the Windows Azure SDK have been updated to demonstrate new features. The samples now include both C# and Visual Basic versions.”
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SuccessFactors, Inc. the global leader in business execution software, today announced at its European customer conference in Barcelona, Spain, that global tape solutions specialist, Scapa Group plc, has deployed the SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management suite to execute its global management strategy across six countries.
Scapa is a world class provider of specialist tape solutions. With an unrivalled range of adhesive tapes, films and foams, Scapa offers customers the benefit of dealing with a core supplier and manufacturer. With a global presence and experience in fast-moving markets, Scapa operates in a number of key markets, including automotive, building and construction, cable, industrial assembly, medical, printing and graphics, as well as sports and entertainment.”Our board conducted a strategic review last to create a new vision and strategy for the business with a focus on employee engagement,” said Julie Hulme, Head of People Development at Scapa. “From a people perspective, we wanted to develop and manage employees better through investment in individual talent, and ensure we are all fully aligned with the corporate objectives of the business. Our decision to select SuccessFactors was a global issue. They support multiple languages, have rich, easy to use functionality, and are the market leaders. The SuccessFactors platform will enable us to raise the competency levels of our management, identify needs, ensure alignment and accountability of individuals, and enable us to better execute against our management strategy at a global level.”Scapa is in the process of deploying the SuccessFactors suite to 250 senior management, middle management, as well as managers and supervisors in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Canada and the USA over the next twelve months.SuccessFactors CMO, Paul Albright, added, “Scapa is another example of a company that is using SuccessFactors to truly harness its internal talent and align business execution at a global level. We look forward to helping Scapa achieve its global objectives through better visibility, accountability and business performance.”
SuccessFactors recently unveiled its cloud-based Business Execution (BizX) Software suite, which enables companies to bridge the gap between strategy and execution. The Business Execution Software suite empowers the C-level and human resources professionals alike to tie the performance of their people directly to overall business goals and execute more effectively everyday.
the premier people management software and services provider, today announced Saba People Management Cloud™, an edition of Saba’s people management solutions to be delivered on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
By enabling Saba’s award winning products for the Amazon cloud, large and mid-sized enterprises will be able to easily unify, engage, mobilize and foster collaboration across their value chain while simultaneously reducing overall project implementation costs. Amazon Web Services has become a leader in cloud computing services, and provides a proven, trusted, robust, and highly scalable platform to support Saba’s On Premise and OnDemand services.
The Saba People Management Cloud will give companies the elasticity to use as little or as many of Saba’s services as they need, while paying only for what they use, with no up-front expenses. Both OnDemand and OnPremise customers will be able to take advantage of the Saba People Management Cloud as business needs dictate.
“Saba’s goal is to change the ROI equation for people management solutions by delivering a people management cloud that enables value-added services to reduce costs and increase efficiencies” said Bobby Yazdani, chairman and CEO of Saba. “The AWS cloud platform will allow customers to re-configure business processes to gain significant efficiencies in logistics, commerce, distribution and other third party services.” About Saba Founded in 1997, Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) is the premier global provider of strategic human capital management (HCM) software and services. Saba’s people management solutions are used by more than 1,300 organizations and over 17 million end users worldwide. Saba’s solutions increase organizational performance by aligning workforce goals with organizational strategy; developing, managing and rewarding their people; and improving collaboration.
Saba product offerings address all aspects of strategic HCM and are available both on-premise and OnDemand (www.saba.com/products). To ensure long-term customer success, our global services capabilities and partnerships provide strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support.
Saba customers include Alcatel-Lucent; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; BMW; Caterpillar; CEMEX; Cisco Systems; Daimler; Dell; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; EDS, an HP company; EMC Corporation; FedEx Office; Insurance Australia Group; Kaiser Permanente; Lockheed Martin; Medtronic; National Australia Bank; Novartis; Petrobras; Procter & Gamble; Renault; Royal Bank of Scotland; Scotiabank; Singapore Ministry of Finance; Sprint; Standard Chartered Bank; Stanford University; Swedbank; Tata Consultancy Services; Wyndham International; Weyerhaeuser; Underwriters Laboratories; and the U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Treasury/Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Navy.
Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Saba has offices on five continents. For more information, please visit www.saba.com or call +1-877-SABA-101 or +1-650-779-2791.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, statements regarding the availability, features and benefits of Saba People Management Cloud. Saba’s actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties Saba faces that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with: Saba’s dependence on growth of the markets for Saba’s products, dependence on acceptance of Saba’s products by customers and channel partners, fluctuation in customer spending, length of Saba’s sales cycle, competition, rapid technological change, dependence on new product introductions and enhancements and potential software defects. Readers should also refer to the section entitled “Risk Factors” on pages 12 through 23 of Saba’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2009 and similar disclosures in subsequent Saba periodic SEC reports. The forward-looking statements and risks stated in this press release are based on information available to Saba today. Saba assumes no obligation to update them.
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