Sunday 01 August 2010
Interactive Data Corp., a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the data and tools assets of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.’s Online Financial Solutions (”OFS”) business.The transaction is expected to be completed within the next several weeks, contingent upon customary closing conditions.In a release, the Company noted that the OFS data and tools are used to develop and host Web-based solutions, including news, market data, research and advanced charting, portfolio management and alerting capabilities, for approximately 200 financial institutions, active investor services, and media Web portals. These OFS assets were formerly part of MarketWatch Licensing Services prior to the acquisition of MarketWatch, Dow Jones will retain its news business and enter into a non-exclusive redistribution agreement with Interactive Data to sell MarketWatch news to new and existing customers in the OFS market.Interactive Data said that it plans to integrate the acquired OFS assets into its U.S. Managed Solutions group, which is part of Interactive Data Real-Time Services. The Company expects to retain a number of employees currently affiliated with the OFS business, which has operations in Minneapolis, New York City and San Francisco. As part of the plans to migrate the OFS customers into Interactive Data’s technical infrastructure, Interactive Data and Dow Jones have entered into a transition services agreement for hosting and other related services for up to two years.
“We believe that acquiring these OFS assets will further accelerate the progress we’ve made over the past several years to rapidly grow our Web-based solutions business in North America,” said Ray D’Arcy, Interactive Data’s president and chief executive officer. “We see attractive opportunities for us to further expand OFS’s business with its institutional customers by offering them a much broader range of services and solutions. In addition, this acquisition will bring us valuable development and support resources that can help us further scale this part of our business.”
Assuming the transaction closes within the next several weeks, Interactive Data anticipates that the transaction will be cash flow positive and earnings neutral in 2009 and 2010, and, through a combination of planned revenue growth and operational synergies, accretive to earnings by
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.
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NuMobile, Inc. (OTCBB: NUBL) today announced that the Company has scheduled a Webcast for Tuesday, to review an anticipated third acquisition. The acquisition is anticipated to diversify NuMobile’s existing portfolio of software applications and is anticipated to be complete before year-end. NuMobile is a smartphone and mobile computing software company growing through a roll-up strategy to build a portfolio of mobile software solutions. A link to the Webcast is scheduled to be published on the corporate website www.numobileinc.com upon release.
Recent Acquisitions in NuMobile Roll-up Strategy and Increased Sales ChannelsIn its strategy to build a portfolio of mobile software solution, NuMobile has recently announced the acquisitions of Stonewall Networks, Inc. and Enhance Network Communication, Inc., software companies with proprietary technology focused on mobile network security. As a result of recent acquisitions, the Company has also announced that it anticipates signing its first substantial contract before the end of 2009 for an estimated $20 million and $8 million gross margin.
To grow the Company’s sales channels, NuMobile began participating in the Greenfield Partnership program earlier this year. The Greenfield program is focused on accelerating the introduction of new technologies into emerging markets around the world where technology buying is on the rise, while improving return on investment (ROI) potential. Through the Greenfield program, NuMobile solutions have been added to a channel marketing partnership with a client list that includes Wal-Mart Brazil, DHL, Embraer, Avon, L-Oreal, Hitachi, Motorola and Visa International. The Greenfield program enables new technologies to be introduced in China, Southeast Asia, North and South America and Africa and NuMobile has recently announced marketing initiatives in China, South America and Africa.
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About NuMobile, Inc. (www.numobileinc.com)
NuMobile is building a portfolio of security and software solutions for the global mobile computing and smartphone market. Through a roll-up strategy, NuMobile plans to acquire and develop mobile computing solutions for a variety of applications, including mobile banking, for the global marketplace. The demand for mobile security and software applications is being driven in large part by the growing number of mobile phone sales into emerging economies that currently do not have substantial access to the Internet via desktop computing. Already in North America, the Company has also forged a partnership in the Chinese market and is developing a plan for the emerging economies of Latin America and East Africa. NuMobile is a SEC fully-reporting public company listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board.
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New Jersey-based Gossimer, a full-fledged web hosting and domain name transfer company, has launched the drive to pull the domain portfolio builders by offering one year free extension on every domain transferred to Gossimer. The new offer will be particularly beneficial for those who maintain domain names portfolios. This new development, when seen in the light of recent product offerings by Gossimer suggests that Gossimer has decided to take on big goliaths of the webhosting and domain name registration industry by their horns. With this offer, Gossimer has made its intentions clear about the company’s desire to lower the entry barrier to welcome new entrants into the top level domain market. This promotion will also positively affect serious webmasters who is engaged in domain buying and selling.
The company asserts that there will be no downtime during the transfer process because the domain’s name servers will not be altered during the process. The domains transferred to Gossimer will avail all the free services offered by Gossimer that includes free DNS service, domain privacy, domain theft protection, domain forwarding, etc. The robust Gossimer system ensures that domain names transfer is entirely risk-free and easy-to-do exercise. “If somehow the domain transfer fails, Gossimer will issue the refund to the customer’s bank account immediately. No question will be asked. We want people to sample the product we are offering, and to see the benefits of managing domain names with Gossimer,” said Marvin Dryer, CEO of Gossimer. He further added, “This ‘one year free extension on domain transfer promotion’ resulted in a massive inflow of domain transfers. And till now we do not have any disgruntled customer. Everyone seems to be happy so far with our services.”Gossimer, since beginning, has been offering the world class web hosting services and domain name registration services at unbeatable price. And recently, the company has made its intentions clear by offering the lowest rate for webhosting, e-mail hosting as well as domain name registration. With its recent products, Gossimer is giving the goliaths of the industry run for their money, which eventually favors the webmasters.
About Gossimer, LLC Gossimer is a full-feature, fastest growing domain name registration and webhosting company. Since 2001, Gossimer is providing web hosting, email hosting, and domain registration services from New Jersey. The company is well known for its exceptionally responsive customer support, knowledgeable technical support, server uptime, and attractive web hosting packages.
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the global leader in on-demand customer service software, announced today that Parature CEO and President, Duke Chung will present to the Sierra Ventures CIO Advisory Board at its fourth annual CIO Summit. The invite-only event is specifically designed for the 40+ person advisory board made up of IT executives from Fortune 500 companies across all major industries and throughout the US. The Advisory Board serves as a key element of Sierra’s IT investment strategy. This year’s event includes keynote speakers Joe Tucci – CEO/Chairman, EMC; Charles Phillips – President, Oracle; and Mark Templeton – CEO, Citrix, as well as 12 CEO presentations from Sierra’s portfolio, and panel discussions such as cloud computing and top IT spending trends. The event will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley at East Palo Alto on Tuesday, September 15th in the Main Ballroom.Parature enables any organization to fundamentally change the way they support their customers through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design that empowers organizations to better and more efficiently serve, support, engage with and retain customers in today’s Web world. The seamlessly integrated suite of Parature Customer Service™ software modules allows organizations to effectively manage all of their support needs without additional hardware, software and IT expenses. Parature integrates everything in one dynamic, unified system to increase efficiency across entire organizations, improving processes among customer support, operations, development and sales.Parature, the leader in on-demand customer service software, makes it possible for any business to leverage the Internet to provide outstanding customer service. The company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design enables organizations to better and more efficiently serve, support, engage with and retain customers in today’s Web world. Founded in 2000, Parature received the 2007 and 2008 Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine and has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. Parature has been named to both the Washington Business Journal’s list of Best Places to Work and The Washingtonian list of Great Places to Work. Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, Parature is at work in organizations of all types and sizes, and helps support millions of end users worldwide. For more information,
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC,Lenovo today announced two additions to its ThinkServer portfolio, the TS200 tower and RS210 rack single-processor servers. The new ThinkServers provide small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) added value and performance with the latest Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 3400 series, along with enhanced 24/7 remote access for greater system dependability and flexibility. Equipped with new virtualization capabilities and power-saving features, the new TS200 and RS210 reduce IT complexity and provide a low total cost of ownership.
Maximum Performance and Flexibility The TS200 and RS210 deliver more than two times the performance of their predecessors using Intel’s(R) latest Xeon(R) processor 3400 series. With high-speed DDR3 memory and up to 32G of RDIMM memory, the new ThinkServers also offer four-times more memory than previous Lenovo single-processor servers. These modular servers deliver exceptional value and are the ideal building blocks for SMBs to easily manage their workload and scale their operations without requiring major investments in additional hardware.”With our world class dependability and ease of use, combined with the latest quad-core Intel(R) Xeon(R) technology, our new ThinkServers deliver a smart leap forward for corporate branch offices and small businesses to become more productive and efficient,” said Tom Tobul, executive director, Enterprise Systems, Software and Peripherals, Lenovo.Dependable ThinkServer 24/7 Remote ManagementThe TS200 and RS210 are the first Lenovo single-process servers to come standard with the Integrated Management Module (IMM) for “always-on” management capabilities via an easy-to-use Web interface. With IMM, users can remotely access and manage their ThinkServer from anywhere, anytime. Even if the server is turned off, users are able to restart, reconfigure and remotely load software to maintain operations, employee productivity and client service.Lenovo Services Simplify Deployment and MaintenanceLenovo helps SMBs quickly set up and manage their ThinkServers by offering both hardware and software support. Lenovo’s EasyStartup tool on ThinkServers provides added data security with new RAID configuration support and an expanded list of supported operating systems. ThinkServer EasyManage delivers features for easy installation and management.In addition to the standard warranty, Lenovo offers a 90-day trial of ThinkPlus Priority Support services so ThinkServer customers have the added expertise and support they need during the critical first days after their server purchase. This package of services includes next business day warranty service, 24×7 hardware and software phone support as well as priority call routing to advanced technicians. Lenovo also offers the ThinkPlus Productivity service plan for customers who need on-site hardware installation and online training. Virtualization -Ready to Simplify InfrastructureUsing the virtualization-ready TS200 and RS210, customers can streamline their hardware to reduce infrastructure complexity without losing their legacy applications. Unlike previous ThinkServers, the TS200 and RS210 come with support for an onboard connector for an embedded hypervisor. Lenovo supports a wide range of virtualization solutions to provide customers an easy transition to a virtual environment and cloud-based applications. These solutions include an embedded VMWare Hypervisor, VMware vSphereTM 4 and Microsoft Server 2008 with Hyper-V. In addition, the Lenovo ThinkServers also support solutions from Novell and Red Hat.Lenovo Continues Commitment to Green PC TechnologyThe ThinkServer TS200 and RS210 are the most energy efficient Lenovo servers yet, featuring low-wattage processors, storage and memory options. Both models are designed to the Energy Star for Servers 1.0 criteria for reduced energy consumption, helping provide a low total cost of ownership. In addition, the power supplies for the new ThinkServers are up to 89 percent efficient.Availability(1)The Lenovo ThinkServer TS200 and RS210 will be available beginning next quarter through business partners and Lenovo sales representatives.For the latest Lenovo news, subscribe to Lenovo RSS feeds and follow Lenovo on Twitter and Facebook.About LenovoLenovo building exceptionally engineered personal computers. Lenovo’s business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China
Spherexx.com announced today that Korman Residential’s new corporate website plus fourteen property portfolio websites have been launched. The new site is located at all fourteen standalone website links can be seen at the bottom of the home page. The expansive corporate website not only provides compelling apartment and corporate housing leasing services, it incorporates a client managed content administration and employee interface within an intranet. All components are customized. Spherexx.com created Korman Residential’s new Internet entity branding as well.Users may update and access Korman’s employment center, corporate news and press publications, company calendar, training modules and collateral materials. This advanced utility reduces future programming costs and provides a means of immediate communication. Website traffic statistics are readily accessible for review. All fourteen satellite locations can be administered through the corporate website’s central interface. Administrators may update photographs, video, digital data delivery, contact information, coupons, specials, floor plans and even page content. Spherexx.com integrated Intuit’s MRI to incorporate a resident portal where residents can make online payments and request services. Each property is intricately referenced for advanced search engine optimization. Additionally, Spherexx.com is in the process of integrating Korman’s website with Property Centric, a customized local search engine.
“Spherexx.com enhanced Korman’s brand and corporate presence while creating a powerful path for Internet lead generation. Our new corporate website is amazing; it is exciting, and wonderfully aesthetic. Best of all, it is so easily navigated that visitors can locate any of our fourteen properties with two clicks. All our Internet leasing queries, listing service responses, CraigsList.com ad responses, and website prospects now flow into one easily manageable response tool: GotNoVacancy.com. It makes our marketing and tracking so much easier to have one prospect management system, one Internet hosting service, and one web developer. Spherexx.com added their imaginative genius to our input and the results are superlative and completed in record time,” states Aaron Helfman, Marketing Coordinator for Korman Residential Properties, Inc. The apartment community websites each offer a video tour, printable floor plans, reservation request, online application and qualification standards, contact information, resident resources, printable brochure, map with neighborhood information, photo gallery, coupons, and an online chat feature where prospects, visitors and residents can interact. Spherexx.com’s leasing CRM, GotNoVacancy.com, streamlines traffic management, advertising analysis and customer interaction.About Korman Residential Properties, Inc.
Korman Residential, Inc. traces its roots to 1919 and to the founding of the family real estate development firm that evolved into a fully integrated, multi-divisional investment, management and development organization. The Korman family is one of the largest owners of residential property and a significant owner of commercial and industrial property in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Quality communities and constant attention to customer needs have been paradigms to the business since its inception.Korman Residential, Inc. has achieved superior results in its property management operations. By increasing revenues and controlling expenses while enhancing the physical assets in its communities, residents enjoy high levels of pride, comfort and peace of mind. The company provides centralized rent billing and collection, accounting, accounts payable and payroll processing through its computer system which is networked to each of the properties. Subsequently, the company provides timely financial reporting and tax preparation services for its investors.interactive Marketing Solutions
Spherexx.com has offices located in Tulsa, Dallas and Houston. The company has been awarded by Goldline Research as one of the Leading Web Designers of the south and central regions for three consecutive years. It is recognized in Forbes and Entrepreneur magazines. Spherexx.com offers a wide selection of professional services including web design and development, touch-screen kiosks, Internet lead generation, apartment leasing consulting, advanced mobile technology, apartment lease-up marketing consulting and search engine performance. They provide branding services, video/multimedia production, print media, and copywriting as well as website and email hosting, database solutions, pay per click, e-commerce solutions and custom programming. The company has developed CRM (customer relationship management) products that allow clients to better manage and convert leads to leases and sales, which are branded under www.GotNoVacancy.com ™, and www.MyClosingTools.com ™. Spherexx.com is launching a series of lead-generating web tools and an advanced, web based market survey application, in September 2009. Spherexx.com provides web-based prospecting, marketing, advertising management, and support services.
Dayton, Ohio-Web hosting provider, Sparxx Hosting, has added another layer of security to its web hosting portfolio, by deploying the TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems in order to more effectively block attacks.
Sparxx Hosting has put TippingPoint systems in place to protect all dedicated and virtual dedicated hosting servers at no additional cost. An intrusion prevention system is an in-line device that scans traffic and, based on rules, determines whether data packets are legitimate or malicious.
Jerrod Fisher, President of Sparxx Hosting explained, “In today’s world internet security is one of the biggest concerns for both businesses and consumers alike. That’s why we’ve decided to use TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems to help our clients ensure the safety of their clients on the web. And better yet, we’re doing it at no additional costs to our customers.”
In addition to this valuable security feature, each dedicated and virtual dedicated hosting plan includes free rapid setup, a free SSL certificate and 24/7 customer support, physical security and network monitoring.
Sparxx Hosting is a subsidiary of Sparxx Design, LLC as an Internet hosting solutions provider of personal/cost effective, business class, power, virtual private and dedicated web hosting services.
