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Mitel Helps Schools Move Communications to the Cloud with E-Rate Incentive
- Mitel offers 40 percent off retail for E-Rate funded services
- Limited-time offer for leveraging E-Rate funding transition
- Leading schools choose Mitel for simplified communications
DALLAS, Dec. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mitel® (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW), a global leader in real-time business, cloud and mobile communications, is offering an incentive of 40 percent off retail for E-Rate funded purchases to help K-12 schools realize the benefits of implementing a cloud-based solution before government funding for these voice services phases out in 2019.
Cloud-based platforms provide a secure, low cost solution with superior quality and reliability. Mitel's cloud-based solutions earn high marks from education customers. Following recent deployments, more school districts report better communications among staff, greater productivity, and improved interaction with students and the community.
- Illinois' West Aurora School District 129 worked with Mitel partner Sound Incorporated to roll out a hosted cloud solution to support communications across 20 buildings, bypassing building constraints, saving money and freeing up IT personnel. The staff of 1,800 also gained access to productivity-enhancing features for better serving its 12,000-member student body.
- Replacing an outdated system, Raytown Quality Schools in Missouri selected a Mitel solution to give its staff of 1,300 the ability to easily connect and collaborate with each other, the district's 8,800 students, parents and the community. Mitel partner Allegiant deployed the solution, which also included MiCollab mobile client capabilities for communicating on the go.
- Another Mitel customer in Illinois, Wauconda Community Unit School District 118, used a Mitel solution to standardize and simplify technology across six schools for a staff of 500, supporting 4,000 students. Mitel partner MidCo, Inc. helped implement a hosted cloud solution that unifies and streamlines messaging, provides a single portal for making changes and gets new teachers up and running quickly.
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"We wanted to standardize communications. A lot of our buildings didn't even have voicemail. Everything was coming through the main office and notes were being left in mailboxes. That's one of the greatest benefits of Mitel's system—it allows us to communicate better internally, with students and the community," said Scott Cittadino, assistant superintendent of Technology, Wauconda Community Unit School District 118.
"Schools are turning to the cloud to modernize and standardize as they look to simplify communications, lower cost of ownership, acquire more features and increase reliability. Mitel's education solutions also help them ultimately derive value from the practical application of empowering staff, improving parents' involvement, enhancing safety and enabling better student outcomes," said Wes Durow, chief marketing officer, Mitel.
Important Facts
- Nearly One out of Four New Cloud Communications Users Chooses Mitel
- Mitel is globally recognized as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications
- Mitel is the fastest growing cloud provider with more than 1.6 million subscribers
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- Prepare for the 2016 E-Rate funding year
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- See more of Mitel's education communications solutions
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- Discover "How Cloud Communications Is Opening Up Possibilities"
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About Mitel
A global market leader in enterprise and mobile communications powering more than 2 billion business connections and 2 billion mobile subscribers every day, Mitel (Nasdaq:MITL) (TSX:MNW) helps businesses and mobile carriers connect, collaborate and provide innovative services to their customers. Our innovation and communications experts serve more than 60 million business users in more than 100 countries, and 130 mobile service providers including 15 of the top 20 mobile carriers in the world. That makes us unique, and the only company able to provide a bridge between enterprise and mobile customers. For more information, go to www.mitel.com and follow us on Twitter @Mitel.
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Google Announces Results From Two Years of Testing on Quantum Computers Made by Harris & Harris Group Portfolio Company, D-Wave Systems
NEW YORK, Dec. 09, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TINY), an investor in transformative companies enabled by disruptive science, notes that yesterday NASA, Google and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) hosted a tour of the jointly run Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory located at the NASA’s Ames Research Center which houses one of D-Wave’s 1,097-qubit D-Wave 2XTM quantum computers. At this event, Google announced that D-Wave’s quantum computer was able to find solutions to complicated problems of nearly 1,000 variables up to 108 (100,000,000) times faster than classical computers.
You may read Google’s full discussion of these results at http://googleresearch.blogspot.ca/2015/12/when-can-quantum-annealing-win.html.
We are also excited to note that Google’s announcement was profiled in multiple articles published online following the event. The following link provides a list of such articles on Google’s news search platform: https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=dZiX84H9efiibMMsnNfEluViQM_dM&q=d-wave+systems&lr=English&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu4JDKhM7JAhVR5GMKHeqQDpcQqgIILDAB.
About Harris & Harris Group
Harris & Harris Group is a publicly traded venture capital firm that is also a business development company. Detailed information about Harris & Harris Group and its holdings can be found on its website at www.HHVC.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/harrisharrisvc and by following on Twitter @harrisandharrisgroup.
This press release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. These statements reflect the Company's current beliefs, and a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in this press release. Please see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, as well as subsequent filings, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties associated with venture capital investing and other significant factors that could affect the Company's actual results. Except as otherwise required by Federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties. The references and links to the websites www.HHVC.com, googleresearch.blogspot.ca, news.google.com, and www.Facebook.com have been provided as a convenience, and the information contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into this press release. Harris & Harris Group is not responsible for the contents of third party websites.
CONTACT: Press Contact:Alexandra Spurgeon, Account ExecutiveGregory FCAAlexandra@GregoryFCA.com 610-228-2140
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Minitab Express Adds Time Series Analysis and Control Charts
STATE COLLEGE, PA., Dec. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Minitab Express 1.4, an update to the most recent version of this statistical software package for introductory statistics, adds new analyses and features.
"We're excited to provide business and engineering departments with the tools they need to prepare students for a data-driven world," says Michelle Paret, product marketing manager.
With its user-friendly interface and intuitive menus designed to complement leading textbooks, students can use Minitab Express on Mac or PC to quickly analyze and interpret their data—benefits that continue in the newest version, which includes time series analysis, control charts, regression improvements, and more.
New time series analyses help students explore data collected sequentially. Minitab Express 1.4 offers time series plots, trend analysis, moving average, single exponential smoothing, and double exponential smoothing methods to evaluate trends and produce forecasts.
Control charts assess process stability by monitoring continuous and attribute process data. Minitab Express 1.4 includes Xbar, Xbar-R, Xbar-S, Individuals, I-MR, P, and U control charts. New regression features in Minitab Express include creating models with a categorical predictor and confidence intervals for coefficients.
"Minitab Express does the heavy lifting with the calculations," says Paret. "It allows students to focus on learning statistical concepts and their applications in real-world problem solving."
Row and column statistics now calculate figures such as row averages, and users can create formulas using new percentile, concatenate, combinations, permutations, factorial, and logic functions.
New features added to Minitab Express 1.4's graph and random data tools enable users to fit exponential, lognormal, or Weibull distributions for histograms and probability plots, use the geometric distribution when calculating and graphing probability distributions, and generate data sets sampled from geometric or Bernoulli distributions.Instructors also have access to new lesson plans for teaching core statistical concepts using Minitab Express or Minitab 17. Class outlines, instructor notes, exercises, answer keys, and Minitab data sets are included.
The update is free for Minitab Express users. More information about Minitab Express, including pricing, licensing, a free 30-day trial version, and the new lesson plans are available at www.minitab.com/academic.
About Minitab Inc.
Minitab Inc. is the leading provider of statistical software for quality improvement worldwide. More than 4,000 colleges and universities use Minitab for teaching and research. Thousands of companies in more than 100 countries trust Minitab.
The company's products include:
• Minitab® 17, the leading statistical software used for quality improvement and statistics education.
• Minitab Express™, is designed for teaching and learning introductory statistics and is available for both the Mac and PC.
• Quality Trainer by Minitab®, an e-learning course that teaches statistics and how to use Minitab Statistical Software.
• Devize®, a powerful Monte Carlo simulation tool for engineers.
• Qeystone®, a project portfolio management platform designed to manage an organization's entire Lean Six Sigma deployment.
• Quality Companion by Minitab®, process improvement software for executing quality improvement projects.Minitab's products are backed by free technical support and outstanding services, including training, statistical consulting and custom development.
Headquartered in State College, Pa., Minitab Inc. operates offices in Phoenix, Az., the United Kingdom, France, and Australia and has additional representatives throughout the world.A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=38068
CONTACT: FOR MORE INFORMATION contact Carly Barry or Eston Martz in Minitab media relations: PublicRelations@minitab.com
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GovDelivery Announces 2015 Digital Strategy & Impact Award Winners
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GovDelivery, the leading provider of cloud-based solutions enhancing the citizen experience today announced the winners of the 2015 GovDelivery Digital Strategy & Impact Awards. These leading Federal and State & Local government organizations have clearly demonstrated effective and innovative digital strategy and excellence in the key areas of promoting services, enhancing awareness and improving citizen involvement.
"As government organizations work to create better lives for their citizens and stakeholders, the leaders are using a customer-centric, digital-driven approach to promote online transactions, enhance public awareness to drive behavior change, and improve citizen involvement," said Natalie Fedie, VP of Customer Success and Professional Services at GovDelivery. "We're proud to honor this year's U.S. Digital Strategy & Impact Award winners who are at the forefront of an industry-wide shift toward improving the citizen experience by enabling digital government."
The GovDelivery Digital Strategy & Impact Awards recognize public sector organizations and individuals working to accelerate and streamline usage of online services, those who inform and engage citizens to drive changes in behavior, as well as those working to increase community contributions. All government organizations are eligible for participation and entries are reviewed by the GovDelivery Awards Committee and judged against all other nominations in the market and category. The outstanding organizations selected for recognition include:
Federal Award Winners
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Division of Violence Prevention –Leveraged digital communications to significantly increase visibility of the VetoViolence Facebook page, increasing attention to violence-related issues in America. The digital communication through GovDelivery drove a 210% increase in Facebook shares and 75% increase in Twitter re-tweets.
- Department of Defense (DOD), Office of Warrior Care Policy– Accelerated reach and promoted services to Wounded Warriors and families through digital communications, driving more than 60,000 downloads of the DoD Compensation and Benefits Handbook, which informs wounded, ill, and injured Service Members of important benefits and services available to them.
State & Local Award Winners
- King County, Washington – Reimagined the press release using data to track which reporters are interested in specific subjects. Targeted media outreach using this information helped generate high-profile coverage for a new reduced transit fare program, leading to increased awareness and more than 16,000 registrations in the first six months.
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources – Increased daily visitorship at local camp sites by 40% by pairing digital communications with a new Outdoor Recreational open data website.
- City of Hurst, Texas – Drove economic activity by promoting city retailers through email during the holiday season. The "Shop First in Hurst" campaign drove interest to the city's 1,000 businesses, further generating city revenue through sales tax.
About GovDelivery
Over one thousand public sector organizations use GovDelivery's highly-secure cloud solutions every day to enhance the citizen experience for more than 100 million people. GovDelivery offers leading solutions for managing government communications, internal and external learning, and open data. The GovDelivery Network offers a unique and impactful way for public sector organizations to work together to cross promote content and increase digital reach. Organizations using GovDelivery see higher utilization of citizen services and greater citizen engagement. GovDelivery is an Actua (Nasdaq:ACTA) company.
- govdelivery.com
- @govdelivery
- facebook.com/govdelivery
CONTACT: Media Contact: Kelsey Lund Marketing Communications Specialist Ph: 651.925.5766
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Division of Violence Prevention –Leveraged digital communications to significantly increase visibility of the VetoViolence Facebook page, increasing attention to violence-related issues in America. The digital communication through GovDelivery drove a 210% increase in Facebook shares and 75% increase in Twitter re-tweets.
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Bit9 + Carbon Black Joins IBM Security App Exchange Community
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit9® + Carbon Black®, a leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security (NGES), today launched the Carbon Black App for IBM QRadar, which provides a turnkey solution for integrating the Carbon Black endpoint threat detection and response solution with IBM security intelligence technology to provide organizations with a single pane of glass to more quickly detect and respond to security alerts.
The new application is freely available to the security community through IBM Security App Exchange, a marketplace where developers across the industry can share applications based on IBM Security technologies. As threats are evolving faster than ever, collaborative development among the security community will help organizations adapt quickly and speed innovation in the fight against cyber crime.
The Carbon Black App for IBM QRadar leverages Carbon Black, an industry-leading endpoint threat detection and response solution, and IBM QRadar, the company's security intelligence platform that analyzes data across an organization's IT infrastructure in real time to identify potential security threats. The app offers organizations a single management console for security event management and incident response, enabling them to quickly and easily respond to endpoint security alerts. Once installed, the App provides administrators with direct access to many of Carbon Black's powerful incident response features, such as process searches, endpoint isolation and system status, from within the QRadar administrator console.
"We are pleased to join the IBM Security App Exchange, which reflects our commitment to open, integrated security," said Brian Hazard, vice president of technical alliances for Bit9 + Carbon Black. "The Carbon Black App for IBM QRadar makes it easy for organizations to leverage Carbon Black's powerful capabilities from inside the IBM QRadar console to detect and respond to threats and attacks against the biggest target in any organization, and the place where their most important information resides: their endpoints."
More information about the Carbon Black App for IBM QRadar is available here.
About IBM Security
IBM's security platform provides the security intelligence to help organizations holistically protect their people, data, applications and infrastructure. IBM offers solutions for identity and access management, security information and event management, database security, application development, risk management, endpoint management, next-generation intrusion protection and more. IBM operates one of the world's broadest security research and development, and delivery organizations. For more information, please visit www.ibm.com/security, follow @IBMSecurity on Twitter or visit the IBM Security Intelligence blog.
About Bit9 + Carbon Black
Bit9 + Carbon Black is a market leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security. We have sold more licenses, have more experience, and more customers than any other NGES company because our solution is the most effective way to prevent, detect and respond to advanced threats that target users, servers, and fixed-function devices. That's why more than 60 MSSP and IR leaders have chosen our technology as a key component of their security offerings, and 25 of the Fortune 100 rely on us as a critical element of their advanced threat defense and compliance strategies. By the end of 2015, we expect to achieve 7 million+ software licenses sold, and almost 2,000 customers worldwide. We were voted Best Endpoint Protection by security professionals in the SANS Institute's Best of 2014 Awards, and a 2015 SANS survey found that 68 percent of IR professionals are using or evaluating Carbon Black. And IDC, in 2015, named Bit9 + Carbon Black the leader in endpoint security, with 37 percent market share.
Bit9 and Carbon Black are registered trademarks of Bit9, Inc. All other company or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.CONTACT: Kevin Flanagan Bit9 + Carbon Black +1 781-856-2589 kflanagan@bit9.com
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Iowa State Department of Transportation Selects AssetWorks Enterprise Asset Management System
WAYNE, Pa., Dec. 08, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AssetWorks, a leading provider of enterprise asset management software and operational asset management systems, announced today that the Iowa State Department of Transportation has selected AssetWorks integrated enterprise asset management (EAM) software and fleet management software solutions to manage its warehouse and inventory operations, fleet and facilities.
Looking to replace existing systems in a mainframe environment, Iowa DOT competitively sought a comprehensive solution to handle the complex tasks of maintaining public vertical infrastructure as well as warehouse, inventory and equipment management. Through the evaluation procurement process, AssetWorks Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software was selected to be the new overall solution to manage these systems.
The Iowa DOT is responsible for 1,320 inventory users, including 222 local jurisdiction inventory users, 1004 equipment management users and 66 facility management users, 3,000 fleet units, 13,000 fleet components and 35,000 general assets.
AssetWorks EAM solution is a comprehensive asset management system that can handle all aspects of public infrastructure management. EAM offers complete asset life-cycle management, including budgeting, acquisition, capital improvement, campaigns and disposal management, and service request, work order, scheduling and calendar functionalities, as well as complete warranty, purchasing and parts inventory management.
About AssetWorks
AssetWorks is a leading supplier of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software, Fleet Management software and Automated Fueling Systems in North America, with more than 550 software customers, including private fleet operators as well as City, County, State and Federal organizations that manage large fleets. AssetWorks solutions enable fleet organizations of all sizes to improve maintenance practices, streamline operations and improve accountability for mission-critical transportation assets. For more information, please visit www.assetworks.com
CONTACT: Media Contact: Carey Picklesimer / carey.picklesimer@assetworks.com / Tel: 858.866.9043Sales Contact EAM: Greg Malm / gregory.malm@assetworks.com / Tel. 515.512.4359
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City of Portland Selects EnergyCAP for Energy Tracking
by Barry Kroeker
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Dec. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The City of Portland (OR) has selected EnergyCAP, Inc. to provide a software solution for energy tracking for improved facilities management.
According to Jamie Waltz, Strategic Planning and Development Manager for the Facilities Division at City of Portland, the new software will help the City track energy spending and implement programs to achieve goals in accordance with the 2030 Objective of the City/County Climate Action Plan, which includes a 2 percent annual reduction in energy use for City and County operations through capital projects and operational improvements.
The City's procurement contract with EnergyCAP, Inc. includes training, support services, customization, secure data storage and hosting, and historical data migration. It provides subscriptions and/or access to the EPA's eGrid database of Greenhouse Gas Factors, weather data from AccuWeather, and automated submission of building energy data to the national ENERGY STAR energy benchmarking program. EnergyCAP will also provide the capability to track other measureable sustainability data in the future, such as employee use of alternative transportation, volunteerism, office paper and toner usage, fleet inventory and fuel consumption.
EnergyCAP Senior Implementation Manager David Ulmer said that the software acquisition was a win-win for City government and the people of Portland. "Tracking energy usage and costs can be difficult and time-consuming. EnergyCAP provides a standardized method for the City of Portland to both record utility billing data and easily report on it. EnergyCAP will empower Facilities Services by dramatically expanding the division's capacity to track and reduce energy use and also calculate the cost savings of the City's energy efficiency and sustainability projects. This will save the City and taxpayers energy and money."
EnergyCAP implementation will be handled through Facilities Services, a division within the Portland Office of Management and Finance (OMF) responsible for the operation and maintenance of many of the City's buildings. The division is responsible for 46 buildings totaling about 4 million square feet. EnergyCAP software will enable OMF to track energy consumption and generation, water use, landfill, compost and recycling rates, in order to help identify where energy reduction and cost-saving measures can be taken.
The initial EnergyCAP implementation will include a minimum of 20 buildings. Once the software is up and running, the City has planned to make incremental additions of buildings and points of measureable data, with the end goal of bringing all desired historical utility and sustainability data for all City-owned properties into a single database for on-demand reporting and benchmarking.
The City of Portland website is http://www.portlandoregon.gov/.EnergyCAP's website is http://www.EnergyCAP.com.
About the City of Portland Facilities Services division
The City of Portland has a rich history of incorporating resource conservation and sustainable practices in city codes and policies. The Facilities Services mission is to lead the way in planning, constructing, redeveloping, and operating sustainable public facilities that are efficient, cost-effective, and well maintained. We are committed to developing and maintaining high performance buildings that limit their environmental impact, contribute to Portland's civic character and make Portland a better place to live and work. Through public buildings, we demonstrate the City's commitment to its past, present, and future. Our vision is to take a leadership role in developing and maintaining sustainable buildings that work well and last. Our buildings add to the comfort and beauty of Portland's built environment. Through our efforts in sustainable development and operations we make our city a better place to live and provide a space for future generations. By developing quality workplaces for City employees, we increase the usefulness of City programs. By participating in cooperative ventures, we assist private and non-profit organizations to create and revitalize Portland neighborhoods.
About EnergyCAP, Inc.
For more than 30 years, the award-winning EnergyCAP software has helped 10,000 energy managers to track more than $25 billion in energy spending. EnergyCAP utility bill and energy management software helps users get value from their utility bills and meter data. Software features include bill entry (manual, spreadsheet import, and EDI), bill tracking, an optional AP/GL interface, customizable bill approval workflow, audits, rate schedules, interval and production data tracking, cost avoidance (M &V), issue tracking, submeter tracking, virtual meter formulas, re-billing, greenhouse gas tracking, 300+ reports, automated ENERGY STAR building data submittal, building benchmarking, and graphical PowerViews. Discover why EnergyCAP is America's #1 utility bill management software at http://www.EnergyCAP.com.
For more information, please contact:
Chris Heinz
Chief Marketing Officer
EnergyCAP, Inc.
2026 Sandy Drive
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BMC IT Service Management Business Accelerates in First Half Fiscal 2016
HOUSTON, Dec. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC, the global leader in software solutions for IT, announced strong financial growth, increased industry recognition and customer adoption across its IT service management (ITSM) portfolio in the first half of its fiscal year 2016. Businesses are adopting digital technologies to enable faster decision-making, collaborative workplaces, connected products and systems, and global enterprises, which has fueled sustained growth for BMC.
In the BMC ITSM business for the first half of its fiscal year, the company experienced notable financial performance including:
- A more than 50 percent year-over-year increase in new bookings of BMC's flagship Remedy platform
- Nearly 80 percent year-over-year growth in new bookings for BMC's Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping solution
- Recurring revenue rate of 90 percent for BMC's ITSM business
- Added 100 new ITSM customers in the past quarter, among them many marquee enterprises such as BMW and 11 orders in excess of $1m each
- Exceeded nine million end user subscriptions for BMC's self-service MyIT solution
Commenting on BMC's ITSM solutions, the BMW Group stated, "Delivering the ultimate driving experience to our end customers begins with enabling BMW and Mini dealers with the right service, parts and vehicles just in time to meet market demand. By switching to BMC's powerful Remedy on Demand solution as well as deploying MyIT, we deliver an enhanced support experience to our BMW and MINI Dealer organization for all Car-Services & Sales related requests while simultaneously reducing our operational cost and increasing dealer and customer satisfaction."
Securitas Direct was looking to upgrade its ServiceNow ITSM installation with a feature-rich, flexible alternative and chose BMC's Remedy OnDemand solution. It then expanded the scope of the project with the addition of MyIT and ADDM solutions. "When looking to BMC for our ITSM needs, one of the key drivers was our desire to increase the percent of self-service requests among our employee base in seven countries," said César Romo, production manager at Securitas Direct. "I'm happy to report that after the deployment of MyIT, we saw a 30 percent increase in the use of self-service for incident management and 50 percent for request management in the first few weeks alone. BMC delivered an enterprise-scale service management platform that is modern, simple and powerful – it was just what we needed."
BMC brought several new product innovations to market including HR Case Management, a solution that enables companies to standardize and automate HR workflows and improve engagement by offering anytime, anywhere access to HR services. This solution has more than 20 customers in production and BMC recently signed its first annual HR Case Management subscription of greater than $1M. In May, BMC introduced an all-new Remedy 9 service management platform that enables the workforce to increase productivity and helps IT manage increasingly complex systems.
BMC also received industry recognition from Gartner. BMC is positioned as a Leader by Gartner Inc. for the second consecutive year in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for IT Service Support Management Tools (ITSSM) and is positioned furthest along the completeness of vision axis in this year's report.1 In Gartner's 2015 Critical Capabilities for IT Service Support Management Tools, BMC Remedy ITSM Suite v 8.1.02 received the highest scores in three out of four use cases: intermediate-maturity infrastructure and operations (I&O), high-maturity I&O, and digital workplace ITSSM use cases.
Additionally, in its SWOT Assessment: BMC Remedy v9, analyst firm Ovum stated, "BMC Remedy 9 offers one of the best user interfaces of any ITSM solution currently on the market; the interface is clean and intuitive and helps deliver a positive user experience."
"The digital era presents a significant opportunity for BMC and the ITSM business, as we continue to drive growth and deliver differentiated solutions that IT professionals demand," said Robin Purohit, president service support at BMC. "We believe our strong financial growth, increased industry recognition and accelerated customer adoption are all proof points that the company's digital enterprise strategy is enabling IT to work more efficiently and is providing a clear path for customers to successfully manage their digital transformation."
BMC also today announced updates to its HR Case Management and Smart IT solutions, which are a part of its IT service management portfolio. For more information on BMC's innovative IT Service Management solutions, visit http://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/remedy-itsm.html
1Gartner, Magic Quadrant for IT Service Support Management Tools, Chris Matchett, Katherine Lord, Tapati Bandopadhyay, 25 August 2015 * Gartner, Critical Capabilities for IT Service Support Management Tools, Chris Matchett, Katherine Lord, Tapati Bandopadhyay, 25 August 2015
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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 10,000 customers worldwide including 82 percent of the Fortune 500.
BMC – Bring IT to Life
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CONTACT: Editorial contacts: Tami Casey BMC D: 408.571.7131 M: 650.293.7219 Tami_Casey@bmc.com Jenn Zimmer Eastwick D: 415.820.4175 bmc@eastwick.com
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BMC Delivers New Innovative Solutions to Enhance Employees' Digital Experiences and Provide Breakthroughs in IT Productivity
HOUSTON, Dec. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC, the global leader in software solutions for IT, today announced updates to its IT service management (ITSM) solutions that enhance digital workplace experiences for employees and enable companies to harness the power of IT to make core business processes fast, seamless and optimized.
Companies need to continuously introduce innovative, secure and easy-to-use solutions that strengthen their competitive edge. BMC enables companies to adopt a digital strategy with an interoperable, end-to-end portfolio of enterprise ITSM solutions that improve employee productivity.
"It is essential that we provide IT with the tools and agility they need to empower users to meet digital business demands," said Robin Purohit, president service support at BMC. "BMC's Remedyforce and Smart IT solutions are the latest examples of how BMC is enabling our customers with solutions that can be quickly deployed, provide engaging experiences, improve productivity and positively impact the bottom line."
Innovative updates to BMC's ITSM solutions include:
BMC's Remedy with Smart IT solution brings consumer-style technology experiences to the IT helpdesk with enhancements that simplify complex IT Service Management tasks for Remedy product customers. The updates include:
- A breakthrough, intuitive mobile-first user experience that advances productivity across all primary ITSM roles.
- New Problem Management and Change Management personas that help mitigate the risk of change and accelerate time to diagnose and resolve problems.
Remedyforce Summer '15, BMC's cloud-based, high-speed IT service management solution built on the Salesforce1 platform. Enhancements include:
- High-speed time to value for ITSM projects provided through embedded best practices, in-app training and pre-defined configurations, all of which provides a 75 percent reduction in time to production for ITSM projects.
- A new embedded marketplace that expands the productivity of customers through peer-reviewed partner applications prescreened to work with Remedyforce.
"The way individuals and companies interact, collaborate, and leverage IT resources and technology is shifting," said Robert Young, research director at IDC. "Today's employees need quick and easy access to services that help them work efficiently -- and BMC's Remedy with Smart IT and Remedyforce solutions stand to deliver on this promise by enabling IT to drive innovation and increase productivity within their organizations."
BMC also announced its IT Service Management business accelerated in the first half fiscal 2016. For more information on BMC's IT Service Management solutions, visit http://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/remedy-itsm.html
About BMC
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Crucial DDR4 2400MT/s 8Gb-based Server Memory Now Available
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BOISE, Idaho and GLASGOW, United Kingdom, Dec. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crucial, a leading global brand of memory and storage upgrades, today announced the availability of Crucial® DDR4 2400MT/s 8Gb-based RDIMM, LRDIMM and ECC UDIMM server modules. Engineered to enable higher density modules, 8Gb-based DDR4 enables increased performance, bandwidth and energy efficiency. The modules are available for immediate purchase through select global channel partners and at www.crucial.com.
Higher-density, 8Gb-based modules allow for greater channel bandwidth and channel density and are also up to 20 percent more energy efficient than 4Gb-based modules.1 Ultimately, these benefits provide more value per gigabit than current 4Gb-based offerings, making it easy to scale up server deployments in the future. Designed for Intel's next generation processor product families, Crucial's 8Gb-based server memory is extensively tested to mission-critical standards and is backed by a limited lifetime warranty.2
"We're excited to continue Intel's collaboration with Crucial with the release of the new 8Gb-based DDR4 server modules," said Geof Findley, director of memory enabling, Intel. "By working together, we are able to support next-generation server platforms while providing the technology and services needed to support our mutual channel customers."
"Data-intensive server applications continue to require higher densities of memory as they struggle to meet ever-increasing and more demanding workloads," said Michael Moreland, worldwide product marketing manager, Crucial. "The new Crucial 8Gb-based server memory modules will help with future scalability and deliver a lower total cost of ownership for users."
The new modules are available now and are included in the Reliance Program.3 For more information on the program's exclusive benefits and support, including service call reimbursement, on-site spares and a dedicated technical support hotline, visit www.crucial.com/reliance. For more information about Crucial DDR4 memory technology, visit www.crucial.com/ddr4.
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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.
1. Product performance and efficiency improvements are noted as comparisons between 8Gb-based 16GB DDR4 RDIMMs and 4Gb-based 16GB DDR4 RDIMMs.
2. Limited lifetime warranty valid everywhere except Germany, where warranty is valid for ten years from date of purchase.
3. Reliance Program benefits may vary and are available to qualified customers only. Contact your Crucial representative for more information. Available in NA and EMEA regions only.
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