Tech News
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BIOSTAR GeForce GAMING GTX 750 Ti OC: The Gamer Graphics Card
More performance for the gamer advantage
December 17th, 2015 Taipei, Taiwan – BIOSTAR is proud to bring gamers the best in performance and value and brings both to gamers with its GeForce GTX 750 Ti graphics card for mainstream gaming. Powered by the high-efficiency Maxwell architechture, the BIOSTAR GeForce GAMING GTX 750 Ti OC delivers stunning visuals with low power draw. Complimented by 2GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit wide bus, you can play the latest games smoothly thanks to this Special GAMING OC revision designed to meet competitive gamers’ needs, its 640 CUDA cores are factory overclocked to 1127Mhz with a Boost frequency of 1178Mhz for that extra kick.
The FPS unique dual-fan cooling design helps keep the GTX 750 Ti OC cool and running in top condition while looking the part as well. Designed to complement the BIOSTAR GAMING line of motherboards. The BIOSTAR GeForce GAMING GTX 750 Ti OC supports multiple displays via dual DVI and mini-HDMI output.
FACTORY OVERCLOCKED FOR HIGHER PERFORMANCE
Enjoy a higher level of gaming with the higher clocks thanks to BIOSTAR’s GAMING OC. Faster than reference clock speeds improves gameplay by shifting the GTX 750 Ti to overdrive, churning out more frame rates for a smoother gaming experience.
UNIQUE DUAL-FAN COOLING DESIGN
Keeping your card cool is important to get the most out of your card. The new BIOSTAR GAMING FPS design cooler cools the full-sized PCB card and maintain ideal temperatures. Quiet operation also ensures no distraction so you can game in full immersion without worrying about noisy fans. -
CPU GUARD 1151 to protect your Skylake CPU from bending
CPU GUARD 1151 to protect your Skylake CPU from bending
Perfect for overclockers looking to delid their processor
MSI has received news from various media websites about possible bending of Intel® 6th Generation Processors when using heavy-weight cooling solutions. Possible bending might not occur straight away, however, as your system sits on its desk or moving it anywhere, could result in unwanted effects. To make sure you will never encounter this problem we developed the CPU GUARD 1151 to protect your Socket 1151 Intel® Xeon® E3 v5 / Core™ / Pentium® or Celeron® processor which strengthens the corners to withstand more vertical pressure.
Prevent this
Besides protecting your CPU, the CPU GUARD 1151 is also the perfect tool for anyone looking to ‘delid’ their 6th Generation Intel® processor. When re-applying the IHS, the design of the CPU GUARD 1151 tightly locks the HIS ensuring it will stay in its place and you will never have to worry about optimal thermal performance or it moving. Recently the CPU GUARD 1151 was used during an overclocking event, helping top overclockers push their Skylake CPU to the max, breaking world records.
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Samsung SSD’s will survive
Some time ago the Tech Report did a SSD endurance test by continually writing and clearing data to the drives. The intent was to cause the drive to fail and record the time it took. If I remember correctly this started around the time everyone was discussing NAND chip degradation and speculating how long a chip would last. Nobody really knew the answer and while the chip makers would supply a range nobody knew how accurate it was or if that translated into anything bad.
In case you are unfamiliar SSDs have a lifespan and will eventually no longer be able to store data. TR set out to test this and the winner of the endurance test was a Samsung SSD.
As you can imagine Samsung wanted to take advantage of this marketing opportunity and created. *shudder* These two videos.
Check out this Interview on the incredible endurance of Samsung SSDs.
Samsung SSD’s will survive… and more! An uplifting song about Samsung SSD endurance.
Honestly the music video is a little scary but the talk show interaction was kinda fun to watch. On a side note, I wonder how many times they said "Samsung SSD"?
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Kanguru Offers New Password Recovery Service for IT Admins
Convenient Password Recovery with the New Kanguru Self-Service Password Management for Secure USB
MILLIS, Mass., Dec. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kanguru announces the launch of its new Self Service Password Management™ (SSPM) service for Kanguru Defender® line of secure USB flash drives, providing users with a safe, convenient way to reset their own password with ease through registered email accounts if it is ever forgotten.
Everyone can be forgetful from time to time, but for IT administrators of large organizations managing a fleet of secure USB drives, forgotten passwords by end-users could become a dynamic and significant problem.
For an end-user of a non-managed, password-protected USB drive however, a forgotten password could spell disaster by locking them out of the very data they sought to protect, simply because the user cannot remember their password. Self Service Password Management eliminates both of these issues with an easy, convenient recovery method through registered email.
Organizations whose IT Administrators use the Kanguru Remote Management Cloud Console (KRMC) to manage a fleet of Defender Secure Flash Drives can immediately take advantage of this new option within the console to provide end-users the ability to securely reset their own password(s). This new Self-Service Password Management tool removes the interruption from the administrator's workflow saving time and aggravation, reducing cost and overhead. Administrators will still be able to maintain full management capabilities, with the ability to select whom, and who cannot reset their own password, along with all of the robust permissions, restrictions, disabling and deleting features that come with managing secure Kanguru Defender Secure Drives with KRMC.
"Administrators and end-users alike will love this new tool," says Nate Cote, Executive Vice President. "Now rather than forgetful staff members having to approach the overburdened IT administrator each time a password to their secure flash drive is forgotten, they can simply reset it themselves by using Self-Service Password Management, reducing IT overhead."
For non-managed end-users, Kanguru Self-Service Password Management (SSPM) is now available for purchase as an optional service in one or two-year licenses. This provides a secure, easy way to reset the password in the event it is forgotten to regain full access to their secure USB flash drive.
The following Kanguru Defender USB drives are supported:- Kanguru Defender 3000™
- Kanguru Defender 2000™
- Kanguru Defender Elite300™
- Kanguru Defender Elite200™
- Kanguru Defender Elite30™
- Kanguru Defender Elite™
- Kanguru Defender Basic+™
SSPM can be purchased at kanguru.com, with a one-year license at just $6.95 and a two-year license at $9.95. For more information about Kanguru Self-Service Password Management, Kanguru Remote Management Console or Kanguru Defender Hardware Encrypted USB drives, please visit Kanguru.com to learn more.
Kanguru is a global leader in providing exceptional-quality hardware encrypted secure USB flash drives, hard drives, solid state drives, portable USB storage devices, remote management applications, duplication equipment and more. Kanguru is committed to offering the highest level secure products and services to enterprise, government, healthcare, organizations and consumers worldwide with easy-to-use, certified IT products and data storage. For more information on Kanguru, please visit kanguru.com.
CONTACT: Don Wright, Marketing Manager Kanguru Solutions marketing@kanguru.com 508.376.4245
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Zephyr Health Wins Industry Awards for Innovation and Enterprise Big Data
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zephyr Health, the leading insights-as-a-service company in the healthcare industry, today announced that it has been selected for two prestigious industry awards; PM360’s “The Most Innovative Start-ups in 2015” and Insights Success’ “The 20 Most Valuable Enterprise Big Data Companies.”
“We are honored to be selected for these awards and to be recognized as a game-changing technology player,” said William King, founder and executive chairman, Zephyr Health. “It’s thrilling to see Zephyr Illuminate’s unique offering for Life Sciences companies being recognized both by the Biopharma and the big data, technology community.”
PM360: Most Innovative Start-ups in 2015
Zephyr Health was selected as one of the Most Innovative Start-ups in 2015 by PM360 based upon how Zephyr IlluminateTM is harnessing global health data to provide a holistic view of treatment and market landscape for Life Sciences companies and help commercial leaders make confident decisions faster across the entire product lifecycle with precise and predictive customer and market insights. PM360 is a publication for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries.Insights Success: 20 Most Valuable Enterprise Big Data Companies
Zephyr Health was named as one of the 20 Most Valuable Enterprise Big Data Companies by Insights Success for the ability of Zephyr Illuminate to aggregate the largest global dataset so that Life Sciences leaders can have the most complete view of their customers. Zephyr Illuminate has patented, machine learning algorithms that use advanced and predictive analytics to filter, aggregate, organize and visualize meaningful insights – on demand. Insights Success is a business solutions magazine that focuses distinctively on emerging as well as leading tech companies.About Zephyr IlluminateTM
Zephyr Illuminate is the only insights-as-a-service solution that integrates global health data from thousands of disconnected sources to provide precise and predictive customer and market insights for Life Sciences companies so that they can make confident decisions faster across the entire product lifecycle.About Zephyr Health
Founded in 2011, Zephyr Health is the leading insights-as-a-service company harnessing the power of global health data to address critical business and patient needs. From clinical trials to market strategy and sales performance, Zephyr Illuminate™ helps Life Sciences companies make confident decisions faster across the entire product lifecycle with precise and predictive market insights. Zephyr Health's customers include Fortune 100 biopharmaceutical, diagnostic and medical device companies like Amgen, Genentech, Gilead, Medtronic and Onyx.Zephyr Health is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London, UK, and Pune, India. Zephyr Health is venture backed by Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Icon Ventures. For more information, please visit: www.zephyrhealth.com.
CONTACT: Media Contact:Zephyr HealthGlobal Communicationspr@zephyrhealth.com
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Mid-Market and Channel Sales Veteran John Murdock Joins Centage as Vice President of Sales
NATICK, MASS., Dec. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centage Corporation, a leading provider of budgeting and forecasting software (Budget Maestro) for mid-market companies, has named John Murdock as Vice President of Sales. With more than 20 years of experience selling software and services for leading organizations such as Kaspersky Labs and Juniper Networks, Murdock is well suited to drive both direct and channel sales for Centage. In his role as sales leader, Murdock will leverage his mid-market and SMB sales expertise to develop new business growth for the entire Budget Maestro suite of products, including the cloud-based Budget Maestro application.
Before joining Centage, Murdock was Vice President of SMB and Channel Sales at Kaspersky Lab, the world's largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. While there, he was named a Channel Chief by CRN Magazine and honored as a 2015 Top Midmarket IT Executive of the Year by the publication, which features the industry's most influential vendor executives serving midmarket customers. Prior to Kaspersky, Murdock was Senior Director of Worldwide Channels for Juniper Networks, where he helped transform the company's channel programs to achieve sales and increase partner satisfaction.
"Centage is a rapidly growing company with a strong roster of SMB customers and a proven product offering. As midmarket demand for better budgeting and forecasting solutions continues to rise, Centage is primed to capitalize on the market opportunity," said Murdock. "I am thrilled to be joining the team and look forward to helping the company expand its reach and continue along its path of growth."
"Organizations are continually looking to better manage their financial and operational performance with sophisticated yet easy-to-use budgeting and forecasting applications. Budget Maestro is specifically designed to address those requirements and John is uniquely suited to help us expand our reach in the market with his deep industry expertise. As a proven leader in small business, midmarket, and channel sales, John will drive new sales opportunities, strengthen the channel sales program, and further our efforts to expand," said Barry Clapp, President & CEO of Centage Corporation.
About Centage
Budget Maestro by Centage is an easy-to-use, scalable, automated budgeting, planning, and forecasting application. It is designed for mid-market companies and automates many of the time-consuming and error-prone activities associated with using spreadsheets to generate accurate budgets and forecasts. It features built-in financial and business logic that allow users to build and update their budgets and forecasts and never worry about formulas, functions, links, or any custom programming. It is the only solution in the market that offers synchronized P &L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow reporting that generate automatically and seamlessly update based on actuals or assumptions. Budget Maestro serves more than 7,000 users worldwide. Visit us at www.centage.com. For more information, follow us on Twitter @Centage or visit our blog, http://blog.centage.com/ for the latest insights on budgeting and forecasting strategies.A photo accompanying this release is available at:
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=38212CONTACT: Julie Crotty Attune Communications +1 978 877 0053 julie@attunecommunications.com
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Brigham Young University-Hawaii purchases Nova for campus safety
LAIE, Hawaii, Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brigham Young University-Hawaii Security recently purchased Spillman Technologies' cloud-based software, Spillman Nova, to increase efficiency in record keeping and investigation processes. The university is the second agency in Hawaii to sign with Spillman and the third university in the country to purchase Spillman Nova.
The private university, which is home to 2,500 students, decided to upgrade its software system from a Microsoft database to a web-based records management solution. Campus Security Manager Anthony Pickard said the school switched to Nova to help security officers keep detailed incident reports while handling various cases.
"We wanted a records management system that would help us in managing our investigations," Pickard said. "With Nova, we're able to create incident reports, including Clery reports, and manage all of our records in the same system."
Pickard said campus security had kept records on multiple different platforms in the past, making it difficult to go back and search past records. He said the new software will help them create complete histories for current and future records.
"With Nova, we wanted to consolidate all our records onto one database system, with the ability to access all of our information, as well as document all of our incident reports," Pickard said. "As we conduct our investigations, we can go back and add in new information, documents, or photographs, and we can do it all on one system."
The campus security agency can also take advantage of Nova's automatic Clery reporting tools. Clery reports are federally mandated documents that contain certain statistics regarding any criminal activity that occurs on or near a college or university campus. The cloud-based public safety software automatically takes information from an agency's Records Management System (RMS) to pull together annual Clery reports. The software indicates if a report needs more information before it can be submitted.
Before switching to Spillman Nova, the agency was not using a public safety-specific software system, so documentation, such as Clery reporting, could take a long time, Pickard said.
"Before, we didn't have a system that could automatically create Clery reports, so we're excited to be able to do that," he said.
Pickard said the transition from their old workflow to the new Spillman Nova system has gone smoothly thanks to the ease of the Nova system and the help of Spillman employees who have been there to answer any questions they have had.
"Everyone has been very knowledgeable and helpful," Pickard said. "We've been very impressed with the Spillman personnel."
Spillman Technologies serves sheriff's offices, police departments, communication centers, correctional facilities, and fire departments nationwide. Spillman specializes in integrated on-premises and cloud software solutions, including Computer-Aided Dispatch, Records Management Systems, Mobile Data & Field Reporting, Mapping & GIS, Jail Management Systems, Fire, Data Sharing, Personnel & Resources, and Analytics & Intelligence-Led Policing. For more information about Spillman and Spillman Nova, visit www.spillman.com.CONTACT: Ben Hale 800.860.8026 x. 1643 bhale@spillman.com Twitter: @SpillmanTech
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Sedaru Selected to Optimize Water System Operations for South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority
ARCADIA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDModeling, Inc., the leading global provider of smart water software and services, has been chosen to deploy Sedaru to the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (RWA). The industry's real-time analytics platform to connect organizational data, systems, and users across the water/wastewater enterprise, Sedaru creates and distributes hydraulic, asset and operational intelligence so utilities can anticipate operations, understand impacts, and solve problems for outage, energy, quality, water resource and asset management initiatives.
The RWA delivers approximately 45 MGD to a population of 430,000 in over a dozen Connecticut cities and towns. As one of the largest water utilities in Connecticut, and an industry leader in water innovation, the RWA recognized the importance of optimizing its water operations, and desired a tool to empower water system operators with the ability to predict hydraulic and financial impacts of their decisions prior to implementing them. The RWA looked to CDM Smith as their adviser to specify the solution criteria, identify vendors, and perform a software evaluation to consider technology, approach, company, and overall alignment with the RWA's goals and product usability.
- Requirements for the water system optimization solution included, and were not limited to:
- Ability to interact with, and apply real-time data from SCADA and other telemetry, to display alarms and notifications within an operator-friendly user interface,
- A water system forecasting model that accepted and simulated the RWA's standard operating procedures (SOPs), allowing operators to easily understand the impacts of their SOPs prior to implementing SCADA control,
- Demonstrated ability to apply pump efficiencies and energy cost calculations under varying operating conditions, driven by both real-time and modeled data, and
- Operator ease-of-use and their willingness to embrace the solution.
With these objectives, the RWA & CDM Smith completed a comprehensive due diligence process, and selected Sedaru as the water system optimization solution for RWA. Sedaru's real-time smart water operating platform applies real-time SCADA, predictive analytics, and interactive operator experience to deliver operational awareness, resulting in better system management and reduced operating costs. These insights are presented intuitively to empower utility staff with foresight; calculating system power and energy spend based on existing or new SOPs.
"Sedaru's practical, utility-focused approach was a key factor in our selection," said Tony Delvecchio, RWA's Distribution & Operations Director. "The Sedaru software is intuitive enough for our operators, and powerful enough to help improve our bottom line."
"We're thankful to the RWA and CDM Smith for recognizing Sedaru's ability to leverage real-time data for their water network," said Paul Hauffen, IDModeling's CEO. "We're excited to apply Sedaru's predictive analytics to the RWA's system to validate energy and cost savings."
About IDModeling, Inc.: Sedaru is the leading smart water enterprise software and provider of predictive analytics content for the smart water industry. Sedaru propels the internet of things to prepare water/wastewater utilities for their mission critical tasks and to take control of what happens next™. Sedaru saves failing infrastructure, reduces water loss and energy costs, enables compliance, and powers informed decisions across the utility enterprise. To learn more, please call (626) 244-0700, email: info@idmodeling.com, or visit: www.sedaru.com.
About the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority: The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority supplies water and related services to some 430,000 consumers in 15 South Central communities. It owns approximately 27,000 acres of watershed land and provides a wide array of recreational opportunities. Through its Whitney Water Center, the RWA also provides hands-on water science programs to some 10,000 students annually.
A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=38193
CONTACT: Paul Hauffen - (626) 244-0700
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Bit9 + Carbon Black Appoints Mark Sullivan Chief Financial Officer
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit9® + Carbon Black®, the leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security (NGES), today announced the appointment of Mark Sullivan as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Sullivan, who has been CFO at successful public and private companies, leads Bit9 + Carbon Black's finance and administration organization. Most recently he was executive vice president and CFO of AspenTech, a publicly traded $440 million software company.
"Mark's skills and public company experience make him an ideal addition to our senior leadership team," said Patrick Morley, president and chief executive officer of Bit9 + Carbon Black. "Mark will play a pivotal role as we execute our strategy to expand our leadership position in Next-Generation Endpoint Security."
Sullivan has more than 25 years of financial management and executive leadership experience, including 14 years with Fidelity Investments, where his positions included executive vice president and CFO for Fidelity Employer Services Company, a multi-billion dollar business.
"I'm excited to join Bit9 + Carbon Black, the market leader in an important industry and a company that's well-positioned for substantial growth," said Sullivan. "We have the right team and the right solutions to achieve great success, and it's a privilege to take on these important responsibilities."
Sullivan's prior positions include chief operating officer for Westerbeke Corporation, consulting manager at Coopers & Lybrand, and financial leadership roles with Analog Devices.
He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Middlebury College and a master's degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About Bit9 + Carbon Black
Bit9 + Carbon Black is the 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 Kristina LeBlanc The MediaLink Group +1 508 930-5636 kristinawleblanc@gmail.com
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Cameron’s Coffee Expands Use of ReposiTrak(R) to Manage Upstream Ingredient and Importer Compliance
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Park City Group’s ReposiTrak®, the leading provider of Compliance Management and Track & Trace solutions for food, pharma and dietary supplement safety, announces today that Cameron’s Handcrafted Coffee, a handcrafted Minnesota-based coffee maker who imports Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Shade Grown and Fairtrade certified coffees from farms around the world, has expanded their use of ReposiTrak. Today, Cameron’s shares their required food safety documents downstream with customer, Affiliated Foods of Amarillo. Moving forward, Cameron’s will use ReposiTrak with their upstream ingredient suppliers, many of whom are importers, to manage their food safety risk and comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
“With FSMA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program now final, we were looking for an automated system that would enable us to better manage our required documentation for both domestic and international suppliers,” said Heather Hoshaw, Senior Quality Technician for Cameron’s. “We were very pleased with how easy ReposiTrak was to use with our customers, and we hope to see it improve communication with our suppliers going forward.”
“Our best-in-class user experience is leading many of our enterprising suppliers such as Cameron’s, to expand and utilize ReposiTrak for their own upstream supply chains,” said Randall K. Fields, Chairman and CEO of Park City Group. “We are pleased that Cameron’s has chosen ReposiTrak to automate compliance management among their vendors and add even greater visibility to their supply chain.”
ReposiTrak, a wholly owned subsidiary of Park City Group (NASDAQ:PCYG), helps manage regulatory, financial and brand risk associated with issues of safety in the global food, pharma and dietary supply chains. Powered by Park City Group’s technology, the platform consists of two systems: Compliance Management, which not only receives, stores and shares documentation, but also manages compliance through dashboards and alerts for missing or expired documents; and Track & Trace, which quickly identifies product ingredients and their supply chain path in the unfortunate event of a product recall. It can reduce the risk in the supply chain by identifying backward chaining sources and forward chaining recipients of products in near real time.
About ReposiTrak
ReposiTrak® provides food retailers and suppliers with a robust solution to help them protect their brands and remain in compliance with the rapidly evolving regulations in the Food Safety Modernization Act. Additionally, ReposiTrak enables traceability as products and their ingredients move between trading partners. ReposiTrak is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Park City Group (NASDAQ:PCYG) and was co-founded with Leavitt Partners. More information is available at www.repositrak.com.
About Park City Group
Park City Group (PCYG) is a Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) provider that brings unique visibility to the consumer goods supply chain, delivering actionable information to ensure products are available when and where consumers demand them, helping retailers and suppliers to ‘Sell More, Stock Less, and See Everything’. Park City Group’s technology also assists all participants in the food and drug supply chains to comply with food and drug safety regulations through the Company’s ReposiTrak subsidiary. More information is available at www.parkcitygroup.com.
CONTACT: Media Contact Ronald Margulis RAM Communications+1 908.272.3930 ron@rampr.com
