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IgnitionOne Wins Top Performing Campaign at the 2015 Digital Marketing Awards
GHENT, Belgium, Dec. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IgnitionOne, the global leader in cloud-based digital marketing technology, today announced it has won the "Most Performing Campaign for the Automotive Scene" at the 2015 Digital Marketing Awards.
The Digital Marketing Awards recognized IgnitionOne for its ground breaking work on Toyota Custom Audiences for Facebook. In the case study, Toyota was able to increase conversions 100% by using IgnitionOne's propriety Engagement Score to enhance the relevance of targeting on Facebook. This was the first time that a brand combined Facebook Custom Audiences with an outside technology, IgnitionOne's proprietary Engagement Score, resulting in a surge in conversions.
"IgnitionOne's scoring applied to segmented audiences then to paid and owned campaigns significantly improves marketers engagement and conversion," said Will Margiloff, CEO of IgnitionOne. "We worked with the marketing team at Toyota to apply our proprietary Engagement Score with their Facebook's Website Custom Audiences campaigns to more precisely target website visitors across social. The results were tremendous and we're honored to receive this recognition from the Digital Marketing Awards."
This recognition is one of many recent accolades earned by IgnitionOne. Earlier this year, the company won the 2015 Hubbies Award for Most Innovative Integrated Marketing Suite for the company's Digital Marketing Suite (DMS). IgnitionOne was also recently positioned by Gartner, Inc. as a "Visionary" in the "Magic Quadrant for Digital Marketing Hubs".
The award-winning case study is available for download here: http://www.ignitionone.com/score-powered-custom-audiences-award/
About IgnitionOne
IgnitionOne is a global marketing cloud leader. The company's Digital Marketing Suite (DMS), with a powerful customer data management platform (DMP) at its core, simplifies life for marketers through an integrated suite of solutions that significantly improve digital marketing performance across all devices. The DMS encompasses algorithmic media management across channels such as search, programmatic display, mobile, email and social; advanced data management; user scoring; lead optimization, and website personalization. With a global footprint of over 450 employees in 17 offices across 10 countries, IgnitionOne is one of the largest independent marketing technology companies in the world.
IgnitionOne lights the customer journey with comprehensive data management and engagement scoring across channels and devices. IgnitionOne currently scores over 300 million users monthly in 75 countries and powers more than $30 billion in revenue each year for leading brands, including General Motors, CenturyLink, Bridgestone, La Quinta and Fiat, as well as advertising agencies such as 360i, GroupM and iProspect.
For more information, please visit http://www.ignitionone.com, follow the company on Twitter @ignitionone or visit the blog at http://www.digitalmarketingsuite.com.
CONTACT: Press Contact: Patti Renner IgnitionOne (330) 922-0855, ext. 160 Patti.Renner@IgnitionOne.com
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ORTEC TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS RECOGNIZED IN GARTNER'S MARKET GUIDE FOR VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING
ATLANTA, Dec. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ORTEC has received recognition from Gartner in the Market Guide for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling for ORTEC Routing and ORTEC Routing for SAP. Gartner announced that "vehicle routing and scheduling is a mature market, going back over 25 years. The market is in transition, with new, more-robust, more-flexible and broader solutions emerging. While most midsize to large fleets have likely had solutions in place for over a decade, emerging VRS solutions have new capabilities that will enhance fleet operations, and this evolution is leading to a replacement market." (1)
According to Bart De Muynck, author of Gartner's Market Guide for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling, "The market's vendors are not only offering vehicle routing software, but also related services such as transportation modeling, load building and real-time visibility." Gartner recommends reviewing vendors for functionality offered, industries covered and geographical presence when assessing VRS solutions." ORTEC meets all functionality requirements in Gartner's assessment.
"Analysts, academics and business chiefs all recognize that supply chain leaders must merge the "science" of supply chain technologies with the "art" of processes, talent and metrics," stated ORTEC Executive Partner Bobby Miller. "We are proud to deliver measurable business value by understanding specific industries business processes and providing our industry expertise, which is unmatched."
In the 2015 Market Guide for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling, ORTEC delivers in every category and every box measured by Gartner including functionality, platform, geographic presence and industry coverage.
Gartner's Market Recommendations- Look into emerging VRS capabilities and investigate the opportunity for adoption or replacement.
- Fully assess your requirements, especially in the areas of route optimization, because this will narrow down the specific vendors to consider.
- Review vendors for functionality offered, industries covered and geographical presence when assessing VRS solutions.
- Consider additional capabilities offered by the vendors to increase route planning and execution efficiencies, and improve customer service. The current capacity crunch in the transportation industry and productivity challenges fleets are facing due to new regulations require companies to find new ways to operate more efficiently. Technology is one way to address these challenges and contribute to a more efficient fleet operation.
Marketplace Demands Real-time Transparency and Flexibility
"We recognize that the industry is moving away from siloed thinking and embracing the opportunities of integrated routing, load building, and inventory management," stated Goos Kant, ORTEC Senior Director for Industry Solutions. "There is tremendous need for real-time transparency and flexibility, e.g., by sharing up-to-date delivery information towards both customers and management, to improve service and optimize the end-to-end supply chain.We are honored that Gartner has recognized ORTEC for in the Market Guide for our vehicle routing and scheduling technology and in the July 2015 Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Execution as a Sample Vendor in the Real-Time (Mobile-Synchronized) Route Optimization category."
Gartner Disclaimer
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.
(1) Market Guide for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling, Bart De Muynck, February 25, 2015CONTACT: Lucy Flinn lucy.flinn@ortec.com 404.402.0992
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Novetta Launches New Entity Analytics Offering in AWS Marketplace
MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novetta, a leader in advanced analytics technology and Standard Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN), today announced the availability of Novetta Entity Analytics Developer Edition in Amazon Web Services Marketplace (AWS Marketplace). By taking advantage of the AWS Cloud and AWS' history of operational excellence, Novetta extends its global footprint and makes advanced analytics solutions available to anyone with just a few clicks.
The Novetta Entity Analytics Developer Edition, available via the AWS Marketplace with a free, 30-day trial (AWS usage fees apply), is a multi-source data integration and entity resolution application running on Hortonworks Data Platform. Novetta Entity Analytics Developer Edition allows users to quickly load data sets and create integrated views of people, locations or organizations. Users can pinpoint relationships within and among entities to support use cases such as customer intimacy, security threat, risk profiling, and fraud detection. Novetta Entity Analytics uses an adaptive process to unify all types of data, regardless of schema, and allows data analysts to evaluate third party and external data sets to understand the value of the data before they attempt to bring it into their enterprise.
"Novetta Entity Analytics is a leading offering for customers needing advanced analytics solutions, which enterprise and government organizations rely on to understand who and where their customers are," said Barry Russell, General Manager of Global Business Development, AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services, Inc. "Our customers want easy-to-use software like Novetta Entity Analytics that is available for immediate purchase and deployment in AWS Marketplace. Making Novetta Entity Analytics available in AWS Marketplace demonstrates our commitment to offering our customers leading analytics software to power their business."
"By listing in AWS Marketplace, our customers can get started and be up and running quickly with the Novetta Entity Analytics Developer Edition with only a few clicks," said Jim Cushman, President, Commercial and Products Division at Novetta. "Through AWS Marketplace, Novetta now offers customers a more affordable entity analytics solution combined with the AWS Cloud scalability and pay-as-you-go cost model. We are confident that enterprises will realize value quickly from our solution because of the comprehensive 360-degree views and relationships our solution detects."
The Developer Edition of Novetta Entity Analytics is ideal for organizations seeking to evaluate third party and external data sets, hone entity analytics expertise and build business cases. Once a customer is ready to migrate from the Developer Edition to the full enterprise suite and incorporate their sensitive internal data, Novetta will deploy its enterprise edition on AWS. The Novetta Entity Analytics solution enables organizations and government agencies to deploy data lakes that conform to security, policy and regulatory requirements, while streamlining data lake operational costs. In addition, customers can rapidly implement analytic use cases, leverage the large ecosystem of transportable tools and applications, and all that comes with managing on-premises infrastructures.About Novetta
Headquartered in McLean, VA with nearly 750 employees across the US, Novetta has over two decades of experience solving problems of national significance through advanced analytics for government and commercial enterprises worldwide. Grounded in its work for national security clients, Novetta has pioneered disruptive technologies in four key areas of advanced analytics: data, cyber, open source/media and multi-int fusion. Novetta enables customers to find clarity from the complexity of 'big data' at the scale and speed needed to drive enterprise and mission success. Visit www.novetta.com for more information.
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
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CONTACT: Susan Spencer Spencer Communications (310) 995-5881 susan@spencercommunications.com
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Tracx Wins Gold in Best in Biz Awards 2015
NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tracx has been named a gold winner for Best New Version of the Year in the Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.
Tracx has launched several industry-first capabilities that provide businesses with actionable insights that drive results, including Sentity, Visual Listening and Smart Recommendations. Tracx's Sentity goes beyond traditional sentiment analysis, which assigns a single sentiment score per post. Instead, Sentity provides scores for each entity within the entire post, which allows users to dig deeper into posts expressing mixed sentiment, as they can clearly see exactly what is being referenced as positive and what is referred to negatively. Tracx also provides a visual listening solution that delivers integrated photo and text analytics together in one unified social enterprise platform. These two innovations, along with Tracx's Smart Recommendation's Engine, continue to deliver deeper, more actionable consumer insights and smarter social engagements throughout the customer journey.
The fifth annual Best in Biz Awards program in North America boasted the highest number of submissions to date. More than 600 entries were received this year, from a wide array of public and private companies of all sizes and from a variety of industries and geographic regions in the U.S. and Canada."What impressed me about this year's entries was their depth, variety and energy," said Dale Dauten, having served on every judging panel during the past five years of Best in Biz Awards. "Studying these entries, you feel the rush of relentless creativity. Hang on for the ride – the engine of innovation is racing ahead."
"We are honored to have been recognized as a gold winner of Best New Version of the Year," said Amy Inlow, CMO at Tracx. "We continue to work tirelessly in order to provide the most powerful social business cloud available, and this award represents the culmination of those efforts."Winners of Best in Biz Awards 2015 were determined based on scoring from an independent panel of 46 judges from highly recognized newspapers, business, consumer and technology publications, radio outlets, and analyst firms. In addition to the numerous judges returning from previous panels from years 2011 – 2014, this year's judging panel included several worthy additions to the high-profile group. The panel included contributors to ABC, About.com, Bloomberg Businessweek, Buffalo News, Business News Daily, Chip Design Magazine, Computerworld, Consumer Affairs, CRN, ECT News Network, eWeek Channel Insider, Fast Company, Fierce Online Video, Forbes, FOX News Latino, Hartford Business Journal, Inc. Magazine, InfoRisk Today, Information Week, King Features Syndicate, L.A. Biz, MediaPost, Motley Fool, PE HUB, Phoenix Business Journal, Portland Business Journal, ReadWriteWeb, San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley Business Journal, Small Business Digest, South Florida Business Journal, Tech Cocktail, Wired, Woman's Day and Xconomy.
For a full list of gold, silver and bronze winners in Best in Biz Awards 2015, visit: http://www.bestinbizawards.com/2015-winners.
About TracxTracx is the leading social business cloud empowering enterprises to build their brand, attract new customers, service existing ones and connect with other key audiences in the social-enabled world. The solution analyzes and refines mass amounts of geographic, demographic and psychographic data from across the social web to deliver deep insights into customers, competitors and influencers. It then makes those insights actionable through its contextually driven Social Recommendation Engine, enabling smarter interactions that deliver meaningful business results. The world's most respected and leading brands such as BMW, Kraft Foods, and Rolex rely on Tracx to identify and target audiences, improve planning, enhance monitoring and effectively engage consumers. Tracx is headquartered in New York City with offices in Tel Aviv and London. For more information, visit http://www.tracx.com.
About Best in Biz AwardsBest in Biz Awards recognizes top companies, teams, executives and products for their business success as judged by established members of the press and industry analysts. Best in Biz Awards honors are conferred in two separate programs annually: North America, and International. Entries will begin to be accepted in the fourth annual Best in Biz Awards International program in January 2016. Any organization worldwide may enter any of the more than 60 company, department or team, executive and product categories. For more information about the entry process and categories in the International program, please visit: http://intl.bestinbizawards.com.
CONTACT: Amy Inlow 203-829-5652
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Best of LegalTimes 2015 Ranks Epiq Systems as Top Provider in Three Categories
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Epiq Systems (NASDAQ:EPIQ), a leading global provider of integrated technology solutions for the legal profession, was recognized as the top service provider for three legal services categories in The National Law Journal's Best of LegalTimes 2015. The winning categories include Managed Document Review, Legal Process Outsourcing for DC Law Firms and Information Governance Solution. Nearly 2,000 NLJ readers representing the Washington DC legal community ranked providers in an online ballot. Top-ranking providers were chosen as "best-in-class" for their respective categories.
About the Best of LegalTimes
Published by The National Law Journal, The Best of LegalTimes summarizes the results of an online ballot featuring over 500 businesses. Garnering nearly 2,000 reader votes, the Best of LegalTimes has recognized the top three companies in 71 different legal business categories since 2010.
About Epiq Systems
Epiq Systems (NASDAQ:EPIQ) is a leading global provider of integrated technology solutions for the legal profession, including electronic discovery, bankruptcy, and class action and mass tort administration. We also offer full-service capabilities to support litigation, investigations, financial transactions, regulatory compliance and other legal matters. Our innovative technology and services, deep subject-matter expertise and global presence spanning 45 countries served from 30 locations allow us to provide secure, reliable solutions to the worldwide legal community. Visit us at www.epiqsystems.com.
CONTACT: Press Contacts Lauren French Epiq Systems 913-815-8072 lfrench@irisds.com Investor Contacts Kelly Bailey Epiq Systems 913-621-9500 kbailey@epiqsystems.com Chris Eddy Catalyst Global 212-924-9800 epiq@catalyst-ir.com
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3D Systems to Showcase Transformative Power of Its 3D Printing Technology at International CES 2016
- Company to highlight how its 3D products and services are transforming the way we work, learn and live
- In-booth workshops and demonstrations illustrate how 3D technologies are driving new business models and reshaping industries
ROCK HILL, S.C., Dec. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today that it will showcase its full range of existing and new 3D printers, software and services at International CES 2016 in Las Vegas, NV, January 6-9.
Throughout its booth, 3D Systems will offer immersive and interactive experiences that cover the broad impact of 3D technology, from the manufacturing floor and operating room, to the classroom and engineer's desktop. The booth will serve as a destination to explore and understand how 3D solutions are enhancing, complementing and replacing traditional processes and transforming the way we work, learn and live.
3D Systems will also host hourly in-booth demonstrations and innovation displays from customers and expert users detailing the ways in which 3D scanning, design, production and inspection are driving new business models and reshaping industries.
Visitors to International CES 2016 can find 3D Systems in the Sands Expo, booth 72721, where the company's transformative 3D solutions on display will include:
- Versatility and repeatability with an expanding family of MultiJet (MJP) 3D printers that offer incredible speed and feature detail for high-quality, durable prints across a wide range of applications, from intricate jewelry design to dental wax-ups to functional test prototypes.
- Vibrant ColorJet Printing (CJP) that combines true full-color capabilities with speed and affordability. CJP is perfect for producing photorealistic models used in product design and architecture, as well as detailed collectibles and figurines.
- High-resolution Stereolithography (SLA) solutions from the desktop to the factory floor. The gold standard in 3D printing technology will be represented in the desktop friendly ProJet® 1200 micro-SLA 3D printer all the way up to the large frame, production-ready ProX™ 800.
- Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) with the ProX™500, which delivers injection-molding-grade end-use parts without expensive fixed tooling, enabling part complexity, durability and customized mass production. 3D Systems will also be showcasing its recent collaboration with New Balance with in-booth displays of New Balance's recently announced commercial running shoe with midsoles printed using SLS technology.
- Direct Metal Printing (DMP) on the ProX™ DMP series, allowing customers with demanding applications in aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and beyond to unlock greater performance through the production of chemically-pure, fully-dense metal parts with geometries that are unachievable through traditional means. The company's next-gen Direct Metal Printer, the ProX™ DMP 320, designed for high throughput, high precision direct metal printing, is currently in advanced beta testing with customers and will make its public debut on the CES floor.
- 3D printing solutions for the engineer's desktop and classroom, including Cube® and CubePro® 3D printers that offer easy-to-use, affordable professional quality production capabilities. With the option to print using multiple colors and multiple materials, along with advanced materials portfolios, the Cube and CubePro series make desktop printing more accessible, user-friendly and productive than ever before. The company will also showcase its full educational packs consisting of 3D printers and software as well as Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) guided curriculum subscriptions and kits.
- Custom-designed parts manufacturing service, Quickparts®, providing advanced manufacturing and prototyping solutions, using traditional and additive technologies, materials and finishing options. With instant online quoting and a global team of 3D printing experts committed to quality and customer service, Quickparts connects designers, engineers and manufacturers with a complete range of solutions from anywhere in the world, at any time.
- Engineering software and hardware tools that power the digital thread for manufacturing, including Geomagic® Capture and Geomagic Design X 2016 for seamless scan-to-CAD modeling, Geomagic Freeform® tools for precise organic design, GibbsCAM® production machining software and CimatronE™ mold and tool design software.
- End-to-end healthcare solutions from the training room to the operating room, including simulation, training and planning, and 3D printed medical models, implants, prosthetics, braces as well as custom guides and devices used when precision is necessary for personalized surgery and care.
"The incredible portfolio of 3D products and services we are showcasing at CES is already transforming the world around us," said Cathy Lewis, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, 3D Systems. "Our goal at CES 2016 is to put people in direct contact with the tools and technologies that they may have only heard about until now, and show them just how close they are to transforming potential into real outcomes."
About 3D Systems
3D Systems provides the most advanced and comprehensive 3D digital design and fabrication solutions available today, including 3D printers, print materials and cloud-sourced custom parts. Its powerful ecosystem transforms entire industries by empowering professionals and consumers everywhere to bring their ideas to life using its vast material selection, including plastics, metals, ceramics and edibles. 3D Systems' leading personalized medicine capabilities include end-to-end simulation, training and planning, and printing of surgical instruments and devices for personalized surgery and patient specific medical and dental devices. Its democratized 3D digital design, fabrication and inspection products provide seamless interoperability and incorporate the latest immersive computing technologies. 3D Systems' products and services disrupt traditional methods, deliver improved results and empower its customers to manufacture the future now.
More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com
CONTACT: Investor Contact: Stacey Witten Email: investor.relations@3dsystems.com Media Contact: Timothy Miller Email: Press@3dsystems.com
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How to remove the Windows 10 GWX.exe Icon
This might be the best bit of googling I have ever done.
Now don't get me wrong Windows 10 is pretty darn cool and supports DX12 along with some other things. Thing is while I have Windows 10 on the Hardware Asylum Podcast machine I'm happy with Windows 7 on my main machine and have no intention of upgrading.
Of course now, how do I get rid of that pesky annoyance icon?
The basic steps are to
- Kill the GWX.exe process
- Take ownership of the GWX folder
- Give yourself full permissions
- Rename the folder and .exe files (I used .old for the folder and .bak for the executables)
- Use Regedit to remove the tasks so they won't start.
- Do Not uninstall the update as that is the trigger to reinstall it.
Now, we will have a tutorial explaining how you can disable this diarrhea, and get back control over your system. Then we will go into a few more reasons why Windows 10 has just become an undesired piece of software. Thank you, Microsoft, that's a delectable move on your end. To business, then.
The article is filled with Microsoft hate and a middle finger at the end but, so far the process has worked and that little icon is gone.
Now back to the reviews.
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G.SKILL RIPJAWS KM780 RGB Keyboard Review @ Legit Reviews
Keyboards seem to see be popular and the Ripjaws KM780 is a new unit I got to see at Computex with a ful RGB set of lights under the keyboard.
Memory manufacture G.SKILL has entered the keyboard market with a high-end RGB mechanical keyboard called the RIPJAWS KM780. There are some curious similarities to Corsair’s K70 and K95 keyboards most notably in the exposed metal backplate, use of Cherry switches, and that both companies are major players in the enthusiast memory market. At the same time, G.SKILL had a vastly different approach with its keyboard and we notice bits and pieces of the features from other mechanical keyboards being brought together with this one. We’re not sure if the KM780 keyboard is supposed to look like a RAM module with the heatspreader, but it does use the same RIPJAWS name from one of G.SKILL’s memory product lines.
I forget exactly what the sliding light bar does but I think it was related to controlling audio volume or light intensity. You might have to check out the review to know for sure.
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Ohio website developer with office in Charlotte partners with Spartanburg area schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Website creator from Buckeye state with office in Charlotte pairs with Spartanburg area schools
Spartanburg County School District 1 will look to a Columbus, Ohio-based company with an office in Charlotte to relaunch its website with a new, tailor-made design.
eSchoolView, an award-winning company that created its easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) specifically for schools, opened its North Carolina branch just about a year ago. Spartanburg SD 1 is the company's first client in South Carolina.
Spartanburg's new site should launch in early 2016. It will feature new an improved navigation, Google calendar integration and an enhanced responsive design that is compatible with hand-held browsers. The mobile version of the site will include real-time news, alerts, schedules and contact information.
"We provide a number of tools and services — such as mobility and calendaring — to our clients so they can increase efficiency within their districts," eSchoolView's Executive Director Rob O'Leary said. "This new site will streamline a number of processes so the administration and staff can focus more on delivering the best education it can to its students."
Spartanburg's site will also incorporate active directory integration, a centralized system that manages user data, security and distributed resources while operating with other directories.
eSchoolView builds custom websites for public, private, charter and faith-based K-12 schools across the country and creates other education management software. Its CMS platform also expands a school system's reach through the ability to embed blogs, surveys, RSS feeds, e-newsletters, podcasts and videos.
"We build custom websites," O'Leary said, "but our main goal is to build more effective relationships between school systems and their families."
OneView, one of eSchoolView's newest products aimed at enhancing parent engagement, is a one-of-a-kind solution for managing student data. It combines parent portal features, athletic forms, online enrollment for new students and forms for currently enrolled students in one complete package. OneView eliminates the need for parents and teachers to have multiple accounts.
eSchoolView was created in 2008. Since then, its revenue growth lands the company near the top third (at 1907) of Inc. Magazine's 5000 list of fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. for the second consecutive year.
A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37890CONTACT: Michelle Vroom, PR Strategist 1-888-932-6460, x145 mvroom@eSchoolView.com
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GVTC Selects Synacor for Full Suite of Services, Launching In-Home and Out-of-Home Multiplatform Video
- Launching Synacor's Native Mobile Start App that integrates content with Customer Care
- Launching Synacor's advanced IP-VOD solutions
- Upgrading to Synacor's Next-Gen Portal and Search & Discovery Metadata Platform
- Renewing Zimbra Email services
BUFFALO, N.Y. and SMITHSON VALLEY, Texas, Dec. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synacor Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNC), the trusted multiscreen technology and monetization partner for video, internet and communications providers, device manufacturers, and enterprises, today announced that GVTC, a full-service communications provider offering high-speed internet, digital cable TV, phone and interactive home security monitoring to residential and business customers, will deploy Synacor's full suite of services, including launching Synacor's End-to-End Video Solutions. The multiyear agreement also includes Synacor's Native Mobile Apps that integrate with Bill Pay and My Account functions, Synacor's Search & Discovery Metadata Platform for Multiscreen TV, upgrading to Synacor's newest generation portal, and renewing Zimbra Email services.
"GVTC is known for delivering advanced technology to our business and residential customers—technology vital to our customers' business success, personal security, and thorough enjoyment of their favorite entertainment and services," said Tom Zanoli, GVTC internet product manager. "We're excited to deploy Synacor's full product suite, including their end-to-end video solutions, which will allow our customers to enjoy their subscriptions in and out of their homes, and on devices of their choosing. Our partnership with Synacor also benefits GVTC by driving engagement and providing additional monetization opportunities."
Synacor reaches hundreds of millions of consumers around the world by delivering portal, email, advertising, authentication and video solutions on behalf of customers. Consumer expectations for video experiences are high. Synacor's End-to-End TVE and OTT Video Solutions, in partnership with Siemens Convergence Creators, help service providers and content providers quickly and efficiently deliver a compelling TVE and OTT service.
In addition to in-home and out-of-home advanced video services, GVTC will deploy the following Synacor products:
- Newest generation portal, which provides a modern consumer interface, curated editorial of the hottest trending content, and access to customer care features
- Native Mobile Start App, appealing to Millennials and integrated with popular functions
- Email, which is an important means of communication for GVTC customers, and valued as a secure service
"It's been a privilege to work with GVTC since 2008 as their trusted, white-label technology partner, and we're delighted to now provide GVTC customers our end-to-end video solutions, our new native mobile apps, our latest portal, Zimbra email services, and our easy-to-use search & discovery metadata platform, so GVTC customers can enjoy news, entertainment and services on more devices than ever," said Michael Bishara, Synacor SVP, Product. "We're excited to expand our partnership with GVTC—a company fully committed to technology innovation and customer experience."
Further details about the agreement were not disclosed.
About Synacor
Synacor (NASDAQ:SYNC) is the trusted technology development, multiplatform services and revenue partner for video, internet and communications providers, device manufacturers, and enterprises. We deliver modern, multiscreen experiences and advertising to their consumers that require scale, actionable data and sophisticated implementation. www.synacor.com
About GVTC:
GVTC is a full-service communications provider offering high-speed Internet, digital cable TV, phone and interactive home security monitoring to residential and business customers. GVTC's fiber network spans over 2,200 miles across a service area that covers areas of far north San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and South Central Texas. Through its fiber network, GVTC's 1 Gbps Internet connection is available to more than 40,000 rooftops. GVTC also offers an extensive selection of business communication services available throughout its service area, New Braunfels and San Antonio. In June 2014, the GVTC GigaRegion® was formed with the cities of Boerne, Bulverde and Gonzales. Through this unique public-private partnership, GVTC and the GigaRegion® cities jointly market the benefits of a fiber network, along with economic incentives, to compete for jobs and improve quality of life.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current expectations or beliefs of management of Synacor, and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the statements herein due to changes in economic, business, competitive, technological and/or regulatory factors, and other factors affecting the operation of the respective businesses of Synacor. More detailed information about these factors may be found under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in Synacor's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as amended, which is available on the company's website at investor.synacor.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Synacor is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter their respective forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
CONTACT: Meredith Roth, VP, Corporate Communications Synacor mroth@synacor.com 716-362-3880 Bruce Forey Communications Manager GVTC bruce.forey@gvtc.net 830-885-8394
