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Videotel’s Maritime Training Programs Now Deployed on More Than 12,000 Vessels Worldwide
The e-Learning maritime training pacesetter reaches several new milestones as vessel operators continue to invest in crew training despite a tough economic climate
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. and LONDON, Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VideotelTM, the leading international provider of e-Learning maritime training and software solutions and a company of KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI), announced today that its training solutions are now in use on more than 12,000 vessels worldwide, with more than 300 new vessels having joined in the third quarter of 2015 alone. A further milestone reached by the award-winning training-program producer is that Videotel has recorded more than 10 million training events in recent years.
In addition, Videotel has recently secured the business of a fleet of 24 vessels from a new offshore vessel client based in the Far East who, despite the current economic downturn, believes good training is absolutely essential for the safe operation of its fleet.
“We are truly pleased that our company is continuing to grow despite very tough market conditions out there today,” says Nigel Cleave, CEO of Videotel. “It once again reaffirms that by producing quality products that meet the training needs of the maritime market, responsible ship owners and ship management companies will invest in their staff to ensure they are properly trained to carry out their duties safely.”
Videotel’s success over the years is due in part to its efforts to continually expand its delivery platforms to meet the needs of the maritime industry. For example, Videotel’s Basic Training Package of 20 essential maritime training programs is now available with the IP-MobileCastTM content delivery service, and through an agreement with Inmarsat.
Videotel is showcasing its comprehensive range of training solutions for the maritime industry at the CrewConnect Global Manning & Training Conference, at the Hotel Sofitel in Manila, through November 13.
Earlier this year, Videotel received the highly acclaimed Golden Reel Award from the Media Communications Association-International (MCA-I) in recognition of a training video that Videotel created for ExxonMobil Marine. Videotel has received nearly 100 awards for its training programs and software in recent years.
Videotel recently launched the new print edition of its training catalogue, STCW Maritime Training Catalogue 2015-2017, detailing the complete Videotel selection of 950 new and updated titles available in a range of formats. Videotel’s computer-based training (CBT) programmes are included, an area that boasts an impressive 500+ e-Learning courses, more than twice the number of CBTs offered by competitors. Also launched at the same time was the latest Videotel on Demand (VOD) release, which includes a total of 59 e-Learning courses – 37 new, 22 updated – to meet current seafarer training needs.
Note to Editors: Please visit the Videotel website, www.videotel.com, for more information about Videotel’s training packages. Please visit the IP-MobileCast website, www.ipmobilecast.com, for more information about KVH’s content delivery services.
About KVH Industries, Inc.
KVH Industries is a leading provider of in-motion satellite TV and communications systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold more than 175,000 mobile satellite antennas for applications on vessels, vehicles, and aircraft. KVH is also a leading news, music, and entertainment content provider to many industries including maritime, retail, and leisure. Videotel, a KVH company, is the market-leading provider of training films, computer-based training, e-Learning and software solutions. KVH is based in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and manufacturing operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL. The company’s global presence includes offices in Belgium, Brazil, Cyprus, Denmark, Hong Kong, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
KVH, Videotel, and IP-MobileCast are trademarks of KVH Industries, Inc.
CONTACT: Jill Connors, Media & Communications ManagerKVH Industries, Inc.Tel: +1 401-851-3824jconnors@kvh.comorPhil Page, Elaborate CommunicationsTel: +44 (0) 1296 682104ppage@elabor8.co.uk
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Bit9 + Carbon Black and SANS Name Experts to Board of Advisors for Industry's First Threat Hunting & Incident Response Summit
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bit9® + Carbon Black®, the leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security, today announced the appointment of five members to the board advisors for the industry's first Threat Hunting & Incident Response (THIR) Summit, Bit9 + Carbon Black and SANS co-founded.
The inaugural event will be held April 12-13, 2016, in New Orleans, with SANS training available from April 14-19. CPE credits are available. Bit9 + Carbon Black is an advisory partner to SANS for the development of the curriculum.
The Board of Advisors for the Summit represents a new generation of cyber-security thought leaders from major organizations who have established their credentials as visionaries in the fight against cyber attackers. The board is composed of:
Heather Adkins – Information Security Manager, Google
Ben Johnson – Chief Security Strategist, Bit9 + Carbon Black
Jesse Kornblum – Network Security Engineer, Facebook
Rob Lee – Digital Forensics and Incident Response Lead, SANS Institute
Bamm Visscher – Manager, CIRT, General Motors
"We've assembled a 'dream team' of security professionals for the THIR board of advisors, and I'm honored to be a member," said Johnson. "This is a must-attend event for every IR professional who is eager to learn how to go on the offensive and start hunting down and destroying threats, before the damage is done."
The Threat Hunting & Incident Response Summit will focus on specific hunting and incident response techniques and capabilities that security professionals can use to identify, contain, and eliminate adversaries targeting their organizations. Topics will include:- Adversary hunting
- Threat containment
- Effective remediation and threat elimination planning
- Proactive digital forensics
- Enterprise network and host monitoring
- Threat intelligence utilization and usefulness
- Incident response team operations and management
Click here for more information and to register for the summit.
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, including Dell SecureWorks, EY, Optiv and Solutionary, 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.
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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Western Municipal Water District - CA Selects Sedaru Enterprise:
ARCADIA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDModeling, Inc., the leading global provider of smart water network software and services, has deployed its flagship smart water enterprise software, Sedaru, for Western Municipal Water District (WMWD, or District) of Riverside County, California. 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 District has selected Sedaru enterprise across its water, sewer, and recycled water systems; unifying people and data across disparate infrastructure and information systems. WMWD will use Sedaru to connect, automate, and enable field crew field data collection, while expanding the District's access to Hansen/Infor asset management system data. The District will now be able to track, trend, monitor, and report on critical institutional knowledge in real-time, within Sedaru's turnkey, integrated operating platform for maintenance and operational decision support.
WMWD delivers water on both a wholesale and retail basis to a total population of approximately 880,000 people, and will use Sedaru's real-time analytics to instantly collect and apply analyzed, role-based data to prioritize asset management and system maintenance programs while enhancing operations and customer service. With Sedaru, the District will benefit from streamlined asset management, improved communication, real-time incident response & tracking, and optimization strategies through integrated operational & situational awareness.
"We are impressed with the power and flexibility of Sedaru, the value of the insights it has provided us during our pilot project, the adoption rate of Sedaru by our office and field staff, and the excitement it has generated in our team to improve our business processes", said Robert Conrad, Application Specialist for WMWD, "The Sedaru team's service, expertise, and thoroughness give us a high degree of comfort that we are in good hands as we expand across our enterprise."
"The WMWD team completed a thorough due diligence process to evaluate Sedaru, and confirmed that it was the smart water platform that best met their needs to connect and unlock their critical systems within one unified, connected experience," said Paul Hauffen, IDModeling's President and CEO. "We're very excited to support the District by deploying Sedaru to help optimize their distribution system and to intelligently connect their entire enterprise."
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.A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37534
CONTACT: Paul Haffen: (626) 244-0700
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Western Municipal Water District - CA Selects Sedaru Enterprise:
ARCADIA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IDModeling, Inc., the leading global provider of smart water network software and services, has deployed its flagship smart water enterprise software, Sedaru, for Western Municipal Water District (WMWD, or District) of Riverside County, California. 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 District has selected Sedaru enterprise across its water, sewer, and recycled water systems; unifying people and data across disparate infrastructure and information systems. WMWD will use Sedaru to connect, automate, and enable field crew field data collection, while expanding the District's access to Hansen/Infor asset management system data. The District will now be able to track, trend, monitor, and report on critical institutional knowledge in real-time, within Sedaru's turnkey, integrated operating platform for maintenance and operational decision support.
WMWD delivers water on both a wholesale and retail basis to a total population of approximately 880,000 people, and will use Sedaru's real-time analytics to instantly collect and apply analyzed, role-based data to prioritize asset management and system maintenance programs while enhancing operations and customer service. With Sedaru, the District will benefit from streamlined asset management, improved communication, real-time incident response & tracking, and optimization strategies through integrated operational & situational awareness.
"We are impressed with the power and flexibility of Sedaru, the value of the insights it has provided us during our pilot project, the adoption rate of Sedaru by our office and field staff, and the excitement it has generated in our team to improve our business processes", said Robert Conrad, Application Specialist for WMWD, "The Sedaru team's service, expertise, and thoroughness give us a high degree of comfort that we are in good hands as we expand across our enterprise."
"The WMWD team completed a thorough due diligence process to evaluate Sedaru, and confirmed that it was the smart water platform that best met their needs to connect and unlock their critical systems within one unified, connected experience," said Paul Hauffen, IDModeling's President and CEO. "We're very excited to support the District by deploying Sedaru to help optimize their distribution system and to intelligently connect their entire enterprise."
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.A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=37534
CONTACT: Paul Haffen: (626) 244-0700
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Yes Lifecycle Marketing Named a Strong Performer in Leading Independent Research Firm's Customer Insights Services Providers Report
CHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yes Lifecycle Marketing, an Infogroup company and multichannel marketing solutions provider, today announced they were named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Insights Services Providers, Q4 2015.
Yes Lifecycle Marketing, evaluted by Forrester Research, is a firm that provides, via professional services, the customer insights and support marketers, and their insights teams, need to stay competitive in the age of the customer. Yes Lifecycle Marketing is named a Strong Performer in support of both Marketing Database Operations and Customer Engagement Strategy buying scenarios for customer insights services.
"Yes Lifecycle Marketing is very pleased to be included in the Forrester Wave Customer Insights Services Providers Q4 2015 evaluation," said Michael Fisher, President, Yes Lifecycle Marketing. "I believe we were recognized for the range of offerings we bring to market and, most importantly, the results we deliver for our clients."
Yes Lifecycle Marketing was among the top ranked vendors in the following categories:- Data Assets
- Data Integration
- Reporting
- Client Satisfaction
- Account Management
- Strength of Management Team
"Propelled by the success of new database client acquisitions and with client satisfaction the number one priority, Yes Lifecycle Marketing continues to organically grow and expand their capabilities for marketing strategy and database technologies," said Mike Iaccarino, CEO and Chairman, Infogroup. "This current trajectory is led by innovation and driven by results that solve the needs of our clients."
About Yes Lifecycle Marketing
Yes Lifecycle Marketing provides solutions that orchestrate cross-channel marketing communications to drive results and revenue. This is accomplished by leveraging technology, data, analytics, creative, and strategy to activate and optimize insights-driven, real-time, relevant communications. This holistic approach gives marketers the ability to source a full-service offering of best-of-breed technology and solutions from a single vendor in order to achieve their desired outcomes across all on and offline channels. To learn more, call 1-877-937-6245, email sales@yeslifecyclemarketing.com or visit www.yeslifecyclemarketing.com.
About Infogroup
Infogroup is a marketing services and analytics provider that delivers best in class data-driven customer-centric technology solutions. Our data and software-as-a-service (DaaS & SaaS) offerings help clients of all sizes, from small companies to FORTUNE 100TM enterprises, increase their sales and customer loyalty. Infogroup provides both digital and traditional marketing channel expertise that is enhanced by access to our proprietary data on 235MM individuals and 24MM businesses, which is distributed real-time to our clients. For more information, visit: www.infogroup.com.CONTACT: Sarah Dietze Phone: 312-241-1471 E-mail: sarah.dietze@walkersands.com
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Yes Lifecycle Marketing Named a Strong Performer in Leading Independent Research Firm's Customer Insights Services Providers Report
CHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yes Lifecycle Marketing, an Infogroup company and multichannel marketing solutions provider, today announced they were named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Insights Services Providers, Q4 2015.
Yes Lifecycle Marketing, evaluted by Forrester Research, is a firm that provides, via professional services, the customer insights and support marketers, and their insights teams, need to stay competitive in the age of the customer. Yes Lifecycle Marketing is named a Strong Performer in support of both Marketing Database Operations and Customer Engagement Strategy buying scenarios for customer insights services.
"Yes Lifecycle Marketing is very pleased to be included in the Forrester Wave Customer Insights Services Providers Q4 2015 evaluation," said Michael Fisher, President, Yes Lifecycle Marketing. "I believe we were recognized for the range of offerings we bring to market and, most importantly, the results we deliver for our clients."
Yes Lifecycle Marketing was among the top ranked vendors in the following categories:- Data Assets
- Data Integration
- Reporting
- Client Satisfaction
- Account Management
- Strength of Management Team
"Propelled by the success of new database client acquisitions and with client satisfaction the number one priority, Yes Lifecycle Marketing continues to organically grow and expand their capabilities for marketing strategy and database technologies," said Mike Iaccarino, CEO and Chairman, Infogroup. "This current trajectory is led by innovation and driven by results that solve the needs of our clients."
About Yes Lifecycle Marketing
Yes Lifecycle Marketing provides solutions that orchestrate cross-channel marketing communications to drive results and revenue. This is accomplished by leveraging technology, data, analytics, creative, and strategy to activate and optimize insights-driven, real-time, relevant communications. This holistic approach gives marketers the ability to source a full-service offering of best-of-breed technology and solutions from a single vendor in order to achieve their desired outcomes across all on and offline channels. To learn more, call 1-877-937-6245, email sales@yeslifecyclemarketing.com or visit www.yeslifecyclemarketing.com.
About Infogroup
Infogroup is a marketing services and analytics provider that delivers best in class data-driven customer-centric technology solutions. Our data and software-as-a-service (DaaS & SaaS) offerings help clients of all sizes, from small companies to FORTUNE 100TM enterprises, increase their sales and customer loyalty. Infogroup provides both digital and traditional marketing channel expertise that is enhanced by access to our proprietary data on 235MM individuals and 24MM businesses, which is distributed real-time to our clients. For more information, visit: www.infogroup.com.CONTACT: Sarah Dietze Phone: 312-241-1471 E-mail: sarah.dietze@walkersands.com
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ReferenceUSA Expands Database to Include Social Media Information
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ReferenceUSA, a SaaS research service by Infogroup, announces today the expansion of its platform to include the social media information of businesses in its database.
ReferenceUSA users can now access nearly 10 million unique social accounts within its business database, including Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn. Users are able to search for companies by their individual social media accounts. The portal's database selections and real-time access to more than 24 million businesses and 262 million consumers, in addition to its regularly updated information on new businesses and homeowners in the U.S., gives users a powerful tool to find the information they're searching for.
"Social media is a critical tool in today's world for understanding consumers and businesses more closely, so we knew it was imperative to integrate it into our offerings," said Michael Iaccarino, Chairman and CEO of Infogroup. "At Infogroup, we pride ourselves on offering unique and up-to-date sets of business and residential data, and with ReferenceUSA our users have access to a leading online research and reference tool."
ReferenceUSA is a premier reference and research database for business professionals, job seekers, students, and others, that helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people. A recommended resource for libraries, users can use the database for market research, to locate and research companies they want to work for, as well as find schools, childcare, churches, doctors and other services. Additionally, using historical business information dating back to 2003, users can identify business trends over time and understand the current landscape of prospects and competitors.
In addition to valuable company information like company address and employee size, ReferenceUSA's database includes unique details such as geo-codes for mapping, website addresses, franchise and brand information, headline news, liens, judgments and bankruptcies, email addresses and more.
ReferenceUSA is continuing to expand the social data coverage through its compilation efforts.
"The ability for ReferenceUSA to serve communities at large with unique business insights in this way is an incredible asset to the Infogroup suite of marketing services and analytics solutions," Iaccarino furthers. "This new set of social media information will continue to improve our users' ability to use the platform effectively."
For more information about ReferenceUSA, call 800.808.1113 or visit www.referenceusa.com.
About Infogroup
Infogroup is a marketing services and analytics provider that delivers best-in-class data-driven and customer-centric technology solutions. Our data and software-as-a-service (DaaS and SaaS) offerings help clients of all sizes—from small companies to FORTUNE 100TM enterprises—increase their sales and customer loyalty. Infogroup provides both digital and traditional marketing channel expertise enhanced by access to our proprietary data on 235 million individuals and 24 million businesses, which is distributed in real-time to our clients. For more information on Infogroup's marketing and data solutions, visit www.infogroup.com.
CONTACT: Malti Shukla 402.836.5541 corporate.communications@infogroup.com
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ReferenceUSA Expands Database to Include Social Media Information
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ReferenceUSA, a SaaS research service by Infogroup, announces today the expansion of its platform to include the social media information of businesses in its database.
ReferenceUSA users can now access nearly 10 million unique social accounts within its business database, including Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn. Users are able to search for companies by their individual social media accounts. The portal's database selections and real-time access to more than 24 million businesses and 262 million consumers, in addition to its regularly updated information on new businesses and homeowners in the U.S., gives users a powerful tool to find the information they're searching for.
"Social media is a critical tool in today's world for understanding consumers and businesses more closely, so we knew it was imperative to integrate it into our offerings," said Michael Iaccarino, Chairman and CEO of Infogroup. "At Infogroup, we pride ourselves on offering unique and up-to-date sets of business and residential data, and with ReferenceUSA our users have access to a leading online research and reference tool."
ReferenceUSA is a premier reference and research database for business professionals, job seekers, students, and others, that helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people. A recommended resource for libraries, users can use the database for market research, to locate and research companies they want to work for, as well as find schools, childcare, churches, doctors and other services. Additionally, using historical business information dating back to 2003, users can identify business trends over time and understand the current landscape of prospects and competitors.
In addition to valuable company information like company address and employee size, ReferenceUSA's database includes unique details such as geo-codes for mapping, website addresses, franchise and brand information, headline news, liens, judgments and bankruptcies, email addresses and more.
ReferenceUSA is continuing to expand the social data coverage through its compilation efforts.
"The ability for ReferenceUSA to serve communities at large with unique business insights in this way is an incredible asset to the Infogroup suite of marketing services and analytics solutions," Iaccarino furthers. "This new set of social media information will continue to improve our users' ability to use the platform effectively."
For more information about ReferenceUSA, call 800.808.1113 or visit www.referenceusa.com.
About Infogroup
Infogroup is a marketing services and analytics provider that delivers best-in-class data-driven and customer-centric technology solutions. Our data and software-as-a-service (DaaS and SaaS) offerings help clients of all sizes—from small companies to FORTUNE 100TM enterprises—increase their sales and customer loyalty. Infogroup provides both digital and traditional marketing channel expertise enhanced by access to our proprietary data on 235 million individuals and 24 million businesses, which is distributed in real-time to our clients. For more information on Infogroup's marketing and data solutions, visit www.infogroup.com.
CONTACT: Malti Shukla 402.836.5541 corporate.communications@infogroup.com
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Global Future City Holding Inc. Announces Strategic Partner Great Coin, Inc.'s Filing of Registration Statement for Digital Securities
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Future City Holding Inc. (OTCQB:FTCY) (the "Company") confirmed today that its strategic partner, Great Coin, Inc., has filed a registration statement for the registration of "G-Coins", a digital security to be utilized by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, GX-Life Global, Inc., in its multi-level marketing and retail business operations.
Great Coin filed a Form 1-A Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the new Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933 known commonly as "Regulation A+" (the "Registration Statement") on November 10, 2015 for the initial registration of up to 20,000,000 G-Coins. GX-Life Global serves as a selling securityholder under the Registration Statement for the resale of 5,000,000 G-Coins it acquired from Great Coin pursuant to a private placement. The initial offering price of the G-Coins will be between a range of $0.50 and $2.50 per coin to be determined by Great Coin's Board of Directors following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
The G-Coin is an open source digital security that functions as a store of value and a medium of exchange. G-Coins will be created with secure, 256-bit encryption and will be freely tradable on an online trading platform. The price of a G-Coin, once on the trading platform, will be determined by market forces through trading activity. As a digital security, G-Coin will be offered as an uncertificated security, the ownership and transfer of which are recorded on an encrypted, secured distributed ledger system using technology similar to the distributed ledger technology used for trading digital currencies.
GX-Life Global intends to distribute the G-Coins it acquired to members of the GX-Life Global community as loyalty points for the members' participation in the GX-Life Global community. Members of GX-Life Global will be able to redeem their status points, reward points, and status reward points for G-Coin at 100 percent of their points' dollar value. Each member of GX-Life Global will be issued a GX-Life Global-branded debit card that holds both redeemed cash and G-Coin. Holders of G-Coin will be able to use their G-Coins to purchase products offered by GX-Life Global or sell them on the online trading platform for cash.
Ning Liu, CEO and President of the Company commented, "We feel that the integration of the G-Coin digital security into GX-Life's membership compensation plan will set us apart from other multi-level marketing businesses. The added incentive of a digital security freely-tradable on an online exchange with state of the art verification and clearance technology coupled with the quality of products sold by GX-Life Global all reaching a worldwide audience presents a compelling snapshot of our future business plans."
The Registration Statement relating to the registration of the G-Coins has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification of these securities under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Great Coin, Inc.
Great Coin, Inc., a Nevada corporation, is a technology company in the process of developing "Great Coin" or "G-Coin" which is an open source digital security that functions as a store of value and a medium of exchange. G-Coins will be freely tradable on an online trading platform, and the price of a G-Coin once on the trading platform will be determined by market forces through trading activity. Great Coin plans to freely sell the G-Coins directly and via GX-Life Global pursuant to a registration statement as a "digital security." As a digital security, G-Coin will be offered as an uncertificated security, the ownership and transfer of which are recorded on an encrypted, secured distributed ledger system using technology similar to the distributed ledger technology used for trading digital currencies.
About GX-Life Global, Inc.
GX-Life Global is in the process of developing a robust, scalable platform to support multi-level marketing ("MLM") opportunities throughout the world. The state of the art platform is intended to replace the Company's previous interest in EGD. GX-Life Global plans to replace EGD with "G-Coins" which are an open source digital security that functions as a store of value and a medium of exchange. These coins are being registered by Great Coin, Inc., a Nevada corporation. GX-Life Global plans to deploy the G-Coins it acquires from Great Coin by distributing them to members of their MLM program community as loyalty points for the members' participation in the MLM program. Members of GX-Life Global will be able to redeem their status points, reward points, and status reward points for G-Coin at 100% of their points' dollar value. Each member of the MLM program will be issued a GX-Life Global-branded debit card and a separate wallet that holds G-Coins. Additionally, holders of G-Coin will be able to use their G-Coins to purchase products offered by GX-Life Global.
About Global Future City Holding Inc.
Global Future City Holding Inc. is a holding company focused on implementing an EB-5 immigrant investor program for foreign investors who are interested in acquiring lawful permanent residence in the United States, and the marketing and deployment of its MLM loyalty-based retail program. The Company plans to focus its initial efforts on acquiring qualified investment projects that are aligned with the recently acquired EB-5 Regional Center and launching the digital security-based MLM program. Additional information on the Company may be viewed at http://www.gf.city.
Information about Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" that include information relating to future events and future financial and operating performance. The words "may," "would," "will," "expect," "estimate," "can," "believe," "potential" and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which that performance or those results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time they are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to: the Company pursuing digital currency, which could have fluctuations in demand and pricing, the introduction and impact of new competitive products or digital currency, the Company's ability to acquire and maintain customer strategic business relationships in the MLM space, growth in targeted markets, and other information that may be detailed from time-to-time in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. For a more detailed description of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting the Company, please refer to the Company's recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings, which are available at www.sec.gov . The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACT: Global Future City Holding, Inc. Michael R. Dunn CFO/COO Office: (949) 769-3550 Email: miked@gf.city
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SingleHop Introduces AI; New Saas Tool Provides Unprecedented Control and Management Over Hybrid Server and OS Environments including AWS and Azure
CHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SingleHop today announced AI, a first-of-its-kind, free, SaaS platform for remotely monitoring, managing, and patching servers and operating systems no matter where they are hosted - any cloud and any provider. Using advanced automation and predictive intelligence technologies, AI aggregates data from disparate server environments into one, simple-to-use, unified portal and suggests next steps, enabling IT staff to take immediate action across their entire server ecosystem. This dramatically reduces time spent on routine and repetitive tasks and speeds completion of critical actions. Account registration is now open at http://try.ai.
AI overview video: https://youtu.be/ZcWpmmj6orI
With the execution of one line of code, SingleHop makes what is often a multi-month process of specifying and deploying expensive monitoring and management systems a less than 60-second process. The free solution is managing tens of thousands of servers at initial rollout and is designed to scale exponentially.
A Radically Different Approach
Forrester Research reports that only 27% of US enterprise IT tech spending in 2015 will go to new projects, while almost twice that (48%) will go to ongoing operations and maintenance (1). AI addresses this imbalance at both SMB and enterprise levels, allowing IT staff to increase efficiency without headcount and empowering them to move beyond operations to innovation.
"SingleHop's AI is a great equalizer for organizations that don't have the resources to conduct day-to-day operations and to innovate simultaneously," said Phil Shih, managing director, Structure Research. "Its ability to securely manage services unilaterally across server and cloud environments adds real business value, taking into account the exponential growth of hybrid IT and cloud strategies while addressing an area of the market that is currently underserved."
With AI, IT staff have a simple, secure, streamlined way to monitor, manage, respond, schedule, delegate, or take immediate action on alerts, triggers or routine maintenance across all their servers with less effort and before issues escalate.
The task of patching 100 servers by hand, for example, is automated and replaced by a few clicks of a mouse. The comprehensive system view provided through AI's unified portal and its path to immediate action improve systems operations and decrease time drain for IT staff.
Automation that Delivers Actionable Intelligence
AI constantly monitors and assesses the health of the servers and their applications. It uses a predictive intelligence engine to evaluate and recommend actions and next steps through an "Action Items" tab that incorporates data from across the entire server ecosystem, in contrast to monitoring systems that provide alerts but no recommended fix or ability to address an issue.
Real-time, business intelligence consolidated in a single dashboard gives IT administrators comprehensive oversight of their servers at all times. Historical performance metrics at OS and application levels allow users to both fine tune their environments by creating threshold triggers on specific metrics and to identify where configuration optimizations are necessary.
"AI is game changing," said Jordan Jacobs, VP of products SingleHop. "All of the research we've seen supports that the vast majority of IT time and budget is allocated to keeping the lights on. With one tool, we can break that cycle. Imagine the productivity gains and reduced downtime achieved by IT professionals who have actionable intelligence at their fingertips across their entire server ecosystem through a single portal. It's an incredible leap forward in efficiency and economics."
Beginning today IT professionals who register at http://try.ai will have early access to the AI beta. The beta will help SingleHop rapidly collect feedback, make fixes, extend features and improve the user experience for the powerful tool.
Any Cloud. Any Provider.
Through SingleHop's patent-pending technologies, AI works securely on any server running Windows or Linux (CentOS/Red Hat) including:
- servers within AWS, Azure, and other public clouds
- bare metal servers hosted at third-party providers in addition to SingleHop
- virtual machines inside of on-premise deployments running OpenStack, Hyper-V or VMware
- colocated servers in any facility worldwide
Sample Use Case
An IT admin is responsible for managing 90 VMs spread across two public cloud providers. He also has a number of on-premise, physical servers, as well as a private cloud hosted in a colocation facility. He learns that a new zero-day exploit threatens an application running in several of his servers at multiple locations.
Before AI, in order to determine if servers were affected, the admin would have faced the labor-intensive task of individually logging into every server and assessing its vulnerability. Once the affected servers were identified, he would then need to manually install the requisite security patch one-by-one.
With AI's automation engine, however, the tedium and repetition is eliminated. The admin instantly sees a patch notification in his Action Item list that identifies the affected servers. With one click, he can simultaneously apply the patch system-wide, schedule it for later, assign the task to a team member or to one of SingleHop's certified engineers.
About SingleHop
SingleHop, a leading global provider of hosted IT infrastructure and cloud computing, brings together a unique combination of enterprise-class technologies from industry-leading vendors, and a proprietary automation engine, to deliver a customized cloud infrastructure experience for enterprises of all sizes. The company's powerful portal and award-winning automation platform make it simple to design and support the optimal cloud environment. Their service includes full life-cycle, white-glove support, instantly-scalable solutions, and comprehensive integrated security. SingleHop serves more than 5,500 customers in more than 124 countries with data centers across the United States and Europe.
(1) Forrester Research, "Forrester's Data Can Help CIOs Defend And Improve Tech Budgets," by Andrew Bartels with Peter Burris, Amanda LeClair, January 23, 2015, Updated February 10, 2015
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