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  • MyLife.com Touts Position as Leading People Review, Reputation Management Site

    Los Angeles, California, Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2015--MyLife.com, the Internet's original people review and reputation management site, has taken the controversial "Yelp for people" trend one step further by creating more than 225 million searchable personal webpages for every adult American. The site even has pages for Julia Cordray and Nicole McCullough, founders of Peeple, a soon-to-launch app following MyLife's platform for leaving personal, professional, and even romantic reviews for other people.

    "Peeple is being trashed as the 'Yelp for people' for reducing personal opinions to a simple reviews app. MyLife has been offering not only a personal reviews platform, but features that allow individuals to cultivate a more accurate and positive online reputation," said Jeff Tinsley, founder of MyLife.com, a website with 6 million unique monthly visitors. "In its launch six months ago, MyLife pioneered the concept of categorized reviews for people. However, that was only one feature in a series of many designed to help members protect, shape, and monitor their online reputations."

    In addition to providing millions of Americans with personal, professional, and intimate feedback via its categorized review platform, MyLife.com is also providing individuals the ability to:

    -      View, monitor, and control all personal information being exposed around the web

    -      Read/post personal, professional, and romantic reviews

    -      Remove private information from other sites

    -      Discover who is accessing their information and/or searching their name

    -      Claim and manage their personal MyLife webpage

    "Whereas Peeple seems to position its subjects as powerless victims of their reviews, MyLife.com is focused on empowering its members," says Tinsley. "The entire purpose of MyLife.com is to give individuals a voice and help them take control of their online reputations, not succumb to them."

    In just three months, MyLife.com has seen its numbers grow from 4.7 million unique visitors to nearly 6 million in September.

    For more information on MyLife.com, please visit https://www.mylife.com.

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    About MyLife.com, Inc.
    Founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Jeff Tinsley, MyLife.com is located in Los Angeles, California. With more than 50 million registered members, MyLife is focused on helping every individual control their personal information online. By creating the industry-leading personal information management service, MyLife is the one place that helps people improve their public image, and better their personal lives and careers.

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    CONTACT: For more information on MyLife.com, please visit https://www.mylife.com

  • Full SDS Support for Common App Now Available in the TargetX Recruitment CRM

    PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TargetX announced today an expanded partnership with The Common Application which now includes the ability to seamlessly integrate with their Scheduled Delivery Service (SDS). The new integration process is managed entirely by TargetX and requires nothing more than signing up for SDS on the part of the college or university. This is the first such integration between the Common App and the Salesforce platform.

    In addition to streamlining the data integration, TargetX also announced that the new templates automate both the Common App data delivery as well as all individual PDFs for supporting documentation (such as recommendations, writing supplements, transcripts), which are immediately available in the TargetX Decision module.

    "As our CRM evolves, we're so pleased to announce a solution that will help admission counselors process and read every component of The Common Application directly in the CRM through a feature that is provided at no additional cost to clients," says Sasha Peterson, CEO of TargetX. "We know how critical it is for admissions officers to access and evaluate student applications quickly and simply, without the need for IT support. This is it. And we knew we had something big when one of our clients immediately remarked 'This is a game changer.'"

    TargetX clients will now have the ability to streamline Common Application attachments into the CRM with no IT intervention required. For more information about TargetX's compelling recruitment solutions all integrated into one package, please visit www.targetx.com.

    About TargetX

    TargetX is the leading CRM company in higher education, reimagining the student experience through campuswide solutions that help colleges and universities build lifelong relationships with prospective students, current students and alumni. The company's CRM is built on the powerful Salesforce.com platform — the most innovative customer relationship management system in the world. TargetX offers the most compelling and complete set of solutions, including the recent addition to the solution suite of two mobile-designed modules. A student-centric online application for admissions and a student engagement platform to help institutions improve enrollment and student success. With its 17-year reputation for innovative technology and industry expertise, TargetX is the most trusted CRM provider in higher education.

    CONTACT: Media Contact: Kimberly Nagy: nagy@targetx.com

  • TargetX Builds College Application Process Students Really Want

    PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TargetX showcases the first online application designed for students during the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) conference, October 1-3 in San Diego, CA.

    TargetX's new student-centric Online Application is the first of its kind and the latest product released in the Recruitment CRM, the most comprehensive and compelling suite of recruitment solutions available in higher ed. Unlike most mobile applications framed around outdated paper models, TargetX's Online Application appeals to the growing number of students who use their phones to apply to college.

    "Students are no longer linear," points out April Welch, Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Illinois Institute of Technology. "Other applications assume that a student is going to start the application, sit there and complete it. The TargetX application gives students the opportunity to jump around to the sections they want to. It gives them a great visual displaying the estimated time remaining to finish the application. Really, it is more geared towards the way students actually complete applications. Given the fact that they are applying to multiple places it is important to have a professional interface that gives our applicants a fast and smooth experience."

    A Comprehensive Recruitment Suite of Solutions

    In addition to the new Online Application, decision and scoring tools facilitate a paperless application review process, while student-yield tools like Schools App and UChat provide meaningful socio-behavioral data and communications opportunities. Every component of the CRM is backed by complete implementation services, training and an experienced support team for colleges to be successful.

    "At TargetX, we've reimagined the entire recruitment process to better serve the needs of both students and admissions professionals," says CEO of TargetX, Sasha Peterson. "We invite admissions professionals to come see for themselves at the NACAC Conference in San Diego. They'll see how simple it is to build customized applications that attract students. They'll also witness the countless ways that applicants--who crave organization and guidance in their application experience--drove our product development process."

    Visit TargetX at NACAC

    Experience the ease and functionality of TargetX's new Online Application. Build your own application, review the backend functionality, and then explore the other modules of the recruitment suite -- from the iPad and web-based application review solution to the fully integrated engagement and yield tools. TargetX will be available in booth 301 and 312 October 1-3. Learn more or schedule an appointment at:

    http://www.targetx.com/nacac/

    About TargetX

    TargetX is the leading CRM company in higher education, reimagining the student experience through campuswide solutions that help colleges and universities build lifelong relationships with prospective students, current students and alumni. The company's CRM is built on the powerful Salesforce.com platform — the most innovative customer relationship management system in the world. TargetX offers the most compelling and complete set of solutions, including the recent addition to the solution suite of two mobile-designed modules. A student-centric online application for admissions and a student engagement platform to help institutions improve enrollment and student success. With its 17-year reputation for innovative technology and industry expertise, TargetX is the most trusted CRM provider in higher education.

    CONTACT: Media Contact: Kimberly Nagy: nagy@targetx.com

  • SYNNEX Solves Customer Bid Management Issues With New Bid Portal in ECExpress

    GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SYNNEX Inspire North American Conference -- SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE:SNX), a leading technology solutions company, is launching its new Bid Portal feature in ECExpress 7, the company's eCommerce tool. Bid Portal was created to harness the volume of bids resellers have to manage, making it easier for them to have visibility to the opportunities available to them so they do not miss a chance to respond to their customers and close deals.

    What once was a manual follow-up process with multiple emails and phone calls is now managed through a single pane of glass. Bid Portal displays the list of manufacturers with which the reseller has bids in progress for their customers with the parts, pricing, and bid start and end dates. If the bid has expired, it no longer shows up in their queue. All resellers can view what bids are available and open to them, and then can place orders off those bids.

    "SYNNEX enhanced its new ECExpress 7 online ordering tool so our customers can view and act on all their outstanding bid opportunities," said Peter Larocque, President, North American Technology Solutions, SYNNEX Corporation. "Our new Bid Portal gives them one-click access to their vendor and end-customer bid information, so they can pursue and close those bids much faster."

    "Our customers are under a lot of pressure and are asked to do more with less. Bid Portal is a useful resource that can help my internal sales team be more efficient to respond quickly to our customers, which translates into increased productivity on both sides of the equation. For us, we spend less time chasing bids, and our customers get what they need in a timely fashion. It's a win-win," said Jim McArdle, President, North Shore Computer, Inc.  

    The Bid Portal release comes a few months after the launch of the newly enhanced, intuitively designed ECExpress 7 platform, which allows customers to check SYNNEX inventory and prices with a single click; confirm order status, product availability and shipping warehouse; access CLOUDSolv, RENEWSolv and SERVICESolv platforms; and manage vendor product promotions and multiple incentive programs from one location through PROMOCentral."

    SYNNEX customers will have access to Bid Portal through ECExpress 7 in mid-October 2015. 

    About SYNNEX

    SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE:SNX), a Fortune 500 corporation, is a leading business process services company, optimizing supply chains and providing outsourced services focused on customer relationship management. SYNNEX distributes a broad range of information technology systems and products, and also provides systems design and integration solutions. Concentrix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation, offers a portfolio of strategic solutions and end-to-end business services around customer engagement strategy, process optimization, technology innovation, front and back-office automation and business transformation to clients in ten identified industry verticals. Founded in 1980, SYNNEX Corporation operates in 25 countries around the world. Additional information about SYNNEX may be found online at www.synnex.com.

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    Statements in this release that are forward-looking, such as features, capabilities and date of availability of Bid Portal, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to be materially different from any future performance that may be suggested in this release. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release.

    Copyright 2015 SYNNEX Corporation. All rights reserved. SYNNEX, the SYNNEX Logo, CONCENTRIX, CLOUDSOLV, RENEWSOLV, SERVICESOLV and all other SYNNEX company, product and services names and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks of SYNNEX Corporation. SYNNEX, the SYNNEX Logo, and CONCENTRIX Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Other names and marks are the property of their respective owners. 

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    CONTACT: Media Contact: Amanda Long Hughes Agency amandal@hughes-agency.com 864-271-0718

  • Insight to Acquire BlueMetal

    TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Insight Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSIT) today announced the acquisition of BlueMetal, an interactive design and technology architecture firm based in the Boston area, with offices in Chicago and New York.

    BlueMetal delivers strategic design, application development, business intelligence solutions and data visualization platforms. BlueMetal has expertise in financial services, healthcare, education, government and retail and generated revenue of approximately $25 million over the last twelve months.

    "Insight continues to invest in strengthening our services capabilities that bring value to our clients' businesses," said Ken Lamneck, president and CEO, Insight Enterprises. "This relationship expands our geographic footprint and expertise in application design, mobility and business analytics, while also building on our unique position to bring richer solutions powered by Intelligent Technology™ to our clients."

    "When BlueMetal was established five years ago, our team set a goal to design and deliver business and technology solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing clients," said Scott Jamison, CEO, BlueMetal. "Joining Insight, a leading global services and solutions provider, will enable us to grow our team and expand our expertise to clients around the world." Jamison joins Insight as VP of Services.

    Analysts expect that by 2020, customers will manage up to 85% of their relationships with businesses without interacting with a human. This creates the business imperative to incorporate Intelligent Technology™ to manage the customer journey.

    "BlueMetal's award-winning work in the area of application design, mobility and big data enable clients to empower their work forces and engage with customers in an increasingly mobile world," said Steve Dodenhoff, president, Insight U.S. "We are thrilled with the addition of the BlueMetal team."

    For more information on Insight, visit http://www.insight.com/ or call 1.800.INSIGHT.

    About Insight

    From business and government organizations to healthcare and educational institutions, Insight empowers clients with "Intelligent Technology™" solutions to realize their goals. As a Fortune 500-ranked global provider of hardware, software, cloud and service solutions, our 5,400 teammates provide clients the guidance and expertise needed to select, implement and manage complex technology solutions to drive business outcomes. Through our world-class people, partnerships, services and delivery solutions, we help businesses run smarter. Discover more at insight.com. NSIT-M

    About BlueMetal

    Modern technology, craftsman quality.  BlueMetal is an interactive design and technology architecture firm matching the most experienced consultants in the industry to the most challenging business and technical problems facing our clients. We seek to understand your business strategy and technical foundation to craft solutions that holistically blend architecture, innovation, creative design, and strategic vision to exactly meet your needs and ensure your success. BlueMetal is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts with offices in Chicago and New York. 

    CONTACT: HELEN JOHNSON (INVESTOR RELATIONS) Insight Enterprises, Inc. TEL. (480) 333.3234 EMAIL: HELEN.JOHNSON@INSIGHT.COM JOE MCGURK (MEDIA RELATIONS) Sloane Public Relations TEL. (212) 446.1874 EMAIL: JMCGURK@SLOANEPR.COM

  • Highstreet IT Selects FORTRUST as Their Data Center Partner

    DENVER, Oct. 01, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FORTRUST, a leading data center and colocation services provider, has won a contract with Highstreet IT, an enterprise class IT services provider, to support their rapidly expanding cloud services. Highstreet IT offers consulting, technology integration, and change management services for Oracle, SAP, and cloud solutions. They also offer a range of managed services from hosting and infrastructure management to application operations and software support for cloud solutions.

    Highstreet IT is experiencing continued growth as an infrastructure and applications service provider, making a highly scalable data center a necessary requirement. By selecting FORTRUST, Highstreet IT has a partner with the capabilities to facilitate the delivery of world-class solutions and impeccable customer service.

    “FORTRUST not only allows us to physically scale, but helps our business grow by providing outstanding customer support,” states Rich Bradley, Senior Vice President of Strategic Client Development at Highstreet IT. “Other providers were unable or unwilling to invest in that type of partnership.”

    “We are proud to offer Highstreet IT the data center infrastructure, operations, and customer service that they and our other enterprise class IT solutions companies require,” said Josh Moody, FORTRUST’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We look forward to our partnership with Highstreet IT.”

    About FORTRUST

    FORTRUST is one of the most progressive high-availability data center services providers in North America, serving clients across the globe who depend on colocation services for a critical lifeline of their business. FORTRUST Denver is the largest data center in the region with over 300,000 square feet and 34 megawatts of data center capacity. FORTRUST offers agile, reliable, sustainable and secure raised floor and modular data center capacity for any-size enterprise supported by optimal power infrastructure and connectivity to safeguard mission-critical business services. In addition to the national headquarters in Denver, FORTRUST has data center locations in Phoenix, Arizona and Edison, New Jersey. www.ftdc.com

    About Highstreet IT

    Highstreet IT Solutions, LLC, an information technology (IT) services company, provides consulting, technology integration, and change management services for Oracle, SAP, and cloud solutions. It offers full lifecycle consulting support services, including implementations, upgrades, optimization, application assessments, software selection, IT strategy, project management, application management, and change management services for PeopleSoft, Oracle E-Business Suite, and SAP applications. The company also provides a range of managed services from hosting and infrastructure management through application operations and software support for cloud solutions. In addition, it resells a suite of Oracle software solutions. Highstreet IT Solutions, LLC was founded in 2011 and is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. www.Highstreetit.com

    CONTACT: Media Contact:Janna Millerjanna@redcompassco.com720.381.4159

  • Symphony Health Solutions Announces IDV(R) (Integrated Dataverse)

    HORSHAM, Pa., Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Symphony Health Solutions (SHS), a provider of high-value market research, analytics, and technology solutions for life sciences manufacturers, payers, and providers, today announced the availability of IDV® (Integrated Dataverse), an exciting new big data solution that provides market-leading coverage and insights to the drivers of pharmaceutical demand. This new HIPAA-compliant platform powers all SHS products and will be the exclusive data platform for the company as of January 2016. IDV is the result of substantial data and technology investments made by SHS to provide the most accurate and complete picture of the pharmaceutical market.

    IDV® sits at the heart of SHS's broader strategy to transform the life sciences market through technology and innovation. As the foundation for all SHS data products, IDV® offers a complete picture of a given health event across prescriber, payer, and patient dimensions with analytics to answer key questions and facilitate critical commercial processes. Leveraging our new big data infrastructure and extensive healthcare data management capabilities, IDV® supports integration of clinical and other health-related data to support a more complete view of the financial and clinical decisions that drive the marketplace.

    "We developed IDV® in response to the changing dynamics of the healthcare ecosystem. A one dimensional view of the market was no longer sufficient to answer the increasingly complex business questions our customers are asking," explained Don Otterbein, SVP Marketing & Product Management and GM, Consulting & Services. "With IDV, we enable our customers to better understand the patient journey and the clinical and financial decisions that impact their performance."

    Combining SHS's vast claims resources and rich point-of-sale retail prescription data, IDV® is the industry's most complete and interconnected source of healthcare data. SHS utilizes payment processing systems to capture the full claims lifecycle and more accurately depict prescription activity. By connecting physician, pharmacy, anonymized patient, medical and hospital data, IDV® reveals real-world behaviors and illuminates increasingly complex therapy decisions. With true transaction-level integration across all dimensions, IDV® combines different facets of information, allowing a view of a single health event from many different angles in support of increasingly sophisticated insight-driven strategies and programs.

    Access to IDV® is simple and efficient with delivery via Symphony HealthCloud™ and VantageTM Applications, the company's proprietary cloud-based platform and analytic solutions suites. IDV® is the new industry standard for an integrated, multi-dimensional big data platform delivered in flexible formats to meet every business need.

    For more information about IDV®, view the info video or visit the SHS website at www.symphonyhealth.com.

    About Symphony Health Solutions

    Symphony Health Solutions is a leading provider of high-value data, analytics, technology solutions and actionable insights for healthcare and life sciences manufacturers, payers and providers. The company helps clients drive revenue growth and commercial effectiveness, while adapting to the transformation of the healthcare ecosystem, by integrating a broad set of patient, prescriber, payer and clinical data together with primary and secondary health research, analytics and consulting. Symphony delivers a comprehensive perspective on the real dynamics that drive business in the healthcare and life sciences markets. For more information, visit www.symphonyhealth.com.

    CONTACT: For media information, please contact: Heather Varela, Symphony Health Solutions heather.varela@symphonyhealth.com +1 602.463.7838

  • LabTech Software Offers Enterprise Mobility Management With IBM MobileFirst Protect

    LabTech Software is now delivering affordable single-paned enterprise mobility services across cloud and mobile platforms

    TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LabTech Software, the only powerful, robust-featured remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform developed by an IT service provider, for IT service providers, today announced it will begin offering IBM MobileFirst Protect (formerly MaaS360) for enterprise mobility management (EMM).

    IBM MobileFirst Protect is a comprehensive enterprise mobility solution trusted by thousands of customers worldwide. MobileFirst Protect simplifies EMM with rapid deployment and comprehensive security that spans across users, devices, email, apps, and documents. It supports all major device types and operating systems including iOS, Android, and Windows. MobileFirst Protect is the only EMM solution to receive a Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Joint Authorization Board (JAB).

    "With the rapid rise of BYOD, security, compliance and convenience continue to be of paramount importance for any MDM policy in today's modern connected world," said Matt Nachtrab, chief executive officer, LabTech Software. "It is our primary goal to provide IT service providers with a variety of solutions, empowering them to select the options that best suit their unique business needs. Our agreement with IBM allows us to offer a premium solution that not only supports all major operating systems, but provides robust functionality that many IT service providers are demanding."

    LabTech Software partners will have access to cloud-based mobility lifecycle management that is affordable to any size IT business and includes a tailored security fit for industry verticals, including proactive and continuous compliance for retail, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, education, and the public sector. LabTech Software is in the process of developing a one-of-a-kind integration that will enable a single-pane-of-glass for managing users, desktops, servers, virtual systems, network devices and mobile devices.

    LabTech Software strives to extend the value of the LabTech RMM platform for its partners by aligning with industry-leading technology providers to offer cutting-edge solutions. Each new product offered is intended to leverage the power of automation and provides IT providers with more choices to suit their specific needs.

    To learn more about how LabTech Software and IBM MobileFirst Protect can help improve your business, please visit: www.labtechsoftware.com/MobileFirstProtect

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    About LabTech Software

    LabTech Software is the developer of the only remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform developed for IT service providers by IT service providers. Designed and developed by system administrators with years of experience in the IT services industry, LabTech's focus is to drive the power of IT automation. This affordable agent-based platform closely emulates what technicians do in the field by performing IT support and management tasks and processes remotely, efficiently and non-intrusively. LabTech is the most powerful, feature-rich and widely-sought RMM platform in the IT service provider space today. For more information please visit www.labtechsoftware.com or call 877-522-8323.

    CONTACT: Amy Legere Greenough for LabTech Software alegere@greenough.biz 617.275.6517

  • New Cloud-Based Software Platform Drives University Enrollment

    Boston and NACAC, San Diego, Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Universities looking to increase their enrollment rates now have VisitDays, an online platform that automates the process of engaging the entire campus community in the recruitment and enrollment of new students.  With the widespread launch of VisitDays Mobi, the first in a suite of offerings from the VisitDays platform, the company is bringing the power of its software to the campus visit process.  

    VisitDays Mobi automates and streamlines the scheduling of campus visits by prospective students. It brings the entire campus community into the process, including faculty, current students and administrators by connecting them with the visiting students before, during and after the visit.

    Universities that were selected to participate in the initial release of VisitDays Mobi have seen a 30 percent increase in campus visits in the first year.  

    "In the competitive world of college admissions, the first visit is the gateway to the single greatest asset that universities have in their arsenal - the campus and the faculty and students who make up the school community," said Sujoy Roy, CEO, VisitDays. "VisitDays uses powerful technology that streamlines the process for both students and staff to help schools stand out against the competition."

    VisitDays Mobi makes it easy for prospects and their parents to schedule a tour online, including via mobile devices, while providing schools with powerful scheduling and analytics tools that help admissions teams maximize their recruiting efforts and connect prospective students directly with the relevant members of the campus community.

    "VisitDays is a game changer and VisitDays' Mobi has been a critical tool for me. It has effectively enabled me to bring rich analytics and a strategic direction to my institution's senior leadership," said Tony Jackson, Director of Engineering Recruitment, University of Kentucky. "And the students love it because it is exactly where they are: on their mobile devices, with a clean, fast, easy-to-use interface. "

    Key features of VisitDays' Mobi include:

    Simple Scheduling & Automated Communications
    Prospective students register for campus visits through the university website, powered by VisitDays Mobi, immediately matching them to a specific tour guide.  As soon as the student registers they receive opt-in text reminders from the school about the visit, including a check-in reminder minutes before arrival.

    Insights That Matter
    VisitDays keeps tracks all student engagements for the university admissions team and provides day-to-day operational reporting so they know who will be visiting campus. Robust macro-level analytics are also built into the platform.

    Team Management
    VisitDays helps manage the admissions staff, tour guides, faculty financial aid officers and marketing staff, including calendars  and notifications about specific visit assignments.

    "I've had the pleasure of working with VisitDays at two different institutions. We are thrilled with the impact it has made in allowing us to exceed our very aggressive enrollment goals by 30%," said Reggie Hill, Assistant Vice President of Enrollment, Saint Leo University.  "Their team has made integration with our CRM smooth and efficient and provides top-notch support."    

    VisitDays is demonstrating its products in Booth # 215 at the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National Conference, October 1-3, 2015, in San Diego, Calif.

    About VisitDays
    VisitDaysis a cloud-based platform that connects campus communities with prospective students, streamlining the process for both students and administrators.

    CONTACT: Bill Baker visitdays@bakercg.com 860.350.9100

  • Rapid7 Introduces Nexpose 6.0 With Adaptive Security

    BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ:RPD), a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions, today announced the release of Nexpose 6.0 featuring Adaptive Security, a new capability that will help organizations respond more effectively to evolving security risks. The enhanced solution for Threat Exposure Management delivers prioritized insight into changes on your network and the impact of newly discovered vulnerabilities, quickly identifying critical threats with guidance for fast remediation.

    Adaptive Security dynamically collects and analyzes security data, providing attack surface visibility with risk assessment. By focusing on important network changes, Adaptive Security helps IT security professionals better identify and understand their risk, and take action when necessary. Adaptive Security automatically identifies and assesses vulnerabilities and exposures when new assets join the network and when assets rejoin the network. Additionally, Adaptive Security will quickly analyze your security data to provide visibility into and show the potential impact of newly identified vulnerabilities.

    Adaptive Security delivers the benefits of continuous monitoring without the noise of unfiltered alerts or the network performance tax of continuous scanning. Further, Adaptive Security automated actions are simple for customers to create because they require no coding and are flexible, so they can better meet specific user needs.

    "Security teams are struggling to stay ahead of changes in their environments and the threat landscape while managing the noise that comes with traditional, continuous monitoring solutions. Adaptive Security cuts through the clutter and puts control back into the hands of IT security professionals," said Lee Weiner, senior vice president of products and engineering at Rapid7. "This level of ongoing awareness and visibility means that significant risks are quickly evaluated and teams are empowered to take action when necessary."

    Nexpose 6.0 also extends IT security teams' ability to assess their attack surface by integrating data from Project Sonar – a research project from Rapid7 Labs that scans the internet every week for any external facing IP addresses associated with a given domain. The Sonar integration allows teams to discover internet accessible assets they may not have been aware of otherwise.

    Better Understand the Risk Exposure from New Vulnerabilities

    In 2014, three major vulnerabilities, Heartbleed, Shellshock, and Poodle, left organizations of all sizes and stages of security maturity open to attacks from cyber criminals. Adaptive Security automatically scans for critical threats, like those mentioned above, and measures risk exposure against emerging vulnerabilities, providing context and prioritization with Nexpose RealRisk and RealContext.

    "Nexpose Adaptive Security allows me to understand my organization's exposure to threats, including newly discovered vulnerabilities, without having to initiate an assessment," said Billy Lewis, director of information technology at State Garden. "As soon as a new vulnerability is discovered, I have a report detailing my risk – that's very powerful."

    The New Nexpose Experience

    With a newly streamlined navigation and an easy to use interface, Nexpose can improve security professionals' productivity by extending security team resources. Easy navigation, built-in automation, and the ability to tune Nexpose to your IT environment mean security staff spends less time in the technology and more time acting on the recommendations and making an impact. The improved user experience for Nexpose is part of an ongoing commitment from Rapid7 to make security software easy to use and learn, helping lean teams achieve greater productivity.

    Nexpose 6.0 will be available in October of 2015, and will also be localized into Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.

    For detailed system requirements, price quotes, and additional information visit https://www.rapid7.com/products/nexpose/ or call Rapid7 at + 1 617 247 1717.

    About Rapid7 Nexpose

    Rapid7 Nexpose is a Threat Exposure Management solution that dynamically collects data and analyzes risk across vulnerabilities, configurations, and controls, from the endpoint to the cloud. Nexpose is engineered to enable IT security teams to identify, assess and respond to critical change as it happens with Adaptive Security. Users can more efficiently manage risk found in operating systems, third-party software, Web applications, browsers and databases all in one solution with over 68,000 vulnerabilities and 163,000 vulnerability checks. The unique integration with Rapid7's Metasploit, RealRisk score, and contextual business intelligence make Nexpose a Threat Exposure Management solution that prioritizes remediation and helps reduce risk. Its user interface, and smart analytics—such as the Top 25 Remediation report and custom reporting—allow security teams to communicate risk and remediation more effectively. Nexpose could be used to improve a company's overall risk posture to better comply with regulations, including security requirements for PCI, CIS, HIPAA, HITECH Act, FISMA (including SCAP Compliance), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and NERC CIP. Nexpose, as a core component of Rapid7's Security Data and Analytics platform, promotes an active, analytics-driven approach to cyber security.

    About Rapid7

    Rapid7 is a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions that enable organizations to implement an active, analytics-driven approach to cyber security. We combine our extensive experience in security data and analytics and deep insight into attacker behaviors and techniques to make sense of the wealth of data available to organizations about their IT environments and users. Our solutions empower organizations to prevent attacks by providing visibility into vulnerabilities and to rapidly detect compromises, respond to breaches, and correct the underlying causes of attacks. Rapid7 is trusted by more than 4,150 organizations across 90 countries, including 34% of the Fortune 1000. To learn more about Rapid7 or get involved in our threat research, visit www.rapid7.com.

    CONTACT: Press Contact: Rachel Adam Rapid7, Senior PR Manager press@rapid7.com +1 (857) 415-4443