FRANKLIN, MA--(Marketwired - Dec 9, 2014) - SyTech Inc., the leading provider of automated report generation and data analysis software for industry, announced that Kepware Technologies has become a SyTech Strategic Partner providing seamless integration between the XLReporter and Kepware's Local Historian Plug-In for KEPServerEX.
KEPServerEX, Kepware's flagship solution, manages critical automation, facility, and infrastructure data. The platform design enables users to connect, monitor, and control diverse automation devices and software applications using a library of more than 150 protocols through one user interface, providing enterprise applications with reliable real-time and historical data. Many of Kepware's users have already been using XLReporter for reporting and report distribution. The new Strategic Partner relationship ensures that customers are delivered a robust, cost effective, "out-of-the-box" solution.
With XLReporter's native Kepware Local Historian connector and intuitive point-and-click configuration, users can easily create informative drill-down, summary, utilization and regulatory reports from the Local Historian. Completed reports are distributed via web pages, networked printers, PDF files and email.
"Kepware products have been used with XLReporter for over a decade, and we always felt confident recommending each others' products. With the release of our Local Historian Plug-In, we are strengthening our relationship to make it significantly easier for our customers to acquire real time data, historize the information, and produce value-oriented reports quickly and easily," says John Harrington, Director of Product Management at Kepware Technologies.
"We are very proud to be working with Kepware Technologies, fulfilling reporting with their products," states Peter Kaprielian, CTO of SyTech. "Our dedicated support team is not only experienced with XLReporter but also have a deep understanding of Kepware's products. These are the basic ingredients of quality customer experiences."
About SyTech
Founded in 1991, SyTech develops software for report generation and analysis. The product, XLReporter, is the recognized leader in industry for automating and distributing reports. XLReporter delivers connectivity to all the major HMI/SCADA, Historian and business data sources through proprietary or industry standards. The product is sold by automation software distributors and OEMs with implementations in over 80 countries around the world. SyTech markets include manufacturing, utilities such as water and wastewater, building automation and energy management. Their award-winning software is endorsed by small municipal facilities as well as major international manufacturers and Fortune 500 companies. www.SyTech.com.
About Kepware Technologies
Kepware Technologies is a private software development company headquartered in Portland, Maine. Kepware provides a portfolio of software solutions to help businesses connect diverse automation devices and software applications. From plant floor to wellsite to windfarm, Kepware serves a wide range of customers in a variety of international vertical markets including Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Building Automation, Power Distribution, and more. Established in 1995 and now distributed in more than 100 countries, Kepware's software solutions help thousands of businesses improve operations and decision making.
Learn more at www.kepware.com.
Chiharu Kobayashi
(508) 520-9957
]]>AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwired - Dec 9, 2014) - SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT performance management software, today introduced new integration between SolarWinds Web Help Desk and DameWare Remote Support, empowering IT Pros to provide fast and direct IT incident support and reduce overall end-user performance disruption wherever end-users are working.
As end-user expectations for optimal IT performance are on the rise and IT departments are tasked with delivering near-immediate problem resolution, businesses are also becoming more global and mobile, increasingly supporting teleworking and travel to meet business needs. In a 2014 HDI survey of over 1,300 IT support center respondents, remote support was cited as the top technology needed to provide successful end-user desktop support, with 43 percent of organizations resolving half of their IT tickets remotely in 2014.
SolarWinds Web Help Desk and DameWare Remote Support, currently supporting over 25,000 organizations collectively, now integrate to allow IT Pros to remotely access and control end-users' Windows, Linux, and Mac OS devices and immediately address their IT problems, all while recording ticket details including chat transcripts, asset status and other data to reduce downtime and optimize long-term business performance.
"IT Pros require direct access to the end-users' devices to investigate and resolve their problems quicklyand they need an automated solution for keeping track of those IT incidents and assets," said Chris LaPoint, vice president of product management, SolarWinds. "SolarWinds Web Help Desk and DameWare Remote Support seamlessly integrate with the goal of solving end-user problems faster and enabling the automatic storage of IT incident resolution metrics; in this way, IT is able to provide unique insight into a business' problem areas and apply appropriate tech solutions to fix them."
SolarWinds Web Help Desk and DameWare Remote Support integration highlights
With the new integration between SolarWinds Web Help Desk and DameWare Report Support, IT Pros are able to launch remote support sessions directly from tickets and asset reports, essentially providing onsite support delivery for end-users working from home or on the go. IT Pros can:
·Connect with a remote end-user's computer or server directly from an automated support ticket or from an asset management record
·Store critical information from completed support sessions into the ticket log and asset data, including chat transcripts, screenshots and data such as remote access duration
In addition, SolarWinds Web Help Desk features new asset reporting for easy monitoring of business-critical metrics including time-to-resolution and end-user satisfaction, enabling IT Pros to:
·Maintain reports on assets, both hardware and software, for records, audit trails or to identify weak spots within an infrastructure
·Generate reports about assets both at the aggregate and single-system levels, filtered by OS or model, location, incidents, warranty expirations and more
SolarWinds Web Help Desk features automated help desk ticketing for streamlined IT service management from request to resolution with rule-based routing and escalation, real-time tracking and SLA alerts, simplified IT asset management, tracking and reporting. Pricing starts at $695.
DameWare Remote Support provides remote access to Windows, Linux and Mac OS X desktops, laptops and servers for remote troubleshooting and management of servers and workstations. Admins can reboot systems; start and stop services and processes; copy or delete files; view and clear event logs; manage multiple AD domains, users and groups; remotely reset passwords; and gain access to Windows computers from iOS and Android mobile devices. Pricing starts at $349.
Pricing for both products includes the first year of maintenance. For more information, including a downloadable, free evaluation, visit the SolarWinds website or call 866.530.8100.
Additional Resources:
·HDI Research Brief: Desktop Support: Managing Ticket Volume Under Pressure
·Infographic: Desktop Support Tickets are Still on the Rise
·Video: SolarWinds Help Desk Essentials Overview
About SolarWinds
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500® enterprises to small businesses. In all of our market areas, our approach is consistent. We focus exclusively on IT Pros and strive to eliminate the complexity that they have been forced to accept from traditional enterprise software vendors. SolarWinds delivers on this commitment with unexpected simplicity through products that are easy to find, buy, use and maintain while providing the power to address any IT management problem on any scale. Our solutions are rooted in our deep connection to our user base, which interacts in our thwack® online community to solve problems, share technology and best practices, and directly participate in our product development process. Learn more today at http://www.solarwinds.com/.
SolarWinds, SolarWinds.com and thwack are registered trademarks of SolarWinds. All other company and product names mentioned are used only for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact Information
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Nicole Fachet
Text100
Phone: 212.871.3950
Courtney Cantwell
SolarWinds
Phone: 512.682.9692
]]>SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 9, 2014) - Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and the leading innovator in premium video publishing, analytics and monetization, today issued its Q3 2014 Global Video Index Report, showing consistent daily patterns in the way people consume TV and video across different devices throughout the day. The report also shows that mobile and tablet devices reached 30 percent of all online video views during the quarter, representing a 114 percent year-over-year increase. At this rate, Ooyala predicts that mobile and tablet viewing will reach 50 percent of all online views by late 2015.
Viewers increasingly are turning to the Internet for their daily content, driven in large part by increased access to premium and live video content, especially international sporting events and news of all sorts. The result is unprecedented growth rates in mobile and tablet video consumption. Broadcasters and publishers who have access to this kind of consumption data for their own content have a unique opportunity to capitalize on this trend, particularly in mature markets where video-capable devices and wireless broadband are ubiquitous.
Ooyala's Q3 2014 Global Video Index Report also shows substantial growth of long-form video consumption across devices. Connected TVs -- whether connected directly to the Internet or via game consoles and other devices -- were central to long-form content consumption during the quarter. Viewers watched long-form content, videos longer than 10 minutes, four times more than on tablets and almost 10 times more than on mobile phones.
More surprisingly, the report shows that all screens are becoming popular for watching longer video. Tablet viewers spent 68 percent of their time watching video exceeding 10 minutes, indicating that tablets are becoming nearly interchangeable with TVs for long-form video. Even mobile phone users spent 48 percent of their total viewing time with long-form content, which tends to be premium content such as TV shows, movies, news and sporting events. This trend points to new monetization opportunities for premium video publishers as mobile devices are no longer solely for "snack-sized" content.
"Cloud-based TV has arrived. Broadcasters and content providers realize that, with the right approach, IP-delivered content can be more economical with higher return in terms of building and monetizing audiences, compared to linear TV," said Ooyala CEO Jay Fulcher. "What's really exciting is the pace at which many of the most prominent players in the industry are now innovating and meeting their audiences where they are -- with the content they want most, on the right screen, at the right time, with an incredibly rich experience."
Other new statistics show consistent patterns emerging in the way people shift their video consumption across various devices throughout the day, and also in how weekdays differ from weekends when it comes to device preferences.
Mobile devices in particular see steady views throughout the course of a day. Globally, smartphone and tablet views ramp up in the morning and during commute hours; they dip as the work day begins and people turn to their PCs, rising again during the commute home and peaking at night. This generally is a universal pattern, except in Latin America where video gets very little play on phones and tablets during the day. Tablets remain the clear screen of choice for web-delivered video in the evening in every region, although on weekends when they tend to be used only slightly more than computers and mobile phones. The report also shows nuances in daily device patterns that vary across continents.
Additional Highlights:
·Year-over-year, smartphone and tablet views more than doubled, showing a 114% increase
·Smartphone and tablet video views made up just 6% of all online video views in Q3 2012. In eight subsequent quarters, growth has exceeded 400%
·Tablet viewers spent 23% of their time watching videos between 30 minutes and 60 minutes long, the most of any device
·Connected-TV viewers spent 80% of their time watching video longer than 10 minutes
About Ooyala's Global Index Report
Ooyala's Global Video Index report measures the anonymized viewing habits of nearly 150 million viewers in nearly every country in the world. Ooyala processes billions of video analytics events each day that provide granular insights into how people engage with online video across all web-connected devices. The company's industry-leading analytics technology and real-time big data architecture help media companies, broadcasters, service providers and brands earn more money with mobile, multi-screen video.
About Ooyala
Ooyala, a subsidiary of Telstra Corporation Limited, delivers personalized video experiences across all screens and is a leader in online video management, publishing, analytics and monetization. Ooyala's integrated suite of technologies and services gives content owners the power to expand audiences through deep insights that drive increased viewer engagement and revenue from video.
Companies using Ooyala technology include Univision, Foxtel, Comedy Central, NBC Universal, Telstra, ESPN, Telegraph Media Group, Telefonica, The North Face, Rolling Stone, Dell and Sephora. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Ooyala has offices in New York City, London, Sydney, Tokyo and Guadalajara, Mexico. The company works with premier reseller and technology partners throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. For more information, visit www.ooyala.com.
Contact
Eastwick
Paul Bernardini
415-820-4170
]]>AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwired - Dec 4, 2014) - SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT performance management software, today introduced SolarWinds IP Control Bundle, featuring the new integration of SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) and SolarWinds User Device Tracker (UDT), for comprehensive two-step resolution of IP conflicts.
IP conflicts cause downtime, increasingly interfering with critical network performance due to the escalating abundance of connected network devices. By coupling IP monitoring with device locating and troubleshooting capabilities, SolarWinds IP Control Bundle empowers IT Pros first to detect IP conflicts and identify the offending devices and then to take immediate action to eliminate the conflict and restore availability to critical systems and applications.
Device demands and machine virtualization opening door to IP address conflicts
The demand for consumer device connectivity in the workplace -- with the wide adoption of virtualization, acceleration of BYOD and the "Internet of Things" and the anticipated trend of wearable technology -- is responsible for an increase of new devices on networks, each of which requires a unique IP address to manage.
"No good deed goes unpunished, and the same goes for technology. Increasingly, employees are bringing unmanaged devices into the network creating IP conflicts and downtime. Further, with constant demands for uninterrupted network performance, IT teams can't afford to wait to resolve these conflicts," said Chris LaPoint, vice president of product management, SolarWinds. "Now, with the combined strengths of IPAM and UDT, IT Pros can associate conflicting IP addresses with errant devices and they can take immediate action to shut them down -- it's that quick."
Resolve IP conflicts with two integrated steps to speed time to recovery
1. Find: SolarWinds IPAM identifies and organizes IP conflicts by subnet and provides IP history and useful data with which IT Pros can troubleshoot and remedy network connection issues fast. It identifies the switch and switch port where the conflicting system is connected and can determine device type and user, the last time the user logged in, and where it is physically cabled into the network.
2. Fix: With knowledge of the offending device, an IT Pro can address the problem with one click using SolarWinds UDT's recommended action feature. IT Pros are able to temporarily disable the switch port that is being used by the device in question, assign a new IP address to the device, and then update any related DNS entries.
Pricing and Availability
Products for the SolarWinds IP Control Bundle are sold separately. Pricing for SolarWinds IP Address Manager starts at $1,995 and SolarWinds User Device Tracker starts at $1,795. Both products include the first year of maintenance. For more information, including a downloadable, free 30-day evaluation, visit the SolarWinds website or call 866.530.8100.
Additional Resources:
·Video: Avoid IP Address Conflicts
·White Paper: Managing the BYOD Chaos
About SolarWinds
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500® enterprises to small businesses. In all of our market areas, our approach is consistent. We focus exclusively on IT Pros and strive to eliminate the complexity that they have been forced to accept from traditional enterprise software vendors. SolarWinds delivers on this commitment with unexpected simplicity through products that are easy to find, buy, use and maintain while providing the power to address any IT management problem on any scale. Our solutions are rooted in our deep connection to our user base, which interacts in our thwack® online community to solve problems, share technology and best practices, and directly participate in our product development process. Learn more today athttp://www.solarwinds.com/.
SolarWinds, SolarWinds.com and thwack are registered trademarks of SolarWinds. All other company and product names mentioned are used only for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
CONTACT INFORMATION
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Nicole Fachet
Text100
Phone: 212.871.3950
Courtney Cantwell
SolarWinds
Phone: 512.682.9692
]]>The normal course issuer bid, subject to regulatory approvals, will commence on or around February 1, 2015, and will end on or around January 31, 2016. The common shares that may be repurchased represent approximately 2.3 per cent of the 'public float' (as such term is defined in the TSX Company Manual) of common shares. The timing and amount of any purchases under the program is subject to regulatory approvals and to management discretion based on factors such as market conditions. The Bank will pay the market price for the shares at the time of acquisition.
There were 649,050,049 Bank of Montreal common shares issued and outstanding as at October 31, 2014, and the public float was 648,350,942 common shares. The Bank's Basel III Common Equity Ratio was 10.1 per cent, as at October 31, 2014. Maintaining a normal course issuer bid is part of BMO's capital management strategy.
BMO's current normal course issuer bid commenced on February 1, 2014, and will expire on January 31, 2015. No shares have been repurchased over the term of the current bid to December 1, 2014.
Bank of Montreal's common shares are listed on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.
About BMO Financial Group
Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified financial services organization based in North America. The bank offers a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers. BMO Financial Group had more than $586 billion in total assets and approximately 47,000 employees at July 31, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
For Media Relations Inquiries:
Ralph Marranca, Toronto
(416) 867-3996
OR
Ronald Monet, Montreal
(514) 877-1873
OR
For Investor Relations Inquiries:
Sharon Haward-Laird, Toronto
(416) 867-6656
OR
Andrew Chin, Toronto
(416) 867-7019
OR
Internet: www.bmo.com
Twitter: @BMOMedia
]]>ANN ARBOR, MI--(Marketwired - Dec 2, 2014) - Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Ethicor Pharma Ltd. today announced the initiation of their European Access Program (EAP) for Carmeseal-MD™ (P-188 NF). EAP is intended to make Carmeseal-MD available to patients with respiratory and cardiac deficits in DMD through their specialty physicians, primarily cardiologists and pulmonologists, as unlicensed medicinal product ('Special'). In accordance with local regulations, Ethicor will make Carmeseal-MD available in January 2015 to such patients regardless of their genetic mutation. "For boys and young men with DMD and for their parents time is of the essence. We are committed to making Carmeseal-MD available to patients and their physicians using the most expeditious pathway available," stated Thomas A. Collet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The underlying agreement provides Ethicor with the distribution rights to Carmeseal-MD in the European Union, with the possibility of an expansion to other regions of the world, excluding the United States, Canada and Mexico, prior to and until the registration of the product in the different countries covered by the agreement. Under the European medicines legislation (Directive 2001/83/EC, Article 5(1)), Ethicor will be able to supply, prior to regulatory approval, Carmeseal-MD as a "Special". A "Special" may be requested by an authorized healthcare professional to meet the special needs of an individual patient under their direct responsibility. Specials cannot be actively promoted to healthcare professionals. Once Carmeseal-MD becomes an approved drug in a given country, the marketing rights to the approved product in that country revert back to Phrixus.
About Carmeseal-MD™
Carmeseal-MD (Poloxamer 188 NF) has been in clinical development for unrelated indications and has been used as excipient for several decades. In animal models of DMD, it has been shown to improve the efficiency of damaged hearts and to improve the performance of damaged diaphragms with once-a-day subcutaneous administration at low doses. When infused into the bloodstream, it encounters and binds to microscopic tears in the muscle. This prevents the pathological leakage of calcium into the cells, which causes calcium overload and keeps the muscle from performing as required. Carmeseal-MD is expected to have its effect in patients with DMD irrespective of the genetic defect that causes the disease.
About Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
DMD is the most devastating of the muscular dystrophies. It is a genetic disease that affects about 20,000 boys and young men in the United States and a comparable number in Europe. The hallmarks of DMD are skeletal muscle weakness, followed by respiratory distress and heart failure. As a degenerative disease it inevitably leads to premature death, most commonly through respiratory failure but now increasingly through heart failure.
About Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is developing Carmeseal as Carmeseal-MD™ (P-188 NF for subcutaneous injection) for DMD and as Carmeseal-HF™ (P-188 NF for intravenous administration) for acute decompensated heart failure. Phrixus has assembled the leading global patent portfolio for the use of poloxamers in DMD, heart failure and respiratory dysfunction. For more information: Thomas A. Collet, [email protected] or www.phrixuspharmaceuticals.com.
About Ethicor Pharma Ltd.
Ethicor Pharma Ltd is a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to the distribution of unlicensed medicinal products ("specials") on request from healthcare professionals to meet the clinical needs of individual patients when authorized medicines are not appropriate treatment option. 'Specials' are unlicensed medicines that are produced in limited quantities and are primarily used for the unmet clinical needs of an individual doctor's patients, particularly where authorized medicines are not available. Ethicor is active in markets worldwide excluding the US and has a portfolio of generic and IP protected products. Please email [email protected] or visit www.ethicorpharma.com for more information on Ethicor.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
This announcement may contain, in addition to historical information, certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements reflect management's current views and are based on certain assumptions. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated as a result of a number of factors. The company is developing several products for potential future marketing. There can be no assurance that such development efforts will succeed, that such products will receive required regulatory clearance or that, even if such regulatory clearance were received, such products would ultimately achieve commercial success.
Contact:
Thomas A. Collet
President and CEO
Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+1 (734) 358-9015
]]>And teams up with Home Trust
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwired – Dec 2, 2014) - Payvision, an independent global card processor and one of the fastest-growing Global Acquiring networks in the payments industry, and Home Trust, a federally regulated Canadian financial institution and wholly owned subsidiary of Home Capital Group Inc. (TSX:HCG), today announced their joint business agreement to offer tailor-made acquiring solutions to the Canadian market.
As an industry leader, Payvision is focused on providing cutting-edge solutions that are designed to serve each domestic market, connected to one global acquiring platform. This agreement gives Home Trust access to Payvision's cross-border ecommerce community, industry knowledge and network of global acquirers. With its world-class international processing platform, Payvision can support Home Trust's merchants with multi-currency processing, helping them to expand their geographical footprint. Canadian online merchants can now benefit from a single API integration of domestic and international processing on one global acquiring platform, enabling full control all of the business they do in any country or region in the world.
"The Canadian market is an online-savvy marketplace that requires tier-one processing solutions with a focus on cross-border payments," said Rudolf Booker CEO and founder, Payvision. "Being in Canada provides us with a tremendous opportunity to build on our mission of connecting cultures through cross-border commerce, and working with Home Trust helped outline detailed requirements and market expectations, and provided great insight into the Canadian landscape."
Together with Home Trust, Payvision enters the Canadian market, offering to its Canadian, US and international PSPs, ISOs, acquirers, and their online merchants a great opportunity for international growth through a robust local payment processing solution focused on both domestic and global needs.
The CNP market in Canada offers companies in the payment chain a fantastic opportunity with intriguing challenges. Canada is an evolving market with new technologies, products and service needs, and having a local resource with the right contacts, and an understanding of global acquiring complexity and the Canadian market is paramount.
About Payvision
Payvision is an independent Payment Solution Provider specialized in Global Card Payments for the ecommerce market. Payvision offers acquiring Banks, agents, Payment Service Providers, ISO, MSPs and their merchants a secure PCI DSS compliant, PSD Licensed international payment processing network enhanced with innovative technology. Over the past decade, Payvision has expanded its geographical footprint in over 40 countries with offices in New York, Utah, San Francisco, Madrid, Paris, London, Cologne, Toronto, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Macau, and Auckland, resulting in vast knowledge and insight in the complexity of Card Payments and ecommerce.
Payvision provides its customers 24/7 Support, 150+ transaction currencies and regional card settlement currencies, a high-end reporting interface and a solid risk management solution. Payvision's experience in the different international regions has resulted in a global network of global acquiring banks, connecting over 300 trusted business partners with more than 5000 web merchants worldwide, for which we process over 100 million transactions a year.
Payvision is a founder and member of CBEC, a community designed to become the industry's cross-border ecommerce knowledge hub, offering a deeper understanding of key insights on ecommerce that can drive international expansion, for the benefit of all stakeholders within the dynamic global ecommerce landscape:http://www.crossborder-ecommerce.com/
For more information about Payvision, please visit www.payvision.com, and follow us on: Twitter(https://twitter.com/payvision), LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/company/payvision), Facebook(http://www.facebook.com/Payvision), and corporate blog: http://blog.payvision.com/
About Home Capital and Home Trust
Home Capital Group Inc. is a public company, traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (HCG), operating through its principal subsidiary, Home Trust Company. Home Trust is a federally regulated trust company offering residential and non-residential mortgage lending, securitization of insured residential first mortgage products, consumer lending and credit card services. In addition, Home Trust offers deposits via brokers and financial planners, and through its direct to consumer deposit brand, Oaken Financial. Licensed to conduct business across Canada, Home Trust has offices in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Manitoba.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contacts:
Payvision
Floriana Cristea
Corporate PR & Social Marketing Manager
Home Trust
Gerald M. Soloway, CEO, or
Martin Reid, President
416-360-4663
www.homecapital.com
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Alliance Aims to Foster Collaboration on New Open Architecture and Ensure Online Video Continues to Flourish
REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 14, 2014) - Qwilt, a leading provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, announced today that it has joined as a Founding Member of the Streaming Video Alliance (SVA). The Alliance aims to facilitate the creation of an open architecture, standards and best practices that will scale the infrastructure for online video.
An online video transformation is underway. According to Cisco's Visual Networking Index released earlier this year, by 2018, the amount of video-on-demand Internet traffic will be equivalent to 6 billion DVDs per month. The extraordinary growth of online video has created a challenge for network operators, content providers, content distribution networks and streaming video technology providers. Streaming video must scale quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively to meet demand.
The Streaming Video Alliance plans to address this challenge by focusing on the creation of an open architecture for online video that will deliver seamless industry interoperability and result in higher Quality of Experience (QoE) for consumers. The Alliance will benefit all members of the online video ecosystem without compromising efficiency, QoE or streaming speeds.
"Online video continues to thrive and rising consumer demand for a great streaming video experience is only the beginning," said Alon Maor, CEO and Co-Founder at Qwilt. "The need for increased collaboration among members of the streaming video ecosystem is clear, and the formation of the Streaming Video Alliance presents a strategic opportunity for us to provide consumers with the best experience possible."
About The Streaming Video Alliance
Founded in 2014, the Streaming Video Alliance's (SVA) charter is to encourage deeper collaboration which will include the development of standards and best practices for an open architecture that will operate across the entire online video value chain. The SVA will focus on identifying issues and solutions related to open architecture, quality of experience and interoperability. For more information, please visit www.streamingvideoalliance.org.
About Qwilt
Qwilt addresses the impact of OTT video on operator networks with a unified, turnkey solution that combines transparent caching, video delivery and analytics technologies deployed at the subscriber edge. Qwilt QB-Series Video Fabric Controllers optimize delivery of streaming video content to relieve network traffic congestion for operators and deliver a higher quality viewing experience for their customers. A growing number of the world's leading cable, telecom and mobile service providers rely on Qwilt to optimize their networks to support growing consumer demand for online video content as a primary entertainment source. Founded in 2010 by industry veterans from Cisco and Juniper, Qwilt is backed by Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Marker and Redpoint Ventures. Learn more atwww.qwilt.com.
Connect with Qwilt
Read the blog: http://www.qwilt.com/blog/
Converse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/qwilt
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Qwilt and QB-Series are trademarks of Qwilt. All rights reserved. All other trademarks or trade names referenced here are the property of their respective owners.
Contact Information
Press Contact
Lauren Goodacre
Bhava Communications for Qwilt
+1-510-356-0014
]]>The renowned production company to produce all of the city’s events to celebrate 100 years of Miami Beach
Miami Beach, FL - ACT Productions, a leading Miami Beach-based production company with more than 28 years of experience producing major events, film, video and photography, has just been named Executive Producer by the City of Miami Beach for the city’s yearlong centennial celebration.
Miami Beach was incorporated on March 26, 1915 and the city is kicking-off a yearlong celebration starting November 1, 2014 through October 31, 2015. A spectacular 100thbirthday bash on the beach is scheduled for the actual incorporation date on March 26, 2015 and ACT Productions is developing and producing a major four day mega beach concert extravaganza with top acts and artists, March 22-26, 2015.
ACT Productions CEO, Bruce Orosz stated, “ACT is currently planning a mega-event on Miami Beach to fulfill the vision of Mayor Philip Levine and the City Commission. We plan a100-hour celebration to honor 100 years of Miami Beach with the final hours a major free concert event that will be the biggest entertainment event ever on our famous South Beach.”
ACT is currently in talks with numerous world-renowned performing artists and A-list celebrities who share a history and love for Miami Beach. While the performers are not ready to be named yet as the details of the concert are still under wraps – one only need study the musical history of Miami Beach to realize the potential artists under consideration.
ACT Productions has added to the team top international event managers and award-winning musical producers with global experience to work on the event. Superstar producers such as legendary record producer Chris Blackwell and Latin Songwriters Hall of Famers & Multi Grammy Award winning Songwriter/Producers Rudy Perez & Desmond Child have joined the team in assisting ACT Productions develop the best ever concert event and line up.
Also joining the team is Donald Lockerbie (Parker Sports & Events) who is the centennial celebration’s chief operating officer – and brings 30 years of mega-event experience managing six Olympic Games and numerous World Cups to his credits. Said Lockerbie, “It will be a grand historic spectacle the likes of which the city has never seen!” Some observers are calling the week of 20-27 March – a modern “Woodstock on the Beach!”
The Mayor and City Commission have also announced that an International Environmental Climate Change summit will be held along with other related events to promote environmental advocacy through out the yearlong calendar of events. Official details about these environmental initiatives will be announced shortly.
Further details will be forthcoming in the next month with press conferences and a website launch (www.miamibeach100.com).
About ACT Productions:
ACT Productions is a creative house and entertainment production services provider that has executed great ideas into unforgettable realities for more than 28 years. This longevity allows ACT to provide clients with casual access to over two decades worth of production industry relationships, as well as to bring a wealth of experience and diversity to every project.
Contact:
Bruce Orosz, CEO
ACT Productions, Inc.
407 Lincoln Road, Suite 302
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.538.3809
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