Fluensee Integrates with BMC Software to RFID-Enable IT Asset Management Efforts

Fluensee Integrates with BMC Software to RFID-Enable IT Asset Management Efforts

Integration with BMC Remedy Asset Management Application Provides Organizations with an Automated Way to Discover, Track and Control Corporate IT Assets in Real-Time

Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) March 2, 2009 -- Fluensee (http://www.fluensee.com), a leading provider of RFID-enabled asset tracking and management solutions today announced integration with BMC Software (http://www.bmc.com), a leading global provider of enterprise management solutions and next-generation data center automation software.

Fluensee's AssetTrack™ solution extends the market-leading BMC Remedy Asset Management Application solution to provide real-time visibility, security and control of enterprise IT assets, driving operating efficiencies and business value across the entire enterprise. AssetTrack™ leverages the capabilities of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to automate the locating, tracking and monitoring of IT assets, whether those assets are on or off the network. RFID tags placed on IT assets automate the discovery of assets, saving time and labor required when taking inventory or assigning assets.

"Companies rely on BMC Remedy Asset Management to lower IT costs, manage compliance, and improve their return on capital investments with an operational approach to managing the life cycle of IT assets," said Fred Johannessen, vice president, Technology Alliance and MarketZone, BMC Software. "Through the integration with Fluensee, customers now have automated, real-time tracking and notification of IT asset movement, which enables process improvements and provides substantial increases in asset utilization and efficiency. This integration results in greater value realization around asset management."

BMC Remedy Asset Management Application aligns asset portfolios to business needs, and streamlines interactions with other change, incident, and configuration management processes. Fluensee's RFID solution compliments the BMC Remedy Asset Management Application solution by providing organizations with visibility of an IT asset as it moves and immediate updates as its status changes. AssetTrack allows users to set up exception-based alerts to help streamline asset operations and improve utilization, thereby reducing leasing costs and the need to buy unnecessary IT assets.

"BMC Software provides an industry-leading solution for asset management, change management and customer support," said Tim Harvie, Fluensee's president and CEO. "By using RFID to track IT and data center assets, Fluensee adds a real-time view to help customers better leverage the capabilities of BMC's Remedy application. The integration of Fluensee with BMC Remedy Asset Management Application provides automated discovery, reduction in lost and missing IT assets, labor savings, more efficient utilization and ultimately improved asset security."

"User interviews and surveys find consistently that businesses want and need to integrate RFID data with key applications, such as those for IT infrastructure and help desk management, to maximize the business value of that data," said Michael Dortch, Principal Analyst and Managing Editor of DortchOnIT.com. "Such integration can produce significant increases in SLA compliance, IT infrastructure efficiency and responsiveness, and unplanned downtime. Integration of Fluensee's open, scalable and technology-agnostic AssetTrack solution with BMC Remedy Asset Management Application can help companies put RFID to work where it makes business sense, and unlock the value of incumbent IT investments."

About Fluensee

Fluensee's RFID-enabled asset tracking and management solutions improve the visibility, accuracy, security and utilization of a company's mobile and fixed assets. Its end-to-end solutions combine highly configurable and patented software and implementation services with hardware from leading RFID, barcode, GPS and sensor technology providers. Fluensee offers its browser-based, enterprise-class AssetTrack™ solution that tracks IT assets, pallets, tools, equipment and all types of other high-value assets, along with its Yard™ application that is designed to efficiently manage assets in transportation and distribution environments. All of Fluensee's solutions are platform- and hardware-agnostic.

Fluensee is a member of the BMC Technology Alliance.

Fluensee is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. For more information, visit www.fluensee.com/bmc.

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Fluensee

http://www.fluensee.com

303-718-2800

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Document Technologies, Inc. Adds IPRO eReview to Suite of Review Services

Document Technologies, Inc. Adds IPRO eReview to Suite of Review Services

Document Technologies, Inc. (DTI), the nation's largest independent provider of legal support services and document outsourcing, has announced the addition of IPRO's eReview tool to the company's best-of-breed suite of litigation technology. eReview provides first level review of electronically stored information (ESI) for effective review and culling prior to importing the refined document collection into a litigation database.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) March 2, 2009 -- Document Technologies, Inc. (DTI), the nation's largest independent provider of legal support services and document outsourcing, has announced the addition of IPRO's eReview tool to the company's best-of-breed suite of litigation technology. eReview provides first level review of electronically stored information (ESI) for effective review and culling prior to importing the refined document collection into a litigation database.

DTI delivers superior processes, tools and capacity for all aspects of electronic discovery, from forensic data acquisition to advanced file processing and data conversion to hosting. The addition of eReview further strengthens DTI's already dynamic toolkit of litigation technology. By culling and refining a dataset during the processing phase, eReview helps users reduce the time and cost of the working dataset export. When complete, eReview provides a refined dataset, which maximizes the potential for quick and accurate e-discovery results.

"DTI is committed to providing the most creative, cost-effective review solutions for our clients. eReview is changing the hosting and processing paradigm by providing faster, easier to use and more streamlined review workflow at an unbeatable value for our customers," said Kevin Jacobs, DTI vice president of technology services. DTI is excited to expand our relationship and commitment to IPRO and their market-changing technologies," he continued.

"As we enter our fourth year of the DTI-IPRO relationship we are very excited to see DTI continue its leadership role in bringing customers best-of-breed tools that scale to their needs," said IPRO Founder Jim King. "By combining DTI's state-of-the-art hosting infrastructure with IPRO eReview, users can conduct an extremely cost-effective first pass review anywhere in the world with no plug-ins or downloads."

DTI combines the technology of service partners such as IPRO with their own proprietary processes and project management to offer unmatched expertise to legal teams. In addition to their integrated e-discovery, hosting and traditional litigation support services, DTI has locations nationwide and is uniquely positioned to handle even the largest electronic discovery projects.

About DTI

Document Technologies, Inc. (DTI) is the nation's largest independent provider of legal support services and document outsourcing, servicing clients through offices in 22 markets across the U.S. DTI delivers end-to-end solutions for electronic discovery including forensics, data collection, processing and an array of hosting platforms to meet a variety of litigation support needs. The company all provides facilities management and traditional paper-based litigation support services. DTI services both top law firms and Fortune 500 clients. For more information, visit www.DTIGlobal.com

About IPRO

IPRO offers a diverse suite of superior litigation software tools for e-Discovery, review and production and a complete line of products for both workgroups and high-volume production environments. IPRO has thousands of systems of various sizes in law firms, corporate and government legal departments, and litigation service organizations. Millions of documents are processed using IPRO software annually. The American Lawyer Magazine recently completed a survey of the top 100 law firms in the United States and found that IPRO software is by far the most widely used litigation document software. To learn more about IPRO software tools, visit www.iprotech.com or call 888-477-6463.

Contact

Kevin Jacobs

Vice President of Technology Services

Document Technologies, Inc

Two Ravinia Drive, Suite 850

Atlanta, GA 30346

Ph: (770) 390-2700

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Document Technologies, Inc. (DTI)

http://www.DTIglobal.com

763-755-0137

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SourceIQ Partners With Clarity Consulting to Deliver Application Development Outsourcing Assessment Service: OutSourceIQ

SourceIQ Partners With Clarity Consulting to Deliver Application Development Outsourcing Assessment Service: OutSourceIQ

New service offering provides software executives with a performance assessment of outsourcing partners.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 2, 2009 -- SourceIQ, provider of the industry's premier platform for delivering development intelligence to management, today announced a services partnership with Clarity Consulting, a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) management consulting, to offer a service that assesses the performance of development outsourcing partners.

"Finding a way to objectively measure and compare the performance of development outsourcers has long been a holy grail for IT executives" said Ian Hayes, President of Clarity Consulting. "We launched OutSourceIQ to arm executives with understandable and actionable metrics that enable them to ensure development budgets are spent wisely, and with the most effective partners."

Combining critical metrics from SourceIQ Enterprise Server with Clarity Consulting's expertise in the complex issues of outsourcing, this new service offering gives development managers increased visibility into their outsourcing partners' productivity, code quality and personnel skill levels via an objective assessment and monitoring process. This information gives IT executives leverage to improve performance, strengthen and enforce service level commitments, and gain advantage in price negotiations.

"The demands placed on software development executives are increasingly complex. Companies are being asked to do more with less, which requires a more open, transparent approach to working with their outsourcing partners." said Charles Hubbard, Vice President of Global Delivery for SourceIQ. "The combination of SourceIQ's governance metrics with Clarity Consulting's extensive outsourcing management and process expertise enables us to quantify performance and identify areas requiring immediate attention and remediation. With OutSourceIQ, our customers gain a repeatable and low overhead approach for monitoring outsourcer performance on an ongoing basis."

OutSourceIQ is available immediately. For more information on OutSourceIQ package options and pricing, please contact Charlie Hubbard at (603) 766-4929.

About Clarity Consulting

Clarity Consulting is a Beverly, Massachusetts based management consulting firm specializing in Information Technology (IT) strategies, emerging trends, markets and challenges. Relying on superior situation analysis, solution formulation and communication skills, Clarity Consulting helps our clients devise creative solutions to complex issues and capitalize on the opportunities presented by technology. Our international client base includes corporate IT organizations, professional services firms, product vendors and legal and financial services firms. Clarity Consulting (http://www.clarity-consulting.com)

About SourceIQ

SourceIQ is an independent software vendor (ISV) with headquarters in Portsmouth, NH. SourceIQ Enterprise Server provides an integrated, consistent view of software projects across the enterprise, giving managers the metrics and analytics required for governance and global teams. SourceIQ automatically analyzes the artifacts in code management systems, producing a repository of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in four critical areas: code quality, code volume and volatility, team contribution, and governance. Visit SourceIQ at SourceIQ (http://www.sourceiq.com) or get more information about development governance solutions by emailing info@sourceiq.com.

Copyright © 2009 SourceIQ, Inc. SourceIQ Enterprise Server is a registered trademark of SourceIQ, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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Contact Information Charlie Hubbard

SourceIQ, Inc.

http://www.sourceiq.com

(603) 766-4929

Ian Hayes

Clarity Consulting

http://www.clarity-consulting.com

(978) 927-0313

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The OW2 Open Source Middleware Consortium Announces its First Annual Conference

The OW2 Open Source Middleware Consortium Announces its First Annual Conference

"Open Source Software for the Computing Infrastructure", April 1-2, in Paris, France, over 30 presentations dedicated to latest developments and how to beat the crisis.

Paris, France (PRWEB) March 1, 2009 -- OW2 Consortium, the open source middleware community, is organizing its first Annual Conference on April 1-2 in Paris. With "Open Source for the Computing Infrastructure" as its central theme, the conference will present some of the latest developments in enterprise computing and will demonstrate the maturity of open source for the enterprise information system infrastructure.

Keynotes speakers Yukihiro Matsumoto, Chief Designer of the Ruby Programming Language and Roberto Chinnici, Specification Lead for Java EE 6 at Sun Microsystems are a true testimonial to the openness of the OW2 community. This year's program features over 30 presentations, speakers from Europe, Asia and the Americas, seven thematic sessions, two poster sessions and of course the "Best Use-Case Award".

"In times of crisis, solutions which optimize investments must be sought and open source solutions from the OW2 code base perfectly meet this requirement because they are free, reliable and standard." says OW2 CEO Cédric Thomas

During the conference, on the Solution Linux exhibition floor, live demonstrations of free solutions from the OW2 code base will be showcased by Consortium Members such as Bull, EBMWebsourcing, Engineering, eXo Platform, Ingres, INRIA, and XWiki.

The OW2 Annual Conference will be held in the framework of the Solution Linux event at the Paris Expo, Portes de Versailles, exhibition center. The conference is free of charge and open to all.

Registration is open at http://www.solutionslinux.fr. For more information, visit the OW2 Annual Conference web site at http://www.ow2.org/view/Events2009AnnualConference/.

About OW2

Founded in January 2007 OW2 is an independent industry community dedicated to developing open source code middleware and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology Projects, including Acceleo, ASM, Bonita, eXo Platorm, Funambol, JOnAS, Lomboz, Orbeon Forms, PetALS, SpagoBI and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org

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Contact Information CEDRIC THOMAS

OW2 Consortium

http://www.ow2.org

+33611430431

Catherine Nuel

OW2 Consortium

http://www.ow2.org

+334 76 61 55 01

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Email Marketing Systems Provider, Zrinity, Continues to Grow in Slow Economy

Email Marketing Systems Provider, Zrinity, Continues to Grow in Slow Economy

Companies like Zrinity providing business mission critical systems that streamline business processes are growing through the slow economy. Web 2.0 business continues to grow according to email marketing firm, Zrinity.

Central New York (PRWEB) March 1, 2009 -- Zrinity, a Central New York based on-premise email marketing systems firm (http://www.zrinity.com), sees continued growth in the Web 2.0 sector. According to Zrinity owners, the economy is in a slump, but business owners continue to invest in new technologies that streamline their business and industry. Zrinity owners also credit their lean business structure for their continued growth. By keeping overhead low, such as conducting meetings through online meeting systems, Zrinity maintains a lean posture and has very low overhead. Web marketing, such as well-positioned Google rankings, produces a large percentage of the firms' new business, which is also a factor in low overhead and high profit.

According to Zrinity owners, Zrinity added many new customers in Q1 2009, which isn't over, as it did in the entire second half of 2008. Zrinity owners believe that growth will parlay into over four hundred percent (400%) growth in 2009. The underlying theme of Zrinity's new customers is that "there was always a team of experts conducting research that chose Zrinity, and a vast majority of the firms were Web 2.0 businesses."

Zrinity recently announced a more flexible licensing strategy that gives online retailers the ability to save budget dollars while better communicating with existing clients. The licensing suggests a more defensive posture for online retailers whereby they spend more time and resources on existing customers which cost less to keep than gaining new customers. First and foremost online retailers should shore up pre-existing customer relationships using transactional email marketing and up-selling.

Zrinity also released a new licensing model to help medium-sized business access high end email systems that are typically only used by large business in-house. In addition, Zrinity produced a YouTube® video which explains how medium-sized business can grow in this down economy by shifting from paper to electronic methods of invoicing, customer relationship management and more. The newer licensing combined with the more extensive use of transactional email marketing, saves medium-sized business customers millions every year. According to Rob Thrasher, VP Marketing, Zrinity, "Most business owners are not yet aware that 30% of each email sent in the regular course of business, such as invoices, can contain marketing messages. This provides a huge opportunity to up sell, cross sell and more."

Mother Nature, a New York City based "Natural Products" online retailer, has been working with the Zrinity team as online business consultants and a web-based software system provider since 2000. Oliver Clark, Chief Technology Officer, Mother Nature, recently selected Zrinity as his on-premise email marketing system. Mr. Clark commented that he selected Zrinity because, "I already know I can trust the Zrinity team to deliver on the results promised since we have known the team for over seven years."

The key functionality provided by the Zrinity system according to Mr. Clark is, "The deliverability metrics. The metrics are very comprehensive and without the metrics provided by the Zrinity system we couldn't really know how effective we are and if we do have any trouble, at which point in the email delivery process we are having the problem."

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Contact Information ROB THRASHER

Zrinity

http://www.zrinity.com

315-368-5421

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Apperson Education Products to Relieve Time Burdens of No Child Left Behind Act

Apperson Education Products to Relieve Time Burdens of No Child Left Behind Act

Teachers Still Struggling with Stress and Lack of Time Low-Cost, Speedy Scanners Promise to "Give Teachers Back Their Time to Teach"

Los Angeles, Calif. - When the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of January 2002 mandated annual assessments for students, no one foresaw the resulting administrative burden that testing would place on the nation's educators. As testing has increased over the years, to help students monitor their academic progress in preparing for the NCLB assessments, the pressure on teachers has continued to increase. Teachers have struggled to balance NCLB requirements and their responsibilities for creating daily lesson plans, preparing for parent conferences, grading homework and teaching a full day.

One Company's Goal: To Give Teachers Back Their Time to Teach (http://www.appersonedu.com/aboutus/whyteachersloveus.aspx)

After examining the time challenge teachers face today, one company in the educational field made a commitment to "give teachers back their time to teach," by providing test scoring equipment that would conserve their most important resource--time. As a result of that commitment, Apperson Education Products, a division of Apperson Print Resources, Inc., and a specialist in test scoring solutions, has designed a new generation of test scanners that can score a test in seconds, yet are affordable enough to be made widely available in classrooms throughout the country.

"Time spent in the classroom is just the tip of the iceberg for teachers," says Bill Apperson, CEO of Apperson Education Products, "which is why our products for test scoring and reporting are designed to save teachers time."

While each of the new Apperson scanners has its own unique features, all of them were designed to operate as a stand-alone machine, as they would need to in a classroom environment. All three scanners allow students to insert their own tests into the machines, so teachers don't have to. And all three have simple controls, minimizing the time and effort required to operate them.

Apperson scanners can also provide teachers with on-demand reports of students' test scores. Apperson's DataLink™ (http://www.appersonedu.com/software/datalink/features.aspx) software makes this possible by connecting the scanner directly to a school's computer to download test data.

"Our teachers love the DataLink™ (http://www.appersonedu.com/software/datalink/features.aspx) software. They can print an item analysis of the test scores within a matter of seconds and review it to determine which subjects need more work," said Melissa Cobian, a librarian at Olive Peirce Middle School of Ramona, CA. Olive Peirce is just one of the 10,000 schools that have adopted the Apperson solution in an effort to reclaim time for their teachers. "Meeting NCLB requirements has increased burdens on teachers and school district administrators enormously," said Apperson. "So, when we receive feedback from teachers on how our test scoring equipment has eliminated hours of tedious grading, it is extremely rewarding."

Apperson Education Products, established in 1992 as a division of Apperson Print Resources, strives to provide today's educators with low-cost, quality-driven productivity tools. For more information, please call 800.827.9219 or visit the Apperson website at www.appersonedu.com

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Contact Information Kerry Bobeczko-Lupperger

Apperson Print Resources

http://www.appersonedu.com

562.356.3333-1053

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New Relic Affiliate Program Growth Accelerates

New Relic Affiliate Program Growth Accelerates

Fifteen Ruby on Rails organizations join to recommend New Relic RPM to their clients.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- New Relic, Inc. (http://www.newrelic.com), the leading provider of Ruby on Rails application performance management solutions, today announced that fifteen more organizations have joined its Affiliate Program. The Affiliate Program was first announced in November 2008 and has attracted more than 30 members to date.

The new members are ActionRails, Blue Box Group, Christopher Redinger, Curve21, Delve Networks, FreeAgentCentral.com, Indiana Ruby Brigade, IntersectNYC, ProjectLocker, Qualtech-Consultants, Sevenwire, SF Ruby Group, Webbynode, Webficient, and WTA Consulting.

"We specialize in helping customers bring their Rails development efforts to a more professional and efficient peak," said Pratik Naik, a partner at ActionRails. "For us, New Relic RPM is an essential ingredient in building serious Rails applications. The data provided by RPM makes it possible to pinpoint performance issues inside an application, and to proactively eliminate problems before they come to the notice of end users."

"The Affiliate Program is gaining momentum," said Bill Lapcevic, vice president of business development for New Relic. "We continue to attract the leading organizations in the Ruby on Rails community who want to use RPM as the basis for providing an ongoing, highly valued service to their clients."

About the New Relic Affiliate Program

The New Relic Affiliate Program is designed for application development firms, systems integrators, VAR's, Rails user groups, application hosting services and any other organization or individual with contacts within the Rails community. Once approved and enrolled in the program, the affiliate can promote RPM to their customers or members. Affiliates are also entitled to provide RPM Gold level subscriptions for limited periods to assist clients with application issues. Affiliates are paid a fee equal to a portion of the subscription fees paid to New Relic by those who become subscribers as a result of the affiliate's participation.

For more information on the New Relic Affiliate Program go to http://www.newrelic.com/affiliates.html.

About RPM™

New Relic offers RPM, a subscription-based Rails Performance Management solution that enables developers to quickly and cost effectively detect, diagnose and fix application performance problems in real time. This software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering is currently used by more than 1200 customers in production and another 2000 in pre-production. The real-time metrics provided through New Relic RPM are presented through an easy to understand graphical interface, allowing rapid discovery and analysis of performance bottlenecks. New Relic RPM installs as a Rails plug-in in seconds allowing critical performance data to be collected immediately. To learn more about RPM and to subscribe, visit http://newrelic.com/get-RPM.html.

About New Relic

New Relic, Inc. is the leading provider of application performance solutions for Ruby on Rails. New Relic customers include 37signals, Ourstage, iOffer, Shopify, Getty Images, Intuit, Liz Claiborne, Butterball and AboutUs.org; and partners Engine Yard, Pivotal Labs and RightScale. The New Relic Affiliate Program enables Rails businesses and user groups to earn referral fees for recommending RPM to their colleagues. New Relic is also the creator of RailsLab, an online education resource focused on application performance. RailsLab can be found at http://railslab.newrelic.com. Funded by Benchmark Capital and Trinity Ventures, New Relic is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. To learn more about New Relic, visit www.newrelic.com.

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New Relic

http://www.newrelic.com

650.248.9590

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