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Connected Data Analytics Solution Now Measures and Compares Email Performance, Users can Maximize Direct Marketing Results NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SumAll, the leading source of big data business intelligence for fast-growing businesses, today announced the addition of Email Marketing Metrics to its connected data tool, growing the number of integrated platforms that feed data into its visual marketing analytics tool to more than 24 data platforms. Email is seeing a...
DETROIT, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Qstride, a leading force in the business intelligence and analytics world, today announced that it will begin offering $50,000 of no-cost software licenses of MicroStrategy, a Gartner leading magic quadrant business intelligence technology, to its client companies as part of its new "Got BI?" public awareness initiative. This offering will allow qualifying companies to experience the benefits of integrated business intelligence and analytics...
Cutting-edge SharePoint-based Enterprise Work Management Platform Recognized as the only Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant Report CARLSBAD, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EPM Live, the leading enterprise work management platform built on Microsoft(TM) SharePoint and part of Upland Software's family of cloud-based project, portfolio, and work management applications, today announced that it has been named the sole "Challenger" in the Gartner 2013 Magic Quadrant for...
Company partnered with elected officials, community leaders and economic developers to create framework for tax bill SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center solutions, today announced its strong support of the recently passed tax incentive legislation that was created to advance data center development opportunities in Arizona. The legislation allows data center owner/operators and qualified...
Research results uncover what's on the minds of small businesses during National Small Business Week ATLANTA, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Business today announced results of its inaugural small business survey - #SBWsurvey - a national research survey among 605 small business owners and managers in Cox's footprint on business and communication thoughts and behaviors. Results found that email is still the most critical communication tool, social media lags, while Steve Jobs tops...
DALLAS, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Report on "Business Process as A Service (BPaaS) & Cloud BPM Market [http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/business-process-as-a-service-bpaas-market-986.html ] By Process Outsourcing (Sales, Finance and Accounting, Human Resources, Marketing, Operations) - Global Advancements, Opportunity Roadmaps, Market Forecast and Analysis (2013 - 2018)", defines and segments the Global Market into various sub-segments with an...
Leading provider of comparative analytics solutions adds new Senior Vice President of Business Development and Chief Technology Officer PLANO, Texas, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RemitDATA Inc., the leading provider of comparative analytics in reimbursement, utilization and productivity data, today announced two additions to the executive leadership team. Michael Kallish has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Business Development, and Jim Harter as Chief Technology...
Editor Note: For more information about this release, please scroll to bottom. NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Wall Street Reports announced new research reports highlighting Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD), Health Management Associates Inc. (NYSE: HMA), IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), ISIS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS), and Trius Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRX). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price...
LONDON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Editor Note: For more information about this release, please scroll to bottom. The preliminary reading on Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index for the month of June came in at 82.7. This was after consumer sentiment climbed to 84.5 in May, the highest level since July 2007. US consumer confidence has been boosted by an ongoing improvement in the labor market. Last month, the economy added 175,000 jobs....
LONDON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Editor Note: For more information about this release, please scroll to bottom. 2012 was a challenging year for the U.S. as well as the global semiconductor industry as an uncertain economic environment led businesses to scale back on their spending for semiconductor products. The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), in a recent report, said that the global semiconductor market is expected to recover gradually in 2013 with...
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The flip or clamshell is a form factor found mainly in cellphones in the electronics market. There are typically two distinct sections of the device that fold together via a hinge. When the device is open, it is up and ready to be used, and provides more surface area then when closed. When the unit is closed, the interface components such as keys and display are protected and the device is shorter, making for easier to be carried and stored. A disadvantage of the flip unit is the connecting...
A paper clip is a thin wire in a looped shape that uses elasticity and strength of its construction materials to compress and hold pieces of paper together. Other types of clips use a two piece clamping system. Recent innovations are multi-colored plastic-coated paper clips. The first patent for a bent wire paper clip was awarded to Samuel B. Fay in 1867. He wanted it to be used for attaching tickets to fabric originally. His design, however, is not really reminiscent to the modern...
Liquid Paper, a brand of the Newell Rubbermaid Company, is a type of correction fluid used to fix typewriting in the past and now handwriting mistakes. Bette Nesmith Graham created the first correction fluid in 1951. Since she worked as a typist she made many mistakes and wanted to correct them, so she started with tempera paint and created what she called Mistake Out. She even provided her co-workers with bottles that had the brand name on it. Soon Graham was fired from her typist job...
A cash register is a device for calculating and recording sales transactions. A cash drawer for storing cash is attached and the register usually prints a receipt. Cash registers were first invented in order to deter employee theft and embezzlement. It is theorized that odd prices such as 49 and 99 cents came about so that it was almost guaranteed the cashier would have to provide a penny in change and therefore announce the sale. Most of the time the drawer could only be opened after a sale,...
