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Launches Multi-User License Program to solution providers in the United States and Canada Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) December 19, 2011 Serif, the award-winning creative software developer, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Lifeboat Distribution, an international specialty software distributor for virtualization, disaster recovery and other sophisticated technologies. Under the agreement, Lifeboat will distribute Serif’s industry-leading software for...

SEATTLE, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Doyenz Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and medium businesses, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Lifeboat Distribution, an international specialty software distributor for disaster recovery and other sophisticated technologies. Under the agreement, Lifeboat, a subsidiary of Wayside Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTG), will distribute Doyenz's cloud-based recovery services to thousands of...

Agreement covers high availability, disaster recovery and systems management solutions for Windows and Linux. Shrewsbury, NJ (PRWEB) July 19, 2011 Lifeboat Distribution, an international specialty software distributor for virtualization and other technically sophisticated products, today announced an agreement to distribute Vision Solutions' Double-Take line of high availability, disaster recovery and systems management software solutions to its reseller network in the United States and...

BOCA RATON, Fla., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VirtualWorks(TM) Group, the pioneer in content virtualization solutions for tackling data sprawl, today unveiled the first phase of its PartnerWorks(TM) alliance program, designed for channel partners including distributors and value-added resellers. The PartnerWorks alliance program, which will be rolled out in phases, will equip a global network of channel partners, technology partners and software developers with best-practice information,...

BOCA RATON, Fla., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VirtualWorks(TM) Group , the pioneer in content virtualization solutions for tackling data sprawl, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Lifeboat Distribution, an international specialty software distributor for virtualization and other technically sophisticated products. Under the agreement, Lifeboat will distribute VirtualWorks' content virtualization software in North America. Lifeboat is the first channel member to...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are reviewing a weekend lake rescue effort in Alberta that led to a 5-year-old girl drowning under a rescue boat. A 911 call was received around 5:30 p.m. Saturday from a family in distress on a boat on a lake about 90 miles southeast of Calgary, the Globe and Mail reported Monday. The RCMP, along with a provincial fish and wildlife officer and a community peace officer, responded and were met with high winds and 4-foot waves, RCMP Constable Francine...

THE RNLI has voiced its concerns about the strike action. RNLI Chief Executive Andrew Freemantle said: "Anything that causes a break in the communications chain between those requiring assistance at sea, HM Coastguard and the rescue resources - in our case RNLI lifeboats - could potentially put lives at risk." They advised people to use beaches with lifeguards, although Rhyl is the only North Wales beach with trained lifeguards. Wardens patrol beaches including Llanddwyn and Porth...

By EMMA PEARCY Teignmouth has at long last got its own petrol station. The new Tesco Express store and filling station, in Bitton Park Road, was officially opened by Teignmouth dignitaries. It comes after delays in construction work forced motorists to drive to Dawlish, Kingsteignton or Torquay to fill up their vehicles. The opening ceremony included a pounds500 donation by Tesco to the town's RNLI crew. Lifeboat members joined mayor and mayoress, Cllr Fred Tooley and his wife Myra, as...

By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - A boat carrying nine people sank off Florida's Atlantic Coast, the vessel's operator said in a distress call to Coast Guard crews who searched on Monday for the missing boaters. Squalls from Tropical Storm Alberto reduced visibility for the search crews, but it was unclear whether the sinking was weather-related, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Chris O'Neil said. The boat operator described the sinking in a 63-minute radio call to the Coast Guard late on Sunday...

LONDON (Reuters) - A cruise ship which caught fire off the coast of southeast England with 708 people on board was under tow on Saturday and will dock at the port of Southampton in the early evening, a British coastguard official said. He said there were no reports that any crew or passengers, who were mostly Dutch, had sustained injuries and the 11,162 ton Calypso was making good progress in calm seas. Rescue services were scrambled in the early hours after a distress call was...