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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic HomecareCRM Launches Integration with PointClickCare to Improve Efficiency in the forums. ATLANTA – May 21, 2013 - HomecareCRM, LLC, the industry leader in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for the home healthcare and long-term care industries announced that it has launched an integration with PointClickCare, the most widely used Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform for long-term care. Through this integration, long-term providers now have a complete platform that provides both efficient management across the entire resident care lifecycle and the tools and data necessary to manage the growth and profitability of their business. “The long-term care industry is expanding dramatically. Home and long-term care providers must meet both a growing demand for efficient services and manage competition,” said Karl Dumas, chief executive officer of HomecareCRM. “This integration with PointClickCare further enhances our LongTermCareCRM solution that is specifically designed for long-term care providers. The integration also demonstrates our focus on growth for both our customers and our business.” One of example of this partnership is demonstrated through a jointly conducted webinar on to how motivate your staff with incentive strategies and programs. To learn more about how to select the best incentive compensation strategy that will motivate your sales team, watch the full webinar. To view a social media version of this release, visit http://pitch.pe/10T9Whh. About HomecareCRM LLC HomecareCRM, LLC, is the homecare and long-term care industry’s leading customer relationship management solution provider, delivering the first and most robust solution specifically designed for home health care providers. Founded in 2003, the company’s innovative CRM solution was the first CRM offering integrated with referral, patient and provider data. Real-time access to the HomecareCRM platform is available to agency marketers using desktop, laptop or smart phones. Now in its 7th version, the solution has been implemented by agencies in 44 states. For more information about HomecareCRM, please visit www.HomecareCRM.com or call 1-888-611-0912. About PointClickCare PointClickCare is the most widely used Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform for the long-term care industry. The combination of PointClickCare’s intuitive web-based software and value-driven implementation model enables long-term care providers of all sizes, from single independent homes to the largest multi-facility providers, to deliver a higher standard of health care while experiencing superior financial performance. Over 9,000 long-term care providers throughout North America, including 9 of the top 10 largest US chains, have chosen to trust their business to PointClickCare. For more information on PointClickCare’s proven Software-as-a-Service EHR platform, visit www.pointclickcare.com. Follow us at: www.facebook.com/PointClickCare www.twitter.com/PointClickCare www.youtube.com/PointClickCareEHR |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic The Network and BDO Consulting Release Fraud Reporting Statistics From Q4 in the forums. Rising trend in fraud reporting continues despite slight drop from previous quarter’s all-time high; examiners point to increased regulatory scrutiny, employee confidence in reporting systems ATLANTA – May 15, 2013 – The Network, Inc., a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, and BDO Consulting, a leading provider of litigation, investigation, restructuring and risk advisory services, today announced the fourth quarter 2012 findings in the Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index™, a comprehensive examination of fraud reporting activity from almost 15 million employees worldwide. For the fourth quarter of 2012, the Fraud Reporting Percentage (FRP) decreased slightly from the previous quarter to 24.6 percent, following the record-high for fraud reporting set in the third quarter of the year, when the FRP stood at 25.0 percent. The FRP statistic measures fraud reporting in comparison to all compliance reporting activity from more than 1,400 organizations worldwide, including nearly half of the Fortune 500. The fourth quarter 2012 Corporate Fraud Index also includes the Fraud Related Incidents (FRI) statistic, which measures the volume of fraud-related calls. Other key fourth quarter 2012 findings include the following:
“Unfortunately, fraud and corporate malfeasance continue to threaten the workplace, in terms of revenue, reputation and employee morale,” said Luis Ramos, CEO of the Network. “While the upward trend in fraud reporting at first may seem alarming, it’s important to remember that organizations are working harder than ever to engage their employees to recognize bad behavior and to make them feel confident about their options to report this activity.” Fourth quarter comparisons of FRP for the past eight years are as follows:
Fourth quarter comparisons of FRI for the past eight years are as follows:
“Despite incentives from regulators for employees and others to report malfeasance directly to regulators, the volume of internal reporting pertaining to fraud continues to rise,” said Glenn Pomerantz, partner at BDO Consulting and a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner. The Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index is compiled from actual incidents reported by clients of The Network and is analyzed by The Network and BDO Consulting. Fraud-related incidents reflected in the Fraud Index include reports on corruption, theft, accounting and audit irregularities, misuse of assets, conflicts of interest, and violations of FCPA, UK anti-bribery and SEC legislation. For more information regarding the Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index, visit www.tnwinc.com or email corporatefraudindex@tnwinc.com. To view a social media version of this release, visit http://pitch.pe/10nPQds. About The Network, Inc. The Network is a leading provider of integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that allow organizations to create better workplaces and ethical cultures. The Network’s Integrated GRC Suite, recognized as the “Apple of GRC” by GRC 20/20, is the first natively integrated enterprise GRC software platform in the compliance industry. The Suite was built to leverage the way employees retain and apply ethics and compliance information and helps companies prevent, detect and remediate non-compliance and unethical conduct. A SaaS-based technology solution, the Suite integrates policy management, training and communications, code of conduct, surveys and assessments and case management, all on a reporting and analytics platform. Originally established as the first whistleblower hotline provider in 1982, The Network serves thousands of organizations in every industry, including nearly half of the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.tnwinc.com. About BDO Consulting BDO Consulting provides litigation, investigation, business restructuring and risk advisory services to clients in the United States and internationally. Their highly experienced and well-credentialed professionals leverage the global industry and accounting knowledge of the BDO international network, providing rapid, strategic advice to assist their clients. BDO Consulting is a division of BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership and the U.S. member of BDO International Limited. BDO International Limited is a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms. www.bdoconsulting.com For more information: Joy Harper Reddy Arketi Group (404) 929-0091 x209 jreddy@arketi.com |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic Majority of IT Executives Say Public Cloud Services Have Negatively Impact in the forums. Security, Compliance Concerns Drive Corporate Crackdown on Rogue Use of Cloud Services Including Social Media Sites, Skype and DropBox Atlanta, GA – May 7, 2013 – There is growing concern among Enterprise IT leaders over the unauthorized use of the public cloud by business units within the enterprise according to the 2013 PMG Cloud Sprawl Survey of 234 North American corporate IT professionals. Unauthorized cloud services of most concern to business IT processionals include the use of public cloud storage (70 percent), cloud synchronization (68 percent) and cloud-based collaboration applications (53 percent). The pattern of unauthorized usage of cloud services seems to be on the rise despite the fact that IT says the vast majority (89 percent) of employees understand the need for data security. Today, 54 percent of corporate IT professionals surveyed say their organizations have a policy in place regarding the use of public cloud storage services. However, the plurality (43 percent) admit to being only “somewhat effective” in educating business users on the pitfalls of the public cloud. Twenty-eight percent of IT pros say they are not effective in educating business users on the downside of using public cloud solutions, 20 percent say they are effective and 10 percent are not sure how effective they are. Complete findings from the 2013 PMG Cloud Sprawl Survey, a blind survey of 234 North American corporate IT professionals conducted in March of 2013, are available at www.pmg.net/cloud2013. The ever-growing use of public cloud services and apps by individuals or business units within a company, often without permission from IT, also known as cloud sprawl, is a trend most tech professionals see as negative. A majority of IT pros (52 percent) say cloud sprawl will have a significant or somewhat negative impact on operations and resources, and 34 percent say they don’t yet know how it will impact IT. “Cloud services will continue to expand within companies, in fact this study found 38 percent of IT respondents turn to the cloud because it offers faster deployment,” said Joe LeCompte, principal at PMG. “Savvy IT departments are focusing on finding better ways to offer enterprise-grade cloud services to internal users as a way to stem cloud sprawl and safeguard corporate information.” Top Cloud Concerns Security tops the list of the biggest issues associated with unauthorized cloud sprawl. When asked, here is how corporate IT ranks the following concerns:
Specific cloud services or applications IT has prevented or limited enterprise access to include social media sites (66 percent), Skype (61 percent), Dropbox (59 percent) and Google Drive (40 percent). Sixty-four percent of those surveyed say much of the increased usage of cloud solutions has been driven by the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend in today’s workplace. Efforts To Make Cloud Procurement a Positive When IT uncovers the deployment of public cloud solutions without IT’s assistance or knowledge, 65 percent say they evaluate the service and act accordingly (either approving or denying usage), only 15 percent immediately pull the plug and 11 percent say they don’t get involved in the deployment of department-level cloud solutions. The strategies IT is using to better manage cloud sprawl within corporations are varied but include the following:
The silver lining in the cloud sprawl conundrum is that 72 percent of IT leaders say employees are willing to use corporate installed cloud solutions. This is good because 82 percent of IT respondents are predicting the volume of cloud service procurement by business users over the next 24 months to be greater than it is today. With 60 percent of those surveyed reporting big data is or will become vital in future enterprise cloud deployment, the ability to integrate data between cloud applications or cloud application and on-premise application is key. To date, 46 percent have had incompatibility issues when trying to integrate data between cloud and on-premise applications. Forty-six percent surveyed say this is because of the use of unsanctioned cloud applications. “At the end of the day, IT is not going to paint all public cloud solutions as ‘bad’,” said LeCompte. “In fact, 69 percent of IT executives say a hybrid cloud strategy using both private and public cloud offerings is the wave of the future inside the enterprise. Containing cloud sprawl to protect corporate information and ensure security can be done by providing cloud services in a structured manner with a proper governance framework.” Getting Personal with IT Professionals On the strictly personal side, the survey found that most technology professionals had a split personality – when it comes to operating systems. The vast majority (72 percent) prefer the Windows OS for personal computing (outside the work environment) compared to 25 percent that answered Apple and four percent that opt for Google. On the mobile side of things, a majority (53 percent) prefer the Apple mobile OS, 34 percent Android, 9 percent Windows and 4 percent BlackBerry. When asked what fictional TV character most represents today’s IT professionals, the “wicked smart” Dr. Gregory House from House M.D. got 27 percent of the vote, followed by the “lovable geek” Sheldon Cooper, Ph. D. from The Big Bang Theory with 21 percent of the vote, and Sherlock Holmes from Elementary cited by 19 percent. The bottom of the list included Tony Soprano (8 percent), Homer Simpson (6 percent) and Elmo from Sesame Street (1 percent). For in-depth survey findings from the 2013 PMG Cloud Sprawl Survey visit www.pmg.net/cloud2013. To view a social media version of this press release visit http://pitch.pe/18NrYAI. About the 2013 PMG Cloud Sprawl Survey PMG commissioned a blind survey of North American IT professionals in March of 2013. Respondents to the online survey included a total of 234 IT leaders. Of that group, 54 percent were in IT management (managers, supervisors, directors, etc.) and 16 percent were Senior IT executives (CIO, CTO, vice president, etc.). Company size ranged from less than $200 million in revenue to more than $3 billion, with 51 percent having more than $500 million in annual sales, 37 percent having more than 5,001 employees, and 61 percent having IT departments with 51 or more employees. Industries represented included computer technology, consulting, healthcare, financial service, manufacturing, and retail. About PMG More than 20 percent of the Global 100 relies on PMG to deploy enterprise service catalog and business process automation software that streamlines operations, reduces costs and improves efficiency. Our solutions transcend traditional IT service management boundaries giving business and IT professionals a smarter way to automate business processes ranging from IT financial management to identity management, employee onboarding and cloud provisioning. As a result, our clients handle shared services requests faster with fewer manual processes and less reliance on staff intervention. For more information, please visit pmg.net. |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic The Network Sponsors Compliance Week 2013 in the forums.  Supports compliance community’s premier event, May 20 - 22 in Washington, D.C. ATLANTA and BOSTON – April 30, 2013 – The Network, Inc., a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, announced today that it is sponsoring Compliance Week 2013, Compliance Week’s 8th annual conference and the most prestigious event designed for senior compliance, risk and audit executives at global corporations. Compliance Week 2013 offers deep, informative sessions, case studies, and analysis that equip attendees with actionable insights they can employ immediately. Compliance Week 2013 (Twitter: #CW2013), which will run May 20 - May 22 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., features content-rich keynote sessions, lively concurrent panel discussions and presentations, along with small-room “Conversation” sessions, networking opportunities and more. Topics include ethics, internal control, compliance programs, IT risks, privacy, financial reporting, international regulations, investigations, audit committees and more. The Network is sponsoring Compliance Week 2013 to help bring this informative content to more than 500 C-level executives, including chief privacy officers and chief compliance officers from leading public companies. Speakers at the 8th annual conference include ethics & compliance officers from corporations such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Monster.com, United Technologies Corp., and Altria; as well as representatives from nine regulatory agencies that oversee everything from securities filings to social media, bribery, banking, and more. “The Compliance Week conference is a terrific opportunity to gather together compliance professionals from every business sector to share and discuss best practices,” said Luis Ramos, CEO of the Network. “We’re looking forward to participating as moderator for a breakout session where we’ll discuss codes of conduct and how to best integrate that code throughout the organization to engage your employee base and drive corporate performance through compliance and an ethical culture.” Additional conference highlights will include an international track focusing on compliance risks in specific countries, and strategic networking with peers, colleagues and government officials to exchange insights and real-world lessons that will prepare attendees to handle compliance and regulatory changes that occur throughout the year. “The level of our speakers, attendees and sponsors such as The Network, makes our annual conference the must-attend event for the compliance community. Our program is designed to address key issues that attendees need to know, as well as to drive thought leadership on compliance and the trends that senior compliance officers must address. Our sales and editorial teams are working closely with The Network to ensure our conference is as fruitful as possible for all parties,” said Matt Kelly, editor-in-chief of Compliance Week. For more information or to register, please visit http://www.complianceweek.com/8th-annual...erence/section/2777/. ### About The Network, Inc. The Network is a leading provider of integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that allow organizations to create better workplaces and ethical cultures. The Network’s Integrated GRC Suite, recognized as the “Apple of GRC” by GRC 20/20, is the first natively integrated enterprise GRC software platform in the compliance industry. The Suite was built to leverage the way employees retain and apply ethics and compliance information and helps companies prevent, detect and remediate non-compliance and unethical conduct. A SaaS-based technology solution, the Suite integrates policy management, eLearning, code of conduct, surveys and assessments and case management, all on a reporting and analytics platform. Originally established as the first whistleblower hotline provider in 1982, The Network serves thousands of organizations in every industry, including nearly half of the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.tnwinc.com. About Compliance Week Compliance Week, published by Haymarket Media, Inc., is an information service on corporate governance, risk and compliance that features weekly electronic newsletters, a monthly print magazine, proprietary databases, industry-leading events, and a variety of interactive features and forums. Follow Compliance Week on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. For more information: Joy Harper Reddy Arketi Group (404) 929-0091 x209 jreddy@arketi.com Margaret Bonilla Birnbach Communications Phone: (603) 548-0693 mbonilla@birnbachcom.com |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta Honors Reggie Bradford in the forums.  The man responsible for one of Atlanta’s largest startup sales will be honored at Gala event. ATLANTA – April 30, 2013 – The MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta will host the “Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Gala” to recognize the winner of the E. Milton Bevington Distinguished Entrepreneur Award, on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6 p.m. EST. This year the MIT Enterprise Forum is honoring Mr. Reggie Bradford, Senior VP at Oracle. Bradford is an Atlanta serial entrepreneur whose 2012 sale of Vitrue to Oracle for $330 million is one of the largest in Atlanta startup history. Under Bradford’s leadership as founder and CEO, Vitrue developed relationships with more than 500 brands across 47 countries. Today, Bradford is Senior Vice President of Product Development for Oracle, primarily focused on Oracles’ social products and technologies. “I had the pleasure of working with Reggie in the early days of Vitrue and I consider him to be in an elite class of significant contributors to the Atlanta technology community,” says MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta Chair Chris Stanley. “In addition to Vitrue, he also served as President and Board Member of Tandberg Television and President and CEO of N2Broadband. The MIT Enterprise Forum is honored to present this much-deserved E. Milton Bevington Distinguished Entrepreneur award to Reggie and we look forward to his next endeavor.” The Award is named after successful entrepreneur E. Milton Bevington, who passed away in 2010. Bevington was most well-known for founding Servidyne, serving as worldwide president of the MIT Associated Alumni, serving on the MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta Chapter Board and was one of only two Lifetime Members of the Atlanta MIT Enterprise Forum chapter. Past recipients of this Award include Glen Robinson, founder of Scientific-Atlanta; Cam Lanier, chairman of ITC Holding Company; Pete Petit, founder and former CEO of Healthdyne and Matria Healthcare; and Tripp Rackley, founder and former CEO of nFront and Firethorn, and Alana Shepherd, co-founder and board member, Shepherd Center. The sponsors of this year’s Gala include the Pedowitz Group as the Gold Sponsor, and Georgia State – Robinson College of Business as the Silver Sponsor. The ticketed event is open to the public and will begin with a wine reception and Money Museum Tours followed by dinner and the presentation. The gala will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; on Wednesday, May 15, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Register for the event by visiting www.mitefa.org. Tickets for MIT Enterprise Forum members are $95, non-members are $135. Non-members wishing to join the MIT Enterprise Forum, visit http://www.mitforumatlanta.org/join_individ_membership.php. About MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta The MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta is a volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to provide educational programs and services that promote and strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship at the intersection of business and technology in the Southeast. ### |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic Nearly One-Third of Tech Firms Changed Healthcare Plans Due to Obamacare in the forums.  Compensation Survey Examines Base Compensation, Bonuses, Benefits and Equity Ownership for Atlanta Technology Executives ATLANTA, March 21, 2013 – Approximately one-third (31 percent) of companies participating in the Technology Executives Roundtable (TER) 2013 Atlanta Technology Executive Compensation Survey say they have changed their plans or programs either slightly or significantly as a result of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”). “With uncertainty around the effects of Obamacare in 2012, seeing one-third of survey participants change their healthcare plans or programs is an indicator that we will likely see more healthcare changes over the next few years,” said Paul Ilse, president of TER. “Health benefits is making the list of topics of interest to senior executives along with compensation, bonuses and equity ownership as they continue to grow their business.” With the release of its fourth annual Atlanta Technology Executive Compensation Survey, TER, an association that consists of more than 120 Georgia-based CEOs, CFOs and general managers, is providing a unique service to its members and to the Georgia technology community at large. The study was underwritten by Arketi Group; ExecuLinks, Frazier & Deeter; Morris, Manning & Martin; Pritchard & Jerden; Silicon Valley Bank; and Wm. Leonard & Co. The survey also found that overall, average base compensation among technology executive teams ranged from $226,136 for CEOs to $138,806 for senior marketing executives. The CEO and president positions commanded the highest average salaries in the executive suite, followed by CFOs, COOs and other executive team members. Within the executive suite, senior sales, marketing, business development and technology/development executives earned similar salaries (less than 20 percent variance). Bonus Potential With regard to bonus compensation, the study found target bonus potential for technology executives in 2012 ranged from an average high of $197,484 for CEOs to a low of $25,000 for senior marketing executives. Of this available 2012 bonus compensation, CEOs, senior sales executives and presidents led the executive suite with $119,625, $86,200 and $70,427 of total bonus potential earned respectively. Commission potential for sales executives averaged $91,613 at 100 percent of goal for sales executives and $30,667 of goal for business development executives. Compensation Plans for 2013 For 2013, 69 percent of companies surveyed plan to increase base compensation. A careful analysis of individual company plans, however, reveals that 71 percent of those planning an increase will raise compensation 5 percent or less, while only two companies (3 percent) will raise compensation by 25 percent or more. Companies not planning an increase changed significantly from 40 percent in 2012 to 31 percent in 2013, indicating improved perceptions regarding business and the economy. Executive Equity In addition to base and bonus compensation, the survey provides information on equity ownership. For example, the study found significant differences in non-founders equity ownership among CEOs and presidents, and other executives. On average, CEOs and presidents were granted 6.63 percent and 9.16 percent of non-founders equity ownership. The remainder of the executive team holds non-founders equity as follows:
Additional findings regarding stock options included:
The survey is available exclusively to TER members and clients of TER survey sponsors. For more information on TER, visit www.ter-atlanta.com. About the 2013 Atlanta Technology Executive Compensation Survey The study was designed to identify executive compensation and company ownership among Greater Atlanta technology companies during calendar year 2012. Overall, 99 public and privately-funded technology companies across a wide range of market segments, including software, hardware and services participated in the survey. Companies participating in the study were led by Software and SaaS Developers (58 percent), Technology Consulting and other professional service firms (15 percent), Internet Services (9 percent), Hardware Developers (9 percent) and others (9 percent). The majority of firms were privately funded (79 percent) with Angel funding the most common source (24 percent), in business longer than five years (72 percent) and had 2012 revenue in excess of $2 million (78 percent). Most companies had less than $25 million in revenue (79 percent), with 22 percent under $2 million and 36 percent with $2-10 million. Only 10 companies (10 percent) had more than $50 million in revenue. About Technology Executives Roundtable Technology Executives Roundtable (TER) is an association for Georgia technology executives that provides CEOs, CFOs and general managers with the ability to maximize the value of companies through the exchange of top ideas, candid talk and a forum to share what is working, what is not and best practices to unlock business value. Monthly meetings feature speakers and panels of local and national experts covering topics such as strategic alliances, crisis management, non-conventional financing, M&A, intellectual property protection and other issues of interest to senior executives on company growth. For more information, visit www.ter-atlanta.com. |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic Cortera Lookalikes™ Helps B2B Companies Find Better Sales Prospects in the forums. Innovative solution automatically generates Business Behavior Profiles and finds prospects that look and act like a company’s current customers BOCA RATON, Fla., – March 19, 2013 – Cortera, a provider of comprehensive business behavior data and insights on public and private companies, has launched Cortera Lookalikes™, automatically generated, high quality prospects that look and act like a company’s existing customers based on business behavior data and insights. Cortera Lookalikes™ automatically examines the behavior of an organization’s existing customers to generate a Business Behavior Profile—a model of how current customers look and act. This behavior-profile is then used to search the Cortera database of 20 million companies for lookalike companies and delivers a list of high quality prospects that look and act like existing customers—those that have the highest propensity to purchase a Cortera user’s products and services. “Figuring out which companies to target is a challenge that’s plagued B2B sales and marketing professionals for decades—it’s time consuming, inefficient and ineffective,” said Jim Swift, president and CEO, Cortera. “Cortera Lookalikes™ takes the pain out of prospecting by using Business Behavior Profiles—based on what companies buy, how they pay, how they invest, who they hire, public records, news, blogs, etc., as well as demographics—to automatically generate sales prospects that not only look like your customers, but also act like them.” For additional information and insight into each sales prospect, Cortera makes it easy to upload additional data elements and feeds them directly into existing CRM, ERP and other systems. This helps increase marketing conversion rates and sales closure rates by providing the relevant, business behavior data and insights needed to more effectively and efficiently score, prioritize, target and nurture the right sales opportunities. “Finding qualified leads has always been a challenge because of the limited data available on companies. We wasted a lot of time manually vetting lists through online research, profiling exercises focused on limited data and so on—only to come up with inaccurate and incomplete information about our prospective customers,” said Aaron Bolshaw, director of marketing and inside sales, HA Advantage. “Cortera is changing all that with Lookalikes— high quality leads that are based on business-behavior profiles of our existing customers and then automatically identified in Cortera’s own database. Targeting companies based on business behavior translates into faster, more targeted marketing and makes our sales reps 6 times more efficient.” Cortera Lookalikes™ is the latest addition to the award-winning business behavior monitoring solution Cortera Pulse™, which monitors more than 20 million public and private companies, tracks more than $1.6 trillion in B2B purchases and then alerts credit, finance, sales and marketing professionals of revenue risks as well as upsell and new sales opportunities. Download a copy of the Lookalikes eBook to learn more. To see how Lookalikes works, view an on-demand video demo now. To view a social media version of this release, visit here. About Cortera Cortera is a provider of comprehensive business-to-business payment and purchase behavior insights on public and private companies. The company tracks $1.6 trillion in business-to-business purchases across 45 spend categories to deliver insights on 20 million U.S. business locations. Cortera’s solutions enable companies of all sizes to better understand their customers, suppliers and business partners by gaining visibility into what they purchase, how they pay and how their purchase and payment behavior changes over time. Thousands of companies across diverse industries use Cortera solutions to increase revenue, improve sales and marketing effectiveness, and reduce risk. Cortera is privately held with offices in Boca Raton, Fla.; Boston and Quincy, Mass.; and Bangalore, India. |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic PMG Named a TAG Top 40 Innovative Technology Company in the forums. Company recognized for innovation, contributions to Georgia’s technology community Atlanta, GA – March 14, 2013 – PMG, the smart choice for enterprise service catalog and business process automation software, will be recognized by The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) as a Top 40 Innovative Technology Company at the 2013 Georgia Technology Summit (GTS) on March 20, 2013, at the Cobb Galleria Centre. TAG is the state’s leading association dedicated to the promotion and economic advancement of Georgia’s technology industry. The TAG Top 40 Awards recognize Georgia-based technology companies for their innovation, financial impact, and their efforts at spreading awareness of Georgia’s technology initiatives throughout the U.S. and globally. “This year’s Top 40 finalists represent the array of technology innovation that is growing in Georgia and we applaud these organizations for their contributions back into the Georgia technology community,” said Tino Mantella, president & CEO of TAG. “PMG’s enterprise service catalog solution exemplifies innovation from its agile integration capabilities to its automation functionality.” “We are honored to be featured as part of Georgia’s elite technology community,” said Joe LeCompte, principal at PMG. “PMG remains focused on delivering smart enterprise service catalog solutions that streamline operations, reduce costs and improve efficiency.” In addition to being named a TAG Top 40 Innovative Technology Company, PMG also received the WWRUG Innovator Award in late 2012 and the PMG Service Catalog Suite (PMG SCS) received top honors from Gartner in the Critical Capabilities for IT Service Catalog research report. PMG provides a centralized, unified catalog of services across the enterprise through the intuitive, familiar interface of online commerce. End users are able to easily and quickly request services, check their status and stay informed on corporate policies and requirements regarding those services—all from one solution. IT users can clearly define services in business terms, so customers know what is available and what to expect when they request a service. Customers can track the status of their requests, reducing unnecessary "status update" calls. PMG SCS makes it easy to collaborate on agreements, budgets, and priorities to support actionable SLA's—all resulting in smarter business decisions. About PMG More than 20 percent of the Global 100 relies on PMG to deploy enterprise service catalog and business process automation software that streamlines operations, reduces costs and improves efficiency. Our solutions transcend traditional IT service management boundaries giving business and IT professionals a smarter way to automate business processes ranging from IT financial management to identity management, employee onboarding and cloud provisioning. As a result, our clients handle shared services requests faster with fewer manual processes and less reliance on staff intervention. For more information, please visit pmg.net. PMG.net and PMG Service Catalog Suite are registered trademarks or trademarks of PMG.net. All other trademarks, brand names, or product names listed above belong to their respective holders. About The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is the leading technology industry association in the state, serving more than 18,500 members and hosting over 200 events each year. TAG serves as an umbrella organization for 32 industry societies, each of which provides rich content for TAG constituents. TAG’s mission is to educate, promote, influence and unite Georgia’s technology community to foster an innovative and connected marketplace that stimulates and enhances a tech-based economy. The association provides members with access to networking and educational programs; recognizes and promotes Georgia’s technology leaders and companies; and advocates for legislative action that enhances the state’s economic climate for technology. Additionally, the TAG Education Collaborative (TAG’s charitable arm) focuses on helping science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives thrive. For more information visit the TAG website at www.tagonline.org or TAG’s community website at www.TAGthink.com. To learn about the TAG-Ed Collaborative visit http://www.tagedonline.org/. |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic The Network Named a TAG Top 40 Innovative Technology Company in the forums.  Technology Association of Georgia Honors 40 Companies for Innovation and Contributions to the State’s Technology Community ATLANTA (March 12, 2013) – The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the state’s leading association dedicated to the promotion and economic advancement of Georgia’s technology industry, today announced The Network as one of its Top 40 Innovative Technology Companies in Georgia. TAG will recognize this prestigious group at the 2013 Georgia Technology Summit (GTS) on March 20, 2013, at the Cobb Galleria Centre. TAG’S Top 40 Awards recognize Georgia-based technology companies for their innovation, financial impact, and their efforts at spreading awareness of Georgia’s technology initiatives throughout the U.S. and globally. “The 2013 Top 40 finalists are an elite group of innovators who represent the very best of Georgia’s Technology community,” said Tino Mantella, president & CEO of TAG. “The 2013 Top 40 finalists are shining examples of what makes our State such a hotbed for technology and we applaud them for standing out as leaders in Georgia’s technology community.” This year’s Top 40 Companies were selected from among over 90 applications submitted by companies from across Georgia. Companies selected for the "Top 40" will be showcased in an exhibition at The 2013 Georgia Technology Summit. “Our ninth year of the Top 40 was an overwhelming success, based on the number of truly innovative companies that participated in the competition," said Dennis Zakas, a partner and founder of Zakas & Leonard, LLP, Chair of Group Office Buys, LLC, and chairperson of the Top 40 Selection Committee. "The Top 40 winners demonstrate the depth and breadth of Georgia's technology community.” The Network, based in Norcross, Ga., and privately held, is the leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions to ethics & compliance officers. The company provides a SaaS-based GRC platform that helps organizations mitigate risk, achieve compliance and engage employees in order to create more ethical workplaces. This GRC suite brings together corporate policies and compliance eLearning along with tools to detect, investigate and remediate any potential compliance violation. Released in early 2012, it is the first and only solution to combine these key components in a natively integrated fashion. “We are honored to be named by TAG as one of Georgia’s leading innovative companies and proud of how we have transformed our company into a leading technology provider that can deliver one-of-a-kind solutions for global organizations of all sizes and industries,” said Jimmy Lin, vice president of Product Management and Corporate Development at The Network. “The Network continues to address corporate compliance issues with a different approach to lead innovation in the GRC market.” The 2013 Georgia Technology Summit is expected to draw a crowd of more than 1,000 C-level executives, entrepreneurs, technology professionals and academia to celebrate and recognize Georgia’s technology community. In addition to presentations from some of the top technology influencers in the nation, the newest member of the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia will be inducted. For more information about TAG and the Georgia Technology Summit and to register for the event, visit http://www.tagonline.org/georgia-technology-summit.php. Follow the conversation on Twitter through #TAGGTS. About The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is the leading technology industry association in the state, serving more than 18,500 members and hosting over 200 events each year. TAG serves as an umbrella organization for 32 industry societies, each of which provides rich content for TAG constituents. TAG’s mission is to educate, promote, influence and unite Georgia’s technology community to foster an innovative and connected marketplace that stimulates and enhances a tech-based economy. The association provides members with access to networking and educational programs; recognizes and promotes Georgia’s technology leaders and companies; and advocates for legislative action that enhances the state’s economic climate for technology. Additionally, the TAG Education Collaborative (TAG’s charitable arm) focuses on helping science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives thrive. For more information visit the TAG website at www.tagonline.org or TAG’s community website at www.TAGthink.com. To learn about the TAG-Ed Collaborative visit http://www.tagedonline.org/. About The Network The Network is a leading provider of integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that allow organizations to create better workplaces and ethical cultures. The Network’s Integrated GRC Suite, recognized as the “Apple of GRC” by GRC 20/20, is the first natively integrated enterprise GRC software platform in the compliance industry. The Suite was built to leverage the way employees retain and apply ethics and compliance information and helps companies prevent, detect and remediate non-compliance and unethical conduct. A SaaS-based technology solution, the Suite integrates policy management, eLearning, code of conduct, surveys and assessments and case management, all on a reporting and analytics platform. The Network serves thousands of organizations in every industry, including nearly half of the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.tnwinc.com. |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic CorFire Provided Retailers with Insights into Mobile Payments Trends in the forums.  Company executive serves as panelist for session in advance of annual Prepaid Expo ATLANTA, March 5, 2013 – Tom Zalewski, senior vice president of sales and business development, North America at CorFire, presented on mobile solutions at this month’s Retail Gift Card Association (RGCA) board meeting. CorFire is the mobile commerce business of SK C&C USA and the industry-leading mobile technology expert. With executives from PayPal and OGLOBA, Zalewski discussed mobile strategy best practices and addressed retailers’ concerns about mobile payments and applications. The board meeting took place before RGCA’s annual Prepaid Expo in Orlando, Fla. CorFire participated as a sponsor of the meeting and also held demonstrations of two key mobile solutions: CorPay, CorFire’s mobile wallet platform for NFC and non-NFC based payments and Cor360, CorFire’s consumer-focused mobile marketing services including gifting, offers, and loyalty. “New point of sale (POS) technology and growing awareness and acceptance across all players in the mobile ecosystem are taking mobile commerce adoption rates to new levels,” said Zalewski. “Helping merchants better understand their mobile commerce options and benefits will continue to move the mobile lifestyle forward for retailers and their customers.” Visit http://www.corfire.com/events/ to learn more about upcoming speaking engagements. To view a social media version of this release, visit here. About CorFire From retailers to handset manufacturers to financial institutions to mobile network operators, organizations today need a proven way to extend their brands and enable their customers to use smartphones as a channel for commerce. With its proven industry expertise, CorFire helps all organizations in the mobile ecosystem deliver on the promise of an environment where consumers can live life mobile. As the mobile commerce business of SK C&C USA, CorFire leverages the billion dollar financial backing of its parent company, SK C&C, with its 10+ years of mobile payments experience to provide a scalable and trusted technology that helps companies quickly and securely move their mobile commerce platforms forward. Headquartered in Atlanta, with a second office in San Francisco, CorFire offers three core technology solutions: its Trusted Services Manager (TSM) platform - CorTSM™, a robust mobile wallet platform - CorPay™, and Cor360 - a state-of-the-art suite of mobile marketing services. For more information please visit www.corfire.com. |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic Cortera Pulse Wins Gold Stevie Award for Business Intelligence Solution in the forums. Cortera Pulse Wins Gold Stevie® Award for Business Intelligence Solution, New Version Business behavior monitoring solution identifies revenue risks and opportunities BOCA RATON, Fla., – February 26, 2013 – Cortera, a provider of comprehensive business-to-business payment and B2B purchase behavior data and insights for U.S. companies, was presented with a Gold Stevie® Award for Business Intelligence Solution, new version, in the seventh annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service last night. The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world’s top sales, contact center, and customer service awards. The awards were presented to honorees during a gala banquet on Monday, February 25, at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. More than 300 nominated customer service and sales executives from the United States and other countries attended. “From our perspective, this was the most successful Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service yet,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder, Stevie Awards, “not just because of the increase in the number and variety of entries, but in the extraordinary quality of the entries. Judges have told me how impressed they were with the success stories they reviewed this year. All of this year’s Stevie Award winners are truly deserving.” More than 1,100 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted to this year’s competition. Finalists were determined by the average scores of 120 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges while more than 100 members of eight specialized judging committees determined Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging this year. “The evolution of the business intelligence industry demonstrates that demographics are no longer enough for sales and marketing teams to identify their best sales targets. Cortera Pulse enables organizations to understand their ideal customers’ behavior and easily find ‘Look-Alikes’ that have a high propensity to buy their products or services,” said Jim Swift, president and CEO, Cortera. “Winning the Stevie Award for best Business Intelligence Solution for the new version of Cortera Pulse is a great honor for our team.” Cortera Pulse is a business behavior monitoring solution that tracks purchasing behavior—what companies buy—and payment behavior—how companies pay—and combines it with public filings, news and other data sources. The solution monitors more than 20 million public and private companies, tracks more than $1.6 trillion in B2B purchases and then alerts users of revenue risks as well as opportunities. The solution also recently was named a 2013 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Content CODiE award finalist for the Best Business Information Solution category. Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Stevie winners in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/sales. The Business TalkRadio Network will broadcast a recording of the presentations this Wednesday, February 27, at 8:00 pm ET. About Cortera Cortera is a provider of comprehensive business-to-business payment and purchase behavior insights on public and private companies. The company tracks $1.6 trillion in business-to-business purchases across 45 spend categories to deliver insights on 20 million U.S. business locations. Cortera’s solutions enable companies of all sizes to better understand their customers, suppliers and business partners by gaining visibility into what they purchase, how they pay and how their purchase and payment behavior changes over time. Thousands of companies across diverse industries use Cortera solutions to increase revenue, improve sales and marketing effectiveness, and reduce risk. Cortera is privately held with offices in Boca Raton, Fla.; Boston and Quincy, Mass.; and Bangalore, India. About The Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com. Sponsors and supporters of the 7th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include the BusinessTalk Radio Network and ValueSelling Associates. |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic Semprius Named to MIT Technology Review’s 2013 50 Disruptive Companies List in the forums.  CAMBRIDGE, MA, February 20, 2013 — Semprius, Inc. has been identified in the field of Energy and Materials as one of 2013’s 50 Disruptive Companies, MIT Technology Review’s annual list of the world’s most innovative technology companies. The honorees are nominated by MIT Technology Review’s editors, who look for companies that have demonstrated original and valuable technology over the last year, are bringing that technology to market at significant scale, and are clearly influencing their competitors. Spanning energy and materials, Internet and digital media, computing and communications, biomedicine and transportation, the companies on the list represent the disruptive innovations most likely to change our lives. Jason Pontin, publisher and editor in chief of MIT Technology Review, states, “The pace at which technology changes is astounding. This issue celebrates organizations at the forefront, displaying ‘disruptive innovation’ that will prove to surpass the competition, transform an industry, and change our lives.” “We consider Semprius a solar company worth watching closely,” continued Pontin. “It stands out for its novel method of concentrating sunlight onto tiny solar cells to deliver photovoltaic modules with cutting-edge efficiency and the potential to significantly lower the cost of generating solar electricity.” Semprius, the first company to convert over one-third of the sun’s energy into electricity, began commercial production of the world’s highest efficiency modules in September 2012, opening its first manufacturing facility in Henderson, N.C. In November, Semprius announced that it will be supplying solar modules to Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) in support of PWR’s 200 kilowatt solar system to be located at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Semprius’ proprietary micro-transfer printing process enables the use of the world’s smallest commercial solar cell – approximately the size of a pencil point – to manufacture modules with unmatched performance and cost advantages. Compared with conventional silicon-based modules, Semprius’ modules, which were developed with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, are twice as efficient, offer consistent energy output and superior energy yields while performing better in hot climates. “This recognition by MIT Technology Review validates our ongoing efforts to lower the cost of renewable energy,” said Joe Carr, chief executive officer of Semprius. “We anticipate a busy year filled with innovation and the continued expansion of our production facility to meet the increasing demand for our solar modules.” Semprius and the other honorees will be featured in the March/April edition of MIT Technology Review, available on newsstands worldwide on March 5, and online at technologyreview.com on February 20. Last year, Semprius was named to MIT Technology Review’s 2012 TR10, an annual list of the world’s 10 most important emerging technologies. About Semprius Semprius, Inc. holds the record for commercial solar module efficiency, reaching 33.9 percent. Using the world’s smallest commercial solar cells and applying state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, Semprius is leading the way to cost-competitive, sustainable solar electricity. Semprius was named to MIT Technology Review’s 2012 TR10, an annual list of the world’s 10 most important emerging technologies. Semprius’ headquarters and production facilities are located in North Carolina, USA. For more information, please visit www.semprius.com. About MIT Technology Review MIT Technology Review leads the global conversation about technologies that matter. An independent global media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the enterprise produces publications read by millions of business leaders, innovators, thought leaders, and early adopters around the globe, in six languages and on a variety of digital and print platforms. The company publishes MIT Technology Review magazine, the world's most respected technology magazine (established 1899); daily news features, analysis, opinion, and video; and Business Reports, which explain how new technologies are transforming companies, disrupting markets, or creating entirely new industries. It also produces live events such as the annual EmTech MIT, international EmTech conferences, Summits, and Salons. The company's entrepreneurial community organization, the MIT Enterprise Forum, hosts over 400 events a year around the world. Contacts For Semprius Joy Reddy 404-929-0091 ext. 209 jreddy@arketi.com For Technology Review David W.M. Sweeney 617-475-8018 david.sweeney@technologyreview.com |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic The Network Launches Corrective/Preventative Action & Remediation Solution in the forums. Integrated solution manages remediation and preventative activities, delivers actionable insight into compliance initiatives ATLANTA — February 19, 2013 — The Network, Inc., a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, announced today the release of the Corrective/Preventative Action (CAPA)/Remediation module of its enterprise SaaS-based Integrated GRC suite, the first natively integrated GRC software platform in the compliance industry. The CAPA/Remediation module allows companies to identify and correct the root causes of workplace risks in order to help companies prevent future occurrences. “Remediation is a vital component of an effective compliance program. With our new CAPA/Remediation module, companies can ensure that they correct the underlying causes of compliance failures so they can protect themselves against future violations,” said Luis Ramos, chief executive officer of The Network. “Today’s compliance leaders require actionable information and better insight into the effectiveness of their organization’s compliance initiatives,” said Jimmy Lin, vice president of Product Management and Corporate Development at The Network. “As an integrated component of our GRC Suite, CAPA/Remediation gives organizations an effective way to identify, analyze and evaluate risk, so that risk treatments can be created, prioritized and deployed.” Lin continued: “CAPA/Remediation links policies, training, incidents and cases with applicable corrective and preventative action activities. By doing so, it allows compliance teams to see the relationships between the disparate components of their program, thereby giving them insight into issues and trends that might otherwise go unnoticed.” For more information on The Network’s CAPA/Remediation solution, visit www.tnwinc.com. To view a social media version of this news release, click here. About The Network, Inc. The Network, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that enable organizations to mitigate risk and promote organizational compliance. The Network’s Integrated GRC Suite is the first natively integrated GRC software platform in the compliance industry. Combining dynamic SaaS-based technology with expert-level services, The Network helps global enterprises protect, detect and correct the risks posed by fraud and unethical conduct. Established in 1982, The Network serves thousands of organizations in every industry, including nearly 50 percent of the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.tnwinc.com. |
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Mary Rose Macaranas created a new topic The Network Announces New Insider Trading Course in the forums. Innovative approach to ethics & compliance training helps educate employees about insider trading and its consequences, best practices for ethical trading ATLANTA – February 12, 2013 – The Network, Inc., a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced the release of its newest course entitled “Insider Trading: Complying with Securities Law.” The course helps companies ensure their workforce understands proper trading practices, what constitutes inside information and the risks of insider trading. Developed in partnership with the noted law firm FisherBroyles, LLP, the course provides a high-level overview of the laws governing insider trading and practical guidance on identifying inside information and restrictions on using such information. Using The Network’s unique, engaging and interactive training approach, the course explores best practices for complying with securities law that should be followed both by employees and by management. The course is available with either employee- or supervisor-level training options. “There has been a recent surge of interest on the part of regulators and the news media on the topic of insider trading, some say because those with inside information have a perceived advantage and are associated with the financial wrongdoing that brought on the recession,” said Jimmy Lin, vice president of Product Management and Corporate Development at The Network.“ However, the belief that insider trading laws only apply to those within the securities business is a dangerously wrong assumption.” Lin continued, “Insider trading is an important issue for all companies, particularly public entities, to protect themselves from reputational damage as well as to protect the welfare of their workforce. It’s a topic that’s growing rapidly, with practical significance to virtually everyone in the business world.” “Our course focuses on the growing interest in 'fairness’ that extends regulatory focus to anyone viewed as having an unfair advantage over ‘ordinary’ investors, through tips or connections,” said Jay Thomas, creative director at The Network. “The training helps educate the workforce about practices that might be considered risky or inappropriate and helps guide employees and management toward best practices that emphasize knowledge, awareness and ethical trading practices.” Part of the enterprise SaaS-based Integrated GRC Suite, the first natively integrated GRC software platform in the compliance industry, The Network’s training solutions for ethics & compliance help organizations address critical workplace issues and see the connections between training and the other aspects of their compliance initiatives. Designed specifically to provide an engaging, interactive experience for employees, The Network’s courses are cost-effective, easy to deploy, and can be configured to reflect client-specific messaging, branding and policies. The courses are available in multiple languages and accessible via mobile devices to support global enterprises. For more information on The Network’s training solutions and the Integrated GRC Suite, visit www.tnwinc.com. To view a social media version of this news release, click here. About The Network, Inc. The Network, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that enable organizations to mitigate risk and promote organizational compliance. The Network’s Integrated GRC Suite is the first natively integrated GRC software platform in the compliance industry. Combining dynamic SaaS-based technology with expert-level services, The Network helps global enterprises protect, detect and correct the risks posed by fraud and unethical conduct. Established in 1982, The Network serves thousands of organizations in every industry, including nearly 50 percent of the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.tnwinc.com. |
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