CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwired - August 7, 2013) - Marketing professionals are increasingly relying on video content and social media to deliver solid business results. Today, Pixability debuted "The Top 100 Global Brands: Key Lessons for Success on YouTube," a comprehensive study on the use of YouTube by the leading global brands to drive video and digital marketing success. Revealing a 99 percent YouTube adoption rate and 73 percent year-over-year growth, the brands driving the best results are moving beyond television-style brand awareness to much more socially-engaged, longer-form, content-rich channels. Download the full report here.

Examining how the top 100 global brands, as ranked by Interbrand in its Best Global Brands report, have made YouTube a critical part of their marketing and business strategy, the report analyzes the videos produced by these brands. Over the past five years, the top brands have gone from just a few dozen YouTube uploads in 2005 to more than 10,000 cumulative video uploads in a single month last year. These 100 brands alone now account for 9.5 billion collective YouTube views and more than 2,200 channels containing 258,000+ videos. We anticipate that by 2015, they will likely invest in the production, marketing, and distribution of over one million new YouTube videos. But brand marketers have work to do: the study uncovers that over 50% of their videos get fewer than 1000 views.

"Ignoring YouTube is no longer an option for marketers. It is quickly becoming the marketing channel of choice for the world's top brands and the agencies that support them," said Bettina Hein, Founder and CEO of Pixability. "Leading brands are using YouTube to build an engaged audience and drive business results. Marketers who put the best practices unveiled in this report into action will drive more successful video and digital marketing campaigns."

Understanding that video marketing is just as important as video production, these brands offer valuable lessons. The report pinpoints seven core best practices for brand marketers. Three of the best practices include:

1. Be a well-oiled, consistent, video content machine: The most successful brands have 50% more videos per channel compared to the least successful ones. The best-performing brands publish high volumes of content on a regular schedule. Top aggregate brands publish approximately 78 videos per month. Leading media brands produce even more: close to 500 videos per month.
2. Apply an "Always On" strategy to video marketing: The most successful brand marketers on YouTube integrate their online video strategies with their traditional, offline marketing strategies. 17 of the Top 100 Global Brands use less than 50% of their channels. Continued advertising results in sustainable channel growth and subscribers.
3. Don't get caught in the overproduction trap; lesser quality video works well, too: The best YouTube marketers produce a broader range of video content. Videos do not need to be prime-time quality, because those with lower production value can be just as effective.

"We've used our software to help many of the best companies in the world drive quantifiable business results with YouTube," said Andreas Goeldi, CTO of Pixability. "We knew that the data collection for such a large set of videos was a monumental task, but our software quickly delivered audience, usage, and performance data in every dimension. We found significant disparities between the top and bottom performers in this elite group, showing that some brands get YouTube and others just don't."

The best performing brands based on this study applied a methodical approach to creating and tailoring their video content to the needs of their customers -- driving consistently high viewership. The report also found primary publishing and social media trends differed by industry. An example being that viewer sentiment is starting to show distinct trends by industry. Home and luxury segments have the highest sentiment, while financial services and consumer goods have the lowest.

For a comprehensive look at all major findings, the seven core best practices, and how video usage differs by industry, please download the full report.

Methodology
Starting with the list of companies identified in Interbrand's Best Global Brands report, Pixability collected data from YouTube channels owned and managed by these Top 100 Global Brands. Pixability software collected a list of 2214 candidate channels. A group of analysts then verified each channel according to the criteria listed above and reduced the list to 1378 verified channels. All individual metrics per video were added by channel and then by brand to get to the total values used in the study. The raw data was used as an input into Pixability's Online Video Grader software. The data presented in the study represents full and exact counts of the metrics described above. No sampling, estimates, regressions or projections were used. The complete methodology, including exact data harvested for each channel by Pixability's YouTube marketing software and the resulting Grader scores from Pixability's Online Video Grader software is included in the report.

The report authors, Andreas Goeldi and Rob Ciampa are both YouTube-certified. For more information about the report, please email us at youtubebrandstudy@pixability.com or call 888-PIX-VIDEO (888-749-8433).

About Pixability
Pixability is a YouTube-certified marketing and advertising software company that works with brands, e-commerce firms, agencies, and innovative organizations to drive business and awareness with online video and YouTube. Using its powerful, proprietary, cloud-based video marketing software and online video and community analytics databases, Pixability's certified and seasoned team of YouTube professionals has worked with more than 500 customers, 10,000 YouTube channels, and 2.5 million business and brand videos. Pixability's complimentary Online Video Grader (onlinevideograder.com) provides any organization with immediate metrics and analysis of YouTube, web video, video search, and social video effectiveness. For more information, please visit pixability.com.

San Marino, CA, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- RechargeAsia magazine is a bilingual (English and Chinese) monthly publication focusing on the printer, copier and consumables (ink and toner) industry. RechargeAsia will launch its signature Southeast Asia regional event entitled RechargExpo Thailand on August 28-30, in the Grand Diamond Hall at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.

RechargeAsia Corporation’s geographic emphasis is on Asia, especially Southeast Asia, both because this region boasts of a well-established printer market and is home to some of the most promising industry companies in the region. Current market trends indicate that Southeast Asia is a solid platform for companies seeking to make their mark in global markets. Of particular attraction is the fact that the area is not quite up to speed with the latest technology in the printing industry, which conversely represents ample room for growth.

As one of the largest emerging markets, Asia has solidified its position as the world’s second biggest economy in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), after the United States, according to the latest World Development Indicators.

On average, the global printing industry over the years has experienced tremendous growth as a whole. To establish their presence in the industry and gain more market share, major printer and office consumables suppliers in North America have installed production facilities in emerging markets. This expansion trend is expected to continue and is aided by friendly investment policies towards foreign companies put forth by the governments of these emerging nations.

RechargeAsia, through the successful development and promotion of printing and imaging exhibitions (RechargExpo Southeast Asia 2013 Thailand, August 28-30 and RehcargExpo Southeast Asia 2013 Indonesia, November 7-10) over the last eight years has extended numerous business opportunities and growth potential to many participating companies. During this period, Recharge Asia's mission and goal has always been to bridge and narrow the gap between buyers and sellers and to facilitate cultural differences between businesses from the East and West. The exhibitions are aimed at producers and makers of printing and imaging consumables, including parts and supplies, and at providing opportunities for these companies to meet potential buyers that include wholesalers, distributors and retailers.

While the use of printer, copier, ink, toner, laser cartridges, photo paper, consumables and office supplies has decreased in saturated, developed markets, emerging markets within Southeast Asia have not been as affected by this slowdown. As such, Recharge Asia continues to place emphasis on this part of the world and sees it as a new horizon for companies looking to expand to this region.

Recharge Asia works diligently with companies attending their expos so that they may achieve sustained economic business growth, develop new business relationships and revitalize existing ones. Their commitment to helping the print industry grow via new channels of communication between the various sectors in in the market is why their exhibitions have been met with success and will continue to flourish for many more years to come.

“We exhibited at RechargExpo Southeast Asia 2012 for the first time and found that there is a big market for printer and copier consumables in Indonesia and surrounding region. The visitors were all industry professionals. We found RechargExpo Southeast Asia to be a very useful expo to us in our expansion into the region.” Jessica Lin, General Manager, Cangzhou ASC Toner Production Ltd. "RechargExpo understands the trends of the business opportunities in fast growing regions, and its Expo in Jakarta rightly offered me the opportunity to engage in new contacts and new potentials for growth of our business. I am quite pleased with the new acquaintances I acquired at RechargExpo. Job well done, RechargeAsia!” Kam Woon, Business Development Manager UniNet Imaging S.E. ASIA

RechargeAsia Corp.
With its focus on the North American and fast-growing Asian market, Recharge Asia has utilized their knowledge and past experience to provide valuable assistance to producers and remanufacturers in the printing and imaging industry for mutual benefits. The objective is that such assistance not only benefits each but also the regions and the economy as a whole.

For more information about RechargeAsia events, please contact sunny@rechargeasia.com or visit our website www.rechargeasia.com

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RechargeAsia Corp
Sunny Sun
626-569-8238
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www.rechargeasia.com

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Kaysville, UT, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Insight Software Solutions, Inc. has just announced that they have added new information on the benefits of ShortKeys, their text expansion utility that assists individuals and businesses with saving hours of time and prevents conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome that is caused by repetitive and monotonous tasks on the computer.

ShortKeys is a macro utility allowing users to set up replacement text or paragraphs for any given number of user defined keystrokes. ShortKeys monitors the keyboard activity on a global nature and anytime a user defined keystroke combination (shortkey) is typed in, it will be replaced with the replacement text.

There are numerous benefits of ShortKeys and this is a program that is intended for use with a word processor, text editor, e-mail program and more. It replaces a text string of up to 32 characters with a word, sentence, paragraph or several paragraphs, saving the user time by not having to manually type text. This also allows for errors in typing to be eliminated. Individuals may enter an unlimited number of replacement text combinations. The replacement text may be up to 65,536 characters in length. This is a program that is ideal for sales, customer service, bloggers and any position that requires repetitive typing.

Once the shortcut keys have been created and ShortKeys has been started, all word and replacement combinations will be active. Once the program is running, it will monitor all keyboard activity and replace any typed shortcut keys with the programmed text. Visit http://www.shortkeys.com to read more on the benefits of Shortkeys and to learn more about the program.

Contact:
Insight Software Solutions, Inc.
P.O. Box 106
Kaysville, UT 84037-0106
USA
(801) 927-5009
info@wintools.com

For more information on the benefits of ShortKeys visit Insight Software Solutions, Inc. at, http://www.shortkeys.com/

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Insight Software Solutions, Inc.
Stan Jones
(801) 927-5009
Contact via Email
www.shortkeys.com
info@wintools.com

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Chicago, IL, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions have become an increasingly important business enabler to multinationals as well as small- and medium-sized companies over the last decade. The need for a central management platform to manage the intake, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of rich content grew enormously with the rise of social media marketing and CSS-based web presentations. The high demand for text, images and multimedia content has generated vast amounts of assets, and multiplied the number of users and creators needed to support today's Digital Marketing landscape.

Based in Linz, Austria, celum supports the Digital Asset Management of Tier One brands 3M, Specialized, Scott Sports, Toshiba, Toyota, Universal Music and the US Army as well as 650 other leading organizations. celum’s product range can support single users but also up to 25,000 users simultaneously using, editing, reviewing, and sharing rich media content.

To increase their presence in the US-market and to support their growing customer base, celum is proud to announce the opening of their new full service office in downtown Chicago. The Chicago team is ready to deliver celum’s proven expertise and solutions to its North American customers.

“For celum the path is clear – an even faster and greater expansion of our international presence. We want to be close to our customers and partners in order to be able to deliver successful projects and guarantee maximum customer satisfaction,” states Michael J. Kraeftner, CEO of celum.

To celebrate its US expansion, celum will host its first Digital Asset Management Summit in the United States on October 30th in Chicago, IL. The Summit will focus on Social Content Management. Strategic Customers, Technology Partners, and valued guests will experience celum’s newest Social Media Content Management solution, and learn more about its products and services.

For further information about the event, please visit www.celumsummit-america.us or www.celum.com.

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celum GmbH
Birgit Wollner
+43 732 716529 0
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www.celum.com

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Waunakee, WI, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Another powerful and personal tribute video clip has been released by Frazer Consultants, a personalization, technology, and consulting company for the funeral industry. The latest release, "A Stream of Memories" can be used to personalize the intro and ending for tribute videos created with Tribute Center.

As a stream gently babbles in the background, the new video, "A Stream of Memories," fills the screen with serene images of water lilies and personal family photos floating by peacefully in the water.

“’A Stream of Memories’ is an ideal selection for the life celebration of a loved one that grew up on a lake or near stream,” said Matt Frazer, Consultant with Frazer Consultants. “This video will captivate family and friends and makes for a perfect intro and ending for a nature lover’s tribute video.”

Tribute Center puts the power of tribute video creation into the hands of the funeral professional. With no need to outsource, the easy-to-use funeral software is menu driven featuring a point and click system. The user can upload and manipulate photos, add videos, add music, edit text, and burn the tribute to DVD in just minutes.

The tribute video clips created by Frazer Consultants have been crafted to wholly personalize video tributes. Adding a more personal touch to the introduction and ending of a tribute video, hundreds of clips like ‘A Stream of Memories’ are available in Frazer Consultants online library.

“For a family wishing to create a personalized keepsake, a DVD tribute video is an ideal selection. Not only will the tribute video become a family treasure, it’s something that can be used at a memorial service, it makes good use of family photos and videos. Instead of outdated display boards or photo albums, a tribute video can make family photos come to life. They also can be viewed again and again by future generations,” stated Frazer.

Thousands of other funeral homes are using Tribute Center for tribute videos, funeral stationery, funeral candles, memorial keepsakes, and funeral webcasting.

“If your funeral home isn’t already using our software, just give us a call. We’d be happy to demo it for you,” added Frazer.

Contact Information:
Frazer Consultants
Matt Frazer
608-467-1497
Contact via Email
www.frazerconsultants.com

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Waunakee, WI, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Frazer Consultants a personalization, technology, and consulting company for the funeral industry, recently released a new tribute video clip entitled "Treasure of Memories" for use with the company’s Tribute Center video creation software.

“Each of the tribute video clips the staff at Frazer Consultants creates is meant to enhance and further personalize the tributes that funeral professionals create for the families they serve,” said Matt Frazer, Consultant with Frazer Consultants.

The new video clip, ‘"Treasure of Memories" features a hope chest or memory box filled with family photos and mementos. In the short video, the treasure box opens to unveil the contents as the words ‘Memories are Forever’ scrolls across the screen. This tribute video clip has been expertly created and designed to enhance the overall personalization experience for a family who wishes to honor their loved one with a tribute video.

A completely personalized DVD tribute video can be created for client families utilizing Tribute Centers’ video creation software and the custom clips like the new "Treasure of Memories." The Tribute Center’s robust video creation application features simple click technology. This easy three step process produces a world class video - simply import photos and videos, edit and burn to a DVD.

Using this funeral technology, a funeral professional can interweave one of hundreds of professionally created video clips with family photos and music to personalize a tribute video.

“Our library has a wide variety of clips that were created so that you can be assured the tribute video will be a highly personalized memorial keepsake that is both comforting and professional,” said Frazer. “As we continue to expand our tribute video library, we continue to add more and more truly captivating videos from which client families may choose featuring personalization options matching almost any interest, hobby, occupation or religious background.”

Frazer Consultants’ Tribute Center funeral software is currently being used by thousands of funeral homes for funeral personalization. With this software, death care professionals can not only produce world class tribute videos, but also create custom funeral stationery, keepsakes, and funeral candles and even provide funeral webcasting.

Funeral professionals who are already using the Tribute Center software can download this new video clip from the online Tribute Center library. Those interested in adding tribute videos to the services available to offer client families may contact Frazer Consultants for more information.

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Frazer Consultants
Matt Frazer
608-467-1497
Contact via Email
www.frazerconsultants.com

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Hoboken, NJ, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- In order to strengthen the security of wireless communications in the battlefield, Dr. Yingying Chen of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology has been awarded a three-year grant from the Army Research Office (ARO). Her innovative research on mobile wireless security will aid mobile nodes operating outside supporting infrastructure—for instance soldiers or vehicles performing mission-critical tactical tasks in hostile battlefield environments—which provide significant challenges to secure communication.

Dr. Chen has formulated new methods of authentication that can generate secret keys based on hard-to-falsify physical properties, potentially ensuring secure wireless communication for the armed forces. The processes can also be applied to civilian uses, allowing members of an organization to work securely even when they are outside the bounds of that organization’s supporting infrastructure.

“With the rapid advancement of wireless technologies, over-the-air communication has played a crucial role in supporting numerous military and civilian applications,” says Dr. Michael Bruno, Dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science. “Technologies that can guarantee the security of wireless transmissions in remote surroundings would go a long way toward ensuring the effectiveness of military missions and the safety of the servicemen and women who carry them out.”

Wireless transmitters and receivers need to be able to assure secure and reliable data delivery in order to enable proper response to scenarios that threaten the availability of wireless communications. However, effective user authentication and secure communication for ad hoc networks in the battlefield remain challenging due to the lack of specialized security devices. Mobile nodes must collaborate in order to provide secure data exchange, and the establishment of keys in this manner is vulnerable to eavesdropping.

Dr. Chen has proposed the establishment of a holistic framework that allows communicating nodes to make inferences of physical properties of a network transmission to enhance wireless security. In networking, the physical layer defines the parameters for sending raw bits in a network—what medium is used, the electrical connectors, the frequencies for transmission, etc. Since wireless transmissions travel through the air rather than the more controlled environment within a wire, physical layer properties in wireless communication vary over time and include a degree of randomness from the environment. The use of these physical properties for authentication is an attractive option because it would eliminate the need for supporting encryption infrastructure by supplementing properties that have already been implemented rather than creating a new system.

“As wireless communications become increasingly prevalent in our society, Dr. Chen stands at the forefront of wireless technology security researchers who are scrutinizing and adapting information security for the future,” says Dr. Yu-Dong Yao, Director of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Dr. Yingying (Jennifer) Chen co-authored the book Securing Emerging Wireless Systems in 2009 and published over 70 journal articles and referred conference papers. She is the director of Data Analysis and Information Security (DAISY) Lab at Stevens. She is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award 2010 and Google Research Award 2010. She was honored with a New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Innovators Award 2012. Her research has been reported in numerous media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, MIT Technology Review, Inside Science, NPR, and CNET.

About Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stevens Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is home to a distinguished faculty conducting research on cutting edge hardware and software, supporting new horizons in wireless and multimedia networking, cognitive radio, and signal processing. Complementary instructional and hands-on lab facilities facilitate thorough theoretical and applied learning experiences at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Funded research on campus and active partnerships between departments and regional institutions provide students with rich opportunities to explore problems on the horizon in electronic and data technologies.

Learn more: www.stevens.edu/ses/ece

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Stevens Institute of Technology
Christine del Rosario
201-216-5561
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http://research.stevens.edu/index.php/chen-wireless-authentication-army

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New Delhi, India, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Providing flexibility to travellers, Clay Telecom has launched new plans for Global E-mail Services to enable travellers select the plan as per their individual preference. Irrespective of the plan, the traveller has the flexibility to use unlimited e-mails, messenger and browsing for 30 days in over 200 destinations worldwide. In case the traveller wants to use both BES and BIS servers, they also have the flexibility to choose an individual plan that can match their requirements.

“Discontinuing the existing plans, we have launched lucrative offers for the travellers to allow them instant access to e-mails, messenger and browsing. The travellers can select either of the plan on the basis of the BES/BIS server to make their expense within budget,” says spokesperson at Clay Telecom.

In case the travellers don’t have a network unlocked BlackBerry, they can take the handset on an affordable rental basis. In order to configure your enterprise account on Clay SIM, the skilled personnel are available who will co-ordinate with the IT support to set-up official e-mail successfully.

The state-of-the-art infrastructure provides uninterrupted connectivity to the travellers. In certain cases, if the travellers have any issues in accessing e-mails or other related issues, they can contact customer care executive during their travel.

Interested travellers can contact at 011-66470000 or drop an enquiry at enquiry@clay.co.in to know more.

About Clay Telecom

Clay Telecom is a premier telecom service provider in India that offers wireless telecom solutions for both B2B and B2C market segments. Headquartered in Delhi, we have established our Pan India presence in more than 28 locations. Our focus is to offer affordable telecom services by offering international SIM cards to travellers without any compromises in quality. Hence, we provide dynamic customer service with unmatched network coverage in more than 200 destinations.

Contact Information:
Clay Telecom
Ms. Himani Seith Bajaj
+91-11- 66470001
Contact via Email
http://www.clay.co.in
Corporate Office
D-158 B, Okhla Industrial Area,
Phase 1, New Delhi - 110020, India

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San Francisco, CA, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- FiberStore has been offering the newest Fujikura fiber optic fusion splicer FSM-80S since the introduction by Fujikura in March, 2013. FSM-80, a new core to core alignment single fiber splicer, is the latest in several new field splicer solutions launched in 2013. The new single fiber core alignment fusion splicer retains the proven ruggedized features pioneered by Fujikura, but incorporates a series new features, such as "Automated wind-protector and tube-heater" for quicker splicing cycle as well as fewer operation steps.

"Today, explosive increase of data traffic by smart phone, renewal of back-bone network in accordance with the spread of FTTH (Fiber to The Home) network, and a series of new submarine cable projects in emerging countries to build basic telecom infrastructure drive the demands of fusion splicer. FSM-80S is the new standard model to cover varied splicing need in those fields," commented Li Longqing, product manager, fusion splicer systems for FiberStore.

The FSM-80S fusion splicer offers several enhanced features includes:

-Automated Wind-protector / Tube Heater
-Reduced splicing steps, and the world's fastest splicing / heating times
-Innovative Carrying Case Design
-A detachable built-in working table is inside for quick start of splicing
-Environmental Resistance
-The world's first 6-direction drop proof, dust and water resistant
-Wide Color LCD Monitor
-High Resolution 4.7 inch monitors with better visibility under daylight
-Powerful Li-ion Battery
-200 splice and heating cycles per full charge
-Pre-installed Manual
-Manuals including operation, troubleshooting and others are available through the monitor

Fujikura FSM-80S is one of the lightest and fastest fusion splicer among core to core alignment fusion splicers. It works steadily in harsh environments, resistance to dust, heat, rain and shock. Its lightweight and dimensions makes it easy to handle at FTTH and long haul networks. For more information about FiberStore and its products and service, please visit www.fiberstore or contact at sales@fiberstore.com

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FiberStore Co., Limited
June Liao
+86 755 8357 1351
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fiberstore.com

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Los Angeles, CA, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Ever wondered what to do with all of the paper work piling up in your office? A new Los Angeles document shredding service finder can help you to safely destroy documents and scan or store the ones you want to keep...All at the click of a button.

The Document Shredding Directory has listings for companies in the Los Angeles area and can help businesses locate a shredder with a free quotes finder service.

"We wanted to create an all inclusive directory of shredding companies to help businesses take care of their documents in a way that is convenient, affordable, legal and environmentally responsible," says Art Green, a publicist for the website.

The main motive for companies to shred paper is usually security. Businesses often hire professional document shredders to make sure that they stay within legal guidelines for properly disposing of sensitive customer information. This is a smart move for any business, and combined with document scanning and storage services, can drastically improve the workflow process.

"Every stage of managing paperwork can be handled simply by visiting the Document Shredding Directory and filling out the services form. Many companies out there offer assistance with all 3 phases of document flow, which would be shredding, scanning and storage. We aim to help consumers find the best information management services for their business at an affordable price."

Regular Los Angeles paper recycling services pay very little attention to security. A professional Los Angeles document shredding service issues certificates of destruction that will acknowledge responsibility for the papers, will decrease company liability, and will show that your business takes information privacy seriously.

To find a service provider in your area, visit the Document Shredding Directory today.

Contact Information:
Document Shredding Services Directory
Art Green
415 671 6274
Contact via Email
www.document-shredding.org

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Cleveland, OH, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- As the cloud technology market grows and evolves globally, the annual Talkin’ Cloud 100 research report tracks the trends and leading cloud services providers that are driving it. TOA Technologies, a worldwide provider of field service management solutions in the cloud, was selected for this year’s list, ranking number 37 on the third-annual list of the world’s top cloud companies. TOA also was the 23rd fastest-growing cloud services provider among all vendors, based on percentage revenue growth year over year from 2011 to 2012, and the only field service management software provider to make the list.

In 2003, TOA Technologies’ co-founders set out to change how products and services are delivered in the field. Recognizing the potential of an Internet-based software service, the company developed ETAdirect, the first field service management solution natively built in the cloud. Today, TOA’s cloud-based application suite helps businesses across the globe manage their field service organizations – from cable and telecommunications companies to utilities to lawn care providers – to operate more efficiently and deliver a better customer experience. Because of its success in accomplishing its vision and continued rapid growth, TOA has been included in the 2013 Talkin’ Cloud 100 list of the top cloud services providers worldwide.

“When we entered the mobile workforce management market, the term ‘cloud’ didn’t even exist. We knew that we had an immense opportunity to provide a more reliable, scalable, flexible and modern field service solution built in the cloud,” said Yuval Brisker, co-founder and CEO of TOA Technologies. “To me, this recognition as one of the world’s top cloud services providers validates not only that we were able to successfully deliver a completely unique way to manage field service operations by taking a risk at the right time and building ETAdirect natively in the cloud. It also proves that we were able to globally evangelize the power and value of the cloud.”

In addition to this recognition as an influential cloud services provider, TOA has experienced other milestones in the past year, including:

Raising $66 million in venture capital from Technology Crossover Ventures, which is based in Silicon Valley and provides growth-stage capital to technology businesses
Being named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management
Successful launching a new product, ETAdirect Professional, to meet the needs of a growing mid-market opportunity
Earning recognition as one of America’s Most Promising Companies by Forbes magazine

Published by Nine Lives Media, the Talkin’ Cloud 100 is an annual research report which identifies the top trends in the growing cloud market and ranks cloud services providers based on cloud services offered, total cloud services revenue and cloud services revenue growth.

For more information about TOA Technologies and its proven, cloud-based field service management solutions for optimizing field workforces and improving the customer experience, go to http://www.toatech.com

About TOA Technologies and ETAdirect
TOA Technologies is the leading provider of field service and mobile workforce management software solutions. ETAdirect, TOA’s patented platform, uses patented time-based pattern recognition and predictive analytics to provide the most accurate field service optimization application on the market. This unique approach to field service management delivers immediate and lasting return on investment in improved customer service and reduced operational costs. The only complete cloud application suite on the market, TOA’s solutions are quickly deployed, highly configurable and easily integrated with existing CRM, ERP and other systems.

Across four continents, ETAdirect manages mobile workforces for some of the world’s most recognizable global brands in the satellite/cable/broadband, telecom, utilities, insurance, home services and retail industries. TOA Technologies is headquartered in the United States and has offices throughout Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.

Contact Information:
TOA Technologies
Kayleigh Fitch
216-902-8547
Contact via Email
http://www.toatech.com/

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Henderson, NV, August 08, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Excel Software today announced PluginProtect Photoshop 1.0 for Photoshop Plugin developers on Mac and Windows. PluginProtect Photoshop consists of source code and instructions to embed the QuickLicense runtime in a Photoshop plugin. All protection, activation and licensing capabilities in the QuickLicense system are available to the plugin. Developers can protect plugins from piracy and increase revenue by supporting a wide range of license types, activation processes and advanced licensing features.

PluginProtect Photoshop is used with QuickLicense on Windows or QLRT Xcode on Mac OS X. The developer configures all aspects of the software license with QuickLicense and builds a tiny encrypted Ticket file. That Ticket file is bound to the plugin with a function call. Plugins can be protected in minutes with the step-by-step developer instructions.

Many other commercial and free host applications have been designed to support Photoshop-compatible plugins. Those hosts include Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint and Painter. Popular vector, 3D, animation, video and presentation applications also support Photoshop-compatible plugins such as Illustrator, Canvas, Freehand and CorelDraw. PluginProtect Photoshop makes it easy to apply QuickLicense protection to many plugin environments.

Plugin developers enjoy a quick, integrated solution for almost any software protection, activation or licensing requirement. The plugin calls a simple function to access runtime commands with fast, streamlined security. With a small disk and memory footprint, the runtime allows one software build to support Trial, Product, Subscription, Floating, Try/Buy or Educational licenses. The activation process for protected plugins can support manual or fully automated activation through an online activation server.

While one license command is sufficient for many applications, the runtime library supports dozens of command strings to access all the licensing features available in the QuickLicense system. Runtime commands include license release, restore, reset, suspend, remote enabling of features, field read and write, plus data send and receive through the activation server.

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New York, NY, August 09, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Tahto Inc., an innovative software development company specializing in interactive social mobile applications, has unveiled EmoCiao, a novel animation app for both iOS and Android platforms.

EmoCiao is a one-of-a-kind mobile animation and messaging app that offers users a wide range of animation tools to bring the unique visions of users to life. Users can dress their character in an endless entertaining variety of clothing designs and insert or take images of themselves or their friends – in fact anyone. The user can write customized messages and select from a wide range of silly walks. Their character is then animated to interact with a number of fun and photo-realistic scenes.

“EmoCiao is designed to be a fun emotional release for users,” said Hannah Ta, co-founder of Tahto Inc. “For example, if you’ve had a frustrating encounter with your friend, co-worker or significant other, you can animate them doing something silly to defuse the tension. This app helps people find the humor in any situation, allowing them to turn every experience—positive or negative—into a source of creativity and entertainment.”

The app also allows users to share the animations they create with friends through social messaging networks. EmoCiao is the first app of its kind and is available for free download from the App Store and Google Play.

“This app enables any user to create amusing, high-quality animations in a matter of seconds,” said Ta. “People of all ages and levels of technological competency can enjoy EmoCiao. The app has a simple, yet powerful interface that guides users step by step through the animation process. We designed this app to appeal to users of all ages and demographics, and we believe that anyone can have fun with it.”

Tahto Inc. is a Singapore-based indie software company dedicated to creating engaging and rewarding experiences for its users. They specifically focus on producing highly interactive social software for use on mobile devices and tablets.

To view screenshots and demonstrations of EmoCiao and access links where the app can be downloaded, visit http://www.emociao.com

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James Tollan
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Dallas, TX, August 09, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Acqueon Technologies, Inc., a leader in software solutions for the customer collaboration space, announced today a new partnership with David Wall Enterprises (DWE), aimed at strengthening Acqueon’s presence in Australia and New Zealand’s Cisco markets.

DWE provides design, implementation, integration, and software development services for Cisco contact centers in the Australia, New Zealand, and Asia markets. Their experienced team of engineers and software developers will represent Acqueon in these markets, providing local customers and partners within the Cisco community with support and implementation services using Acqueon products.

“Providing our Cisco partners with comprehensive products and solutions is a priority for David Wall Enterprises. We have worked on many notable customer engagements in the Australia and New Zealand markets and it was imperative that we partner with a company that is equally experienced,” said David Wall, Managing Director of David Wall Enterprises. “Acqueon’s superior solutions will allow us to enhance the Cisco products we have already been working with for so many years.”

“With the success of our products in the US, we knew that it was time to expand our presence to Australia and New Zealand,” said Julie Burroughs, Executive Vice President at Acqueon. “David Wall Enterprises bring with them not only a great international reputation and extensive resume of Cisco contact center technology experience, but also an expertise in outbound, which is a prime component of our product philosophy. We are very optimistic about this partnership and with the upcoming new releases of our LCM and Unify products, this expansion could not have come at a better time!”

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Julie Burroughs
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Hoboken, NJ, August 09, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Dr. Stefan Strauf, Professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics and Director of the NanoPhotonics Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology, and collaborators James Hone and Chee Wei Wong from Columbia University have published a paper in the July 11 edition of Nature Communications. Their article, titled “Prolonged Spontaneous Emission and Dephasing of Quantum Dot Excitons in Air-Bridged Carbon Nanotubes,” describes an improved fabrication process for carbon nanotubes, potentially leading to brighter light sources and more effective solar cells. They were able to increase the spontaneous light emission from an individual carbon nanotube by two orders of magnitude compared to previously reported experiments. They were also able to achieve a fourfold prolonged coherence time of the light emission.

“Dr. Strauf’s groundbreaking advances with carbon nanotubes represent a significant scientific breakthrough that could herald technological innovation in numerous important industries such as quantum computing and solar energy,” says Dr. Michael Bruno, Dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science.

A carbon nanotube is a cylindrical carbon molecule that exhibits extraordinary strength, unique electrical properties, and efficient heat conduction. It has well-established applications in nanoelectronics and more recently has attracted tremendous interest as a nanomaterial for next-generation optoelectronics (electronic devices that source, detect and control light for optical fiber communications, solar cells and LEDs) and quantum photonic devices that have the potential to revolutionize information processing, telecommunications, sensing and measurement.

Carbon nanotubes have attracted enormous interest for optoelectronics due to the unique ability of the material to maintain the stability of electron states called excitons even at room temperature. An environment of extreme cold is usually required. An exciton comes about when a (negatively charged) electron in a carbon nanotube is excited (raised to a higher energy level) but remains bound to a positively charged “hole” in the lower energy level. The exciton thus carries energy but not a net electric charge. Photons are absorbed when the electron enters the exciton state and light emitted when the electron recombines with the hole. The absorption can be used to create solar cells, while the emission can be used to create devices like LEDs, lasers, and quantum light sources.

Despite the promise of this innovative material, its light emission has generally been dimmer than theorists had expected. The majority of experiments on carbon nanotubes to date reveal low quantum efficiencies as well as dependence on the environment and chemical processing. This is detrimental to their usefulness in devices and other applications. According to Dr. Strauf, “Understanding the intrinsic photophysical properties of carbon nanotubes is very interesting scientifically and also essential to realizing efficient devices.” To address these inefficiencies, Dr. Strauf and his collaborators devised an improved fabrication process for carbon nanotubes. They discovered that impurities introduced by the growth techniques and their proximity to a substrate masked the intrinsic optical properties. Their ultraclean and air-suspended carbon nanotubes can potentially lead to brighter light sources and more effective solar cells.

According to Dr. Rainer Martini, Director of the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, “This work constitutes a major advance in carbon-nanotube based photonics and will generate even more interdisciplinary inquiry in this field.”

About the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
The mission of the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics is to provide a world-class scientific research and academic environment that fosters creation of new knowledge while educating and inspiring students at all levels as well as motivating faculty and support staff, to acquire, use, and advance the competencies needed to lead in scientific discovery and in the creation, application and management of technology to solve complex problems, invent new processes and products, and build new enterprises. The Department has broad research programs, with special emphasis on the fields of atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO), photonics technology, quantum optics, and quantum information science.

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