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American Association of Franchisees & Dealers (AAFD) and VoIP provider Telcentris Inc. announced a partnership today. The AAFD has named VoxOx In Business (Telcentris’ business VoIP division) a “Branded Partner” – the association’s highest level of endorsement. In addition, AAFD members now receive an exclusive discount on its small office phone services package, Startup Bundle.

“Every business needs reliable and affordable phone service, and VoxOx In Business is offering our members the convenience and exclusive savings they have come to expect from an AAFD Branded Partner,” said Robert L. Purvin, Jr., CEO of AAFD. “We are proud to endorse the service quality and top-notch customer support offered by VoxOx In Business, and we are looking forward to extending the benefits of this partnership to our members.”

Currently, the AAFD membership discount applies more

Free Cortado Workplace app expands its reach in the Post-PC era; addresses the trend of consumerization of IT and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), bringing true Cloud Desktops to the Kindle Fire

Denver – January 31, 2012 − Cortado, a leading innovator of the business class of cloud desktop services, announces today that its business app, Cortado Workplace, is now available on the Amazon Appstore for the newly released Kindle Fire. Cortado Workplace is a free app that provides users with round-the-clock access to files and documents and true cloud printing, allowing them to fully utilize the Kindle’s local capabilities and work on the go just as they would with a desktop PC.

With the Cortado Workplace app, managing files and cloud printing are easier than traditional cloud services as no additional running applications or a running computer are needed, delivering a unique approach to cloud more

ToonUps Provides Funding to CURE for Life-Changing Surgeries of 10 Children

PHILADELPHIA – January 30, 2011 – ToonUps today announced that they have logged well over one million good deeds in just short of two months in their Facebook game, A Better World. The company challenged its players to do something positive and share it with others within A Better World by posting about their good deeds in various sections of the game. The campaign started on December 1 and reached its goal on January 22 (over a week before the January 31 deadline). By meeting that goal, ToonUps will provide funding to CURE.org that will enable ten children to undergo surgeries that will help them walk upright for the first time.

“We learned the heartbreaking story of Misozi Felix, a beautiful more

New Dome9 Security Groups Technology Consolidates Firewall Management for Infinite Security Scalability Across Servers and Clouds

SAN MATEO, Calif. – Jan. 25, 2012 – Dome9 Security™, the leading provider of cloud security firewall management for public and private clouds, as well as for dedicated and virtual private servers (VPS), today announced it has added a new capability called Dome9 Security Groups – group-based firewall policy management – to its leading cloud security management service. This new functionality consolidates security management across multiple cloud servers and providers with unified policies for unparalleled security management.

An industry first, Dome9 Security Groups lets users apply a single policy across an infinite number of servers and clouds, rather than setting and managing polices for individual servers. The new Security Groups empower administrators to group servers together under a single policy or a set of policies, such as “SSH on-demand for all SQL more

Alteva and USA Datanet Will Showcase Unified Communications Solutions at “The World’s Communications Conference and Expo”

WARWICK, NY & MIAMI, FL – January 24, 2012 – Warwick Valley Telephone Company (NASDAQ: WWVY), referred to as WVT Communications Group, the parent company of leading cloud communications pioneers, today announced that its Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer Louis Hayner will join executives from Apptix and Crystal Technologies Group to discuss “Educating the Channel with Industry Standard Certifications” at ITEXPO East in Miami, Florida on February 1st from 2:30-3:15pm.

“It’s imperative for service providers to work closely with the channel, providing them with the tools they need to be successful. Even more important, however, is the provision of a structural foundation of industry standards and guidelines more

Targeted Ad Insertion Demonstrations on iPad Featured at International CES This Week

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 11, 2012) – Advanced advertising leader SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC) has expanded its relationship with Envivio to offer SeaChange’s Infusion advanced advertising platform with the Envivio 4Caster™ C4 Gen III encoders, providing further options for multi-screen operators to monetize video delivered to Apple devices. The open Infusion platform enables targeted advertisements to be dynamically inserted into linear and on-demand video streams. Demonstrations with Envivio at the International CES 2012 this week (SeaChange booth 25126) feature demographically targeted ad insertion into live program streams on Apple iPad.

Infusion enables video operators to manage centralized ad operations and scale to 150,000 insertable channels and millions of ad assets as they migrate to consolidated regional and national advertising systems that are managed from increasingly web-centric and virtualized datacenters. Leveraging SCTE 130 and IAB VAST specifications, more

TELEFÓNICA PARTNERS WITH FEEDHENRY TO SUPPORT BUSINESS APP STRATEGIES
New Mobile App Platform to launch through O2 in the first quarter 2012

11 January 2012

Telefónica Digital today announced an exclusive partnership with FeedHenry – a leading developer of cloud-based mobile application solutions – to launch a platform that enables businesses of any size build their own mobile apps. The service will be launched by O2 in the UK during Q1 2012 before being rolled out to other Telefónica markets.

The subscription-based platform will enable any enterprise – from SME to multinational corporate – to create apps and deploy them across Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 and Nokia operating systems as well as the Mobile Web.

“This partnership will be welcome news for any organisation that recognises the power of mobile apps and how they can drive increased revenue, boost employee productivity and enhance the more

Telcentris® Inc., a leader in cloud communications and the creator of VoxOx® and VoxOx In Business™, today announced that the company has named Cliff Rees as its president, overseeing operations, sales, business development, and product management. Cliff is well known for his instrumental role in the success of Telegroup, where he spent 10 years as founder, president and CEO, growing the business from concept to a NASDAQ-listed company with $330 million in sales and more than 1000 employees globally.

Cliff has held executive leadership and founding roles with a number of global VoIP providers, including Leading Edge Communications, which offers SIP trunking solutions; XCast Labs, Inc., a developer of Software as a Service (SaaS) VoIP applications, which sells residential, SIP trunking and hosted IP-PBX services; and GlobalTouch Telecom, Inc., a switched-based carrier with its own proprietary Internet telephony technology.

Cliff served as president of Convergia, Inc., more

Dome9 Recognized for Growing Traction of Industry’s First Cloud Security Firewall Management Service for Enterprises, SMBs and Cloud Hosting Providers

SAN MATEO, Calif. – Jan. 10, 2012 – Dome9 Security™, the leading provider of cloud security firewall management for public and private clouds, as well as for dedicated and virtual private servers (VPS), today announced it has been named one of 10 finalists for the “Most Innovative Company at RSA® Conference 2012” contest, part of Innovation Sandbox, an exciting half-day program representing the new technologies that promise to transform the information security industry now and in the future.

On Monday, Feb. 27, Dome9 will have the opportunity to demonstrate its cloud security firewall management breakthrough to the Conference’s esteemed panel of judges, and be named top innovator at this year’s event.

“Being selected as a finalist puts these organizations among security’s elite rising stars,” said Sandra Toms more

All-Organic Sales Grew a Record 50 Percent over 2010; Largest Market Share in Industry Segment
Grows to more than 4,000 Paying Customers

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Jan. 10, 2012 — Centrify Corporation, the leading provider of security and compliance solutions that centrally control, secure and audit access to cross-platform systems and applications using Active Directory, today announced that the company posted record total sales in calendar year 2011 and sales growth of 50 percent over the prior calendar year, while achieving profitability targets for the year.

In addition, the company was cash-flow positive for the year, and grew its enterprise customer installed base by more than 1,000 to a total of more than 4,000 overall customers, the largest share in its segment within the security market. The company’s employee base grew by 50 percent over 2010 as it expanded to meet the rapidly growing industry demand for its more