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Up one levelThe Observer Group to Centralize its Print and Digital Newsroom with the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center; Moves Operations to the SAXOTECH Cloud
Tampa, Fla. – January 23, 2012 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising technology, today announced The Observer Group has selected the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center, the company's multi-channel workflow and content management solution to centralize publishing operations across its weekly publications including Sarasota, Longboat, East County and Palm Coast Observers, Pelican Press and the Gulf Coast Business Review.
Dow Jones and Company, Inc. Selects SAXOTECH Enterprise Circulation Management System
January 16, 2012 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising technology, today announced Dow Jones and Company, Inc., a News Corp. company and global provider of news and business information, will take advantage of SAXOTECH's enterprise-level circulation management system including SAXOTECH Circulation, WebCirc and Business Analytics.
Observer Publishing Company Selects SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to Manage Print and Digital Content on All Platforms
January 9, 2012 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising technology, today announced the Observer Publishing Company, one of the largest employers in Washington County, Penn., with circulation reaching readers in Washington, Greene and southern Allegheny counties has chosen the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to centralize its newsroom operations.
The Buffalo News to Implement SAXOTECH Mediaware Center
January 5, 2012 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising technology, today announced The Buffalo News will centralize its newsroom operations on the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center, the company's channel-agnostic content and workflow management solution. The complete platform will give the media company the ability to optimize content creation throughout the organization while reducing cost of ownership by having one fully-integrated publishing solution.
Acquisition of Nextgen Gaming Pty Ltd
NYX Interactive is joining forces with leading independent slots and games developer Nextgen Gaming Pty Ltd. Stockholm, Sydney November 09, 2011: Nyx Interactive AB (“Nyx”), an award-winning provider of innovative gaming systems and software platforms to the regulated online gaming industry today announced the acquisition of NextGen Gaming Pty Ltd (“NextGen”), a leading independent provider of proprietary and branded slot games to the online and land-based gaming industry.
American Medical News Selects SAXOTECH Mediaware Center with Cloud Technology to Integrate Print and Digital Newsroom Operations
December 15, 2011 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising technology, announced today, American Medical News (http://www.amednews.com), one of the top physician print publications in the nation and headquartered in Chicago, Ill, has selected its Managed Hosted Mediaware Center solution to provide advanced publishing tools for print and digital channels, enabling a more modern newsroom.
Hallingdølen Integrates its Print and Digital Operations with SAXOTECH’s Comprehensive Multi-Channel Publishing Solution
November 21, 2011 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising technology, announced today Hallingdølen has selected the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to enable workflow and content distribution for both print and digital channels. The intuitive, feature-rich solution will provide the Norwegian media company with innovative publishing tools needed to achieve greater operational efficiency as well as create new products and increase revenue.
Philadelphia Media Network Integrates its Print and Digital Productions in the Cloud with SAXOTECH's Comprehensive Multi-Channel Publishing Solution
November 17, 2011- SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising technology, announced today, editorial workflow and digital media production will now successfully benefit Philadelphia Media Network Inc. (PMN), parent company and publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Sportsweek and Philly.com, as the company moves to transform its newsroom publishing systems. PMN will combine its print and digital productions into one unified newsroom built on the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center platform. PMN announced earlier this summer their Project Liberty initiative, which highlighted the digital transformation for many of their products, while emphasizing their appreciation for innovative, technology resources. SAXOTECH's integration with PMN's current production objectives further complements their Project Liberty mission.
Nyx Interactive - Acquisition of Nextgen Gaming Pty Ltd
NYX Interactive is joining forces with leading independent slots and games developer Nextgen Gaming Pty Ltd November 09, 2011- Nyx Interactive AB (“Nyx”), an award-winning provider of innovative gaming systems and software platforms to the regulated online gaming industry today announced the acquisition of NextGen Gaming Pty Ltd (“NextGen”), a leading independent provider of proprietary and branded slot games to the online and land-based gaming industry.
Tipsbladet Expands Relationship with SAXOTECH and Moves to the Cloud
October 24, 2011 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today Tipsbladet (Denmark), a digital and print publishing provider of sports news since 1948, has selected SAXOTECH’s Managed Hosting in the Cloud in an effort to centralize resources and create a newsroom environment that will better serve its loyal audience.
Slovene Publisher, Gorenjski glas, Selects SAXOTECH Mediaware Center
October 20, 2011 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, the Slovene publisher, Gorenjski glas, has selected the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center for use by its print and digital media products. The complete platform will give the media company the ability to optimize content creation throughout the organization while reducing the cost of ownership by having one fully-integrated publishing solution.
HgCapital made a public cash offer on the London Stock Exchange to buy GroupNBT
23 September - This morning HgCapital made a public cash offer on the London Stock Exchange to buy GroupNBT at a price of 550p per share pursuant to which HgCapital through Newton Bidco Limited will acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Group NBT subject to acceptance of 75% of the shareholders.
Evening Post Publishing Selects SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to Serve Print and Digital Publishing Channels from One Integrated Solution
September 15, 2011 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising technology, announced today, Evening Post Publishing has selected the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center, the company’s cross-channel content and workflow management solution to centralize its publishing operations. The feature–rich platform and digital delivery solution will provide a complete publishing system as a hosted service to more than 250 users across five newspaper sites including The Post and Courier (S.C.), The Eagle (Texas), Aiken Standard (S.C.), The Georgetown Times (S.C.) and Summerville Journal-Scene (S.C.) and The Salisbury Post (N.C.), 23 Web domains and additional niche sites.
Straus News Goes Live with SAXOTECH Mediaware Center Across Nine Weekly Publications
September 8, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, Straus News (covering communities along the NY, NJ and Penn. borders) is live with the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center. Implemented across Straus News' nine weekly publications - The Chronicle, The Photo News, The Warwick Advertiser, The Advertiser-News (North Edition), The Advertiser-News (South Edition), The Sparta Independent, The Township Journal, The West Milford Messenger and The Pike County Courier – this marks a decisive step in streamlining the process of publishing local news to multiple platforms.
SYSLORE CONTINUES TO GROW AND HIRE TOP-TALENT
September 6, 2011 – Syslore is happy to announce several appointments to further strengthen our team and facilitate our continuous growth. Over the year 2011, Syslore has won several new customers and also extensively developed its technologies and products. To better serve our growing list of customers and further develop our product and technology portfolio, we have recruited the following persons:
SAXOTECH Announces Exceptional Growth in Customer Base Driven by Continued Development and Expansion of its Multi-Channel Publishing and Circulation Solutions
July 18, 2011 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, it ended the first half of 2011 hitting its operational goals and grew its customer-base through key product offerings, outstanding customer service and the continued growth of cloud-based products.
ITELLA SELECTS SYSLORE ADDRESS VERIFICATION AND SEARCH TOOL
July 25 2011 - Syslore Address Verification and Search Tool Provides Improved efficiency for Itella Information Service. Syslore has delivered an intelligent, web-based address information service tool for Itella. Targeted towards mailing customers, the Itella Information Service, is a letter forwarding and clearing service, which directs the recipient's mail to a changed address and provides information on the changed address to the sending customer.
Chicago Tribune Goes Live with SAXOTECH Circulation Software
July 11, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today that the Chicago Tribune, one of the top 10 largest newspapers in the Unites States, has successfully installed its Circulation and WebCirc solutions. The enterprise circulation system will manage and facilitate all circulation activities for the newspaper, as well as its partners, subscribers and distributors.
AT in Mozambique supports the business English studies of its staff. Three campuses are equipped with Sanako’s language teaching software to become educational and training centres
The Revenue Authority of Mozambique, AT (Autoridade Tributaria de Mozambique), is the public bureau of the Customs Authority and the Tax Departments of the Ministry of Finance. One of AT’s specific focus areas is to provide support to the Institute of Public Finance and Taxation Training, IFPFT (Instituto de Financas Publicas e Formacao Tributaria), at three campuses situated in Maputo (Matola), Beira and Nacala. These campuses are to become reference educational and training centres for AT, for the Ministry and for the local scientific community.
Northwestern Polytechnical University and Northwest University of Politics and Law in China have invested in students’ language learning. Both universities have chosen Sanako as their new language lab provider
Two universities in Xian, Shanxi Province, China, have chosen Sanako’s language lab solutions to replace their old systems. The quality of the solution, the performance/price ratio and the company’s reputation were key criteria both at Northwestern Polytechnical University and Northwest University of Politics and Law when choosing a new language lab provider.
Article in the danish newspaper Børsen concerning Nordic Venture Partners
Børsen 06.06.2011
Article in the danish newspaper Børsen concerning Nordic Venture Partners
Børsen 05-05-2011
Kazakhstan Fosters Nation’s International Competitive Skills by Investing in Language Teaching
Over 450 Kazakhstan secondary schools equipped with language teaching software by Sanako
Southern Community Newspapers, Inc. Selects SAXOTECH to Optimize Publishing Efficiency, Centralize Resources and Expand Community Reach
May 9, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, Southern Community Newspapers, Inc. (Lawrenceville, Ga.) selected the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to create a more efficient and modern newsroom. The media company will deploy the SAXOTECH publishing solution across its three daily newspapers – Gwinnett Daily Post, Rockdale Citizen and Newton Citizen, centralizing resources and creating a newsroom environment that will better serve its local markets.
SYSLORE APPOINTS NEW COO
May 1, 2011 - Syslore is pleased to announce that Mr. Juha Sadeharju has joined Syslore as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this new role, Juha will be a member of Syslore management team and is responsible for heading Syslore's technology team.
TESCO PREPARES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HOME ENTERTAINMENT WITH MAJORITY STAKE IN BLINKBOX
20 April 2011 - Tesco today announced that it has acquired a majority stake in video-on-demand pioneer blinkbox. The acquisition positions Tesco for the next stage in the internet-driven revolution in home entertainment.
Dagbladet Børsen Publishes First Edition to Apple iPad with SAXOTECH Mediaware Center
April 20, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, Dagbladet Børsen (Denmark) has successfully extended its newsroom to include multi-channel distribution and has published its first edition to the Apple iPad.
Nordic Venture Partners sells its shares in TARGIT to TARGIT
15 April 2011 - A group of 5 people in the management of TARGIT has recently decided to buy Nordic Venture Partners shares in TARGIT to gain back the control of the company after 8 years with Nordic Venture Partners. TARGIT, headquartered in Hjørring, will now add a new chapter to their successful history.
SYSLORE AND LOGICA SWEDEN SIGN A SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
April 14 2011 - Syslore Ltd., the leading developer of intelligent data matching and address recognition solutions for postal, logistics and mailing companies, has signed a support and maintenance agreement with Logica Sweden AB.
SYSLORE IAL SELECTED BY POSTEN NORDEN AB
March 1, 2011 – Syslore Ltd., the leading developer of intelligent data matching and address recognition solutions for postal, logistics and mailing companies, is delighted to announce an order from Posten Norden AB.
The Omaha World-Herald Increases Revenue Opportunities with New Health Guide Supported by SAXOTECH’s Directory Publishing Center
March 14, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, the Omaha World-Herald, Nebraska’s only state-wide newspaper, is live utilizing SAXOTECH Online and SAXOTECH’s Directory Publishing Center. The combined solution provides the World-Herald with a new online vertical to provide comprehensive, authoritative health information to its community and a rapidly deployable health directory connecting six Nebraska communities to their local health and medical specialists and services.
SYSLORE IAL v5 PROVIDES FURTHER IMPROVED ACCURACY AND PERFORMANCE
February 28, 2011, Syslore Ltd., the leader in intelligent, high-performance data matching and address recognition solutions for postal, logistics and mailing companies, today announced the general availability of Syslore IAL v5, the 5th generation of Syslore IAL (Intelligent Address Lookup) solution.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal to Install SAXOTECH’s Circulation and WebCirc Software
February 7, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, Florida-based daily, The Daytona Beach News-Journal has selected SAXOTECH’s Circulation and WebCirc solutions to support new business opportunities and modernize its circulation activities.
jAlbum 9
February 1, 2011: jAlbum , a leader in personal web album sharing, announced today the availability of version 9 of its popular desktop application for photo management and sharing. Version 9 takes a leap forward to not only help you share images on any web site, but also adds convenient backup and restore abilities for your images. jAlbum 9 is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and speaks 32 languages.
TARGIT University training sites Denmark and Norway
01. Feb: New training facilities to complement the geographical spread of physical training centers in Denmark and Norway
TARGIT Tours Denmark, Norway and the US
27. Jan: This February and March, TARGIT will repeat the success and go on tour in Denmark, Norway and the US. TARGIT will be hosting a BI seminar in Irvine, California, in Oslo, Norway and in the 4 largest cities in Denmark: Copenhagen, Århus, Odense and Aalborg.
Rovsing Dynamics’ - EMOL signs contracts for several super-critical power plants in China
21.01.11 Guangzhou EMOL Technical Engineering Company (EMOL), Rovsing Dynamics’ partner for the Power Generation segment in China, signed two contracts for two power plants in January. Both plants have 2x 600MW Steam Turbine units, where OPENpredictor will monitor critical machines, including the Steam Turbine/Generator sets.
Targit - Mobile BI helps Biva to increase sales focus
19. Jan - The Danish furniture vendor Biva is the first company to actively employ mobile business intelligence from TARGIT. They use TARGIT iTop, TARGIT’s application for iPhone and iPad.
Sanako Launches New Ways for Effective Language Teaching Outside Classrooms
Sanako Speak! allows pedagogically rich learning from anywhere. Sanako Corporation, the global leader in developing language teaching software and language labs for the educational sector, is launching Sanako Speak! software at BETT in London on 12 January, 2011. This innovative new product allows teachers to deliver pedagogically rich, managed language learning activities outside the physical language lab or classroom. Students can practise using the language and complete the exercises in their own time from anywhere.
New Software develops Foreign Language Speaking Skills at Key Stage 2
Sanako Study Primary encourages the speaking of foreign languages at primary level. Sanako Corporation, the global leader in language teaching software, launches Study Primary at BETT 2011 in London 12 January, 2011. The new product is based on a software voice recorder integrated with learning resources and based on the requirements of the Key Stage 2. The learning activities are designed to encourage children to develop their language skills and speak with accurate pronunciation.
SAXOTECH Exceeds 2010 Goals with Strong Product Momentum in Digital and Print Publishing, Advertising and Circulation
Tampa, Fla. – January 31, 2011 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today it ended 2010 exceeding its revenue target and grew business through key product launches and enhancements, improved customer service and the acquisition of Data Sciences, Inc., adding circulation solutions to its existing suite of print and digital publishing products.
The Dallas Morning News Selects SAXOTECH's DSI Web Circulation Software
Tampa, Fla. – December 29, 2010 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, The Dallas Morning News has entered into an agreement with SAXOTECH to install the DSI WebCirc portal for carriers and dealers.
Journal Register Company Selects SAXOTECH's Integrated Publishing Platform; Print and Digital Properties to be Hosted on SAXOTECH Cloud
Tampa, Fla. - January 10, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today the Journal Register Company has selected the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center and SAXOTECH Online for use by its print and digital media products. The complete platform will give the media company the ability to optimize content creation throughout the organization while reducing cost of ownership by having one fully-integrated publishing solution.
SYSLORE APPOINTS NEW VP OF SALES AND ESTABLISHES A NEW OFFICE
January 1, 2011, Helsinki Finland, Herning Denmark - Syslore Ltd. is pleased to announce that Søren Boll has joined Syslore as Vice President of Sales. In this new role, Søren Boll will be responsible for heading Syslore's worldwide sales efforts within the postal industry. Mr. Boll will be based in Denmark, where Syslore also establishes a new office.
Montreal-based Gesca Selects SAXOTECH Exclusively for All Seven Newspaper Properties
Tampa, Fla. - January 20, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, Montreal-based Gesca, one of Canada's premiere media companies, will expand its usage of the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to an additional two media properties – Le Nouvelliste and La Tribune. SAXOTECH's content management solution will now be utilized by all seven of Gesca's sites.
Group NBT plc acquires leading French domain name management company
Group NBT, the UK's leading domain name management and web hosting company, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Indom SA ("Indom"), a provider of domain name management services in France, for a consideration of €16.9 million in cash. The vendors are warranting that at completion Indom will have €2.3 million of net cash on its balance sheet. The acquisition will be financed from the cash reserves of the Company and from additional debt of £4.5million. The transaction is expected to be earnings enhancing in this financial year.
Indiana Media Company, The Elkhart Truth, Selects SAXOTECH for Cross-Channel Publishing, Content Management and Cloud Computing
Tampa, Fla. – December 1, 2010 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation systems and advertising solutions, announced today The Elkhart Truth (Indiana) has selected the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center and SAXOTECH Online as its content management solution for digital and print publishing.
Aepona Announces Universal Service Platform 3.0
Major new release of award-winning Network as a Service solution brings Mobile Intelligence to Cloud Computing
Jalbum
Jalbum was nominated as "One of the 25 hottest and most promising companies in the Nordic Internet Economy" at SIME Media Momentum Awards last week.
TARGIT is part of a strategy towards better resource management at CBS
With more than 1800 students, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is among the top 3 largest business schools in Northern Europe. At CBS, BI from TARGIT has become a part of the strategy towards better resource management. CBS’s management focuses on measurements and quantitative statements, and TARGIT BI Suite helps them access this information easily: “Like anywhere else, CBS experiences a pressure on their finances and it is important to be able to manage our resources and TARGIT helps us do exactly this”, says manager for Business Intelligence & Development Camilla Schreiner Andersen.
Aepona Powers Payment and Settlement for U.S. Cellular’s Tone Room Deluxe
San Francisco, US – October 6th, 2010 - Aepona, the software company that enables a new era of profitable collaboration between mobile operators and content providers, today announced that its Payments & Settlement Engine (PSE) has been deployed as part of the business infrastructure for U.S. Cellular’s new Tone Room Deluxe storefront.
Business intelligence users prefer TARGIT
TARGIT may now brag about being the preferred tool among business intelligence users. This is evident in the annual survey of business intelligence users, The BI Survey (9), which is conducted by the independent research company Business Application Research Center (BARC).
Aepona Joins Wholesale Applications Community
Aepona has joined the Wholesale Applications Community, a global alliance of telecommunications companies committed to building an open applications platform.
Aepona - Direct-to-Mobile In-App Billing: the Saviour of the Mobile Apps Market?
A bold statement perhaps but the huge rise in activity and interest in this sector is undeniable. With the number of applications growing and the race to the price bottom intensifying, the market is saturated, leaving us to ponder what’s next for the applications marketplace, where it’s becoming increasingly difficult for developers to make any meaningful revenue.
Rovsing-dynamics
Copenhagen 24 September 2010: Petrobras, the Brazilian Oil & Gas giant, have intensified the cooperation with Danish Rovsing Dynamics by expanding their use of innovative OPENpredictorTM risk monitoring methodology to cover the critical Gas Compression station Cacimbas in the State of Espririto Santo.
Canadian Media Company, Gesca, Expands Investment in SAXOTECH Mediaware Center
Tampa, Fla., August 31, 2010 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management and ad solutions, announced today Montreal-based Gesca, publisher of seven daily newspapers and one of Canada’s premiere media companies, has expanded its usage of the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to include Quebec’s Le Soleil.
TARGIT enters South America
TARGIT has entered an agreement with consulting firm PA Latinoamericana about distribution rights for TARGIT BI Suite in the Brazilian market.
Jalbum is summer hot in App store - announcing trailblazing update
Stockholm, July 28th, 2010. The recently announced iPhone app from photo sharing service Jalbum.net has quickly become one of the worlds most popular photography apps in App store. Two days after launch it made the "What's hot" list and ranked top 5 most downloaded free photo apps in: Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Italy and Spain. Today, Jalbum announces a pioneering update.
Targit - Business Intelligence becomes personal
Business intelligence is now available for personal use in the cloud. Danish software company TARGIT (with US subsidiary) has launched TARGIT PI, short for TARGIT Personal Intelligence, at pi.targit.com. It is a new cloud based business intelligence solution.
Journal Publications Selects SAXOTECH Online
Journal Publications Selects SAXOTECH Online Business journals to collaborate across properties, creating new efficiencies and additional cost savings
TARGIT will tour Denmark
Meet organizations, which benefit from TARGIT Business Intelligence, listen to their experiences and how they now make better decisions.
Post-Newsweek Media to Implement SAXOTECH Multi-channel
SAXOTECH Mediaware Center and SAXOTECH Online selected to optimize planning, streamline workflows and realize true content sharing.
Saxotech The Durango Herald and Cortez Journal Go Live on SAXOTECH
TAMPA, Fla. – July 7, 2010 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management and advertising solutions, announced today the Durango Herald and Cortez Journal are live within SAXOTECH’s cloud on the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center and SAXOTECH Online. The two southwest Colorado media companies selected SAXOTECH’s solutions for their print and online media products.
Nanoradio launches a new unique family of wireless products, the Eco-Fi"TM “ family of products.
July 2nd, 2010 Nanoradio today announced the launch of NRX600/605, a new unique family of products, the Eco-Fi"TM “ family of products. Nanoradio will by the launch of the brand new "Eco-Fi"TM “ family of products, the NRX600 and 605 products, be able to significantly strengthen its customer’s products and further enrich the user experiences of embedded consumer electronics, powered by the new solution. The product family which is supporting 802.11 b/g/n standards, gives outstanding power and area savings, unwiring new economically and ecologically innovative customer products. The new "Eco-Fi"TM family of products will be complementing the Nanoradio "Always On WiFi"TM solution, the NRX700/2 WiFi chipset, which is continuing to win tremendous customer attraction.
Nanoradio - have a new member in the executive team, Mr Alan Boyd, VP of Operations
Starting from the 1st of June 2010, Alan holds the position of VP of Operations in Nanoradio AB.
Syslore announces new product: Syslore OCR
Helsinki, Finland, 23 June 2010 - Syslore is proud to announce a new address recognition solution for postal automation and mail processing - Syslore OCR. Syslore OCR is a high-performance address recognition system designed to maximize postal operatorsʼ automation and cost savings by providing highest read rates at the finest sorting depth with minimum error rates. Syslore OCR is capable of recognizing both machine printed and handwritten text.
Rovsing Dynamics expand co-operation with GasNatural-Fernosa in Spain
Copenhagen, 14 June 2010: GasNatural-Fenosa, one of the major energy suppliers in Spain, has just decided to monitor the condition of the mission critical machines of additional 5 power plants and has chosen OPENpredictor™.
Media Companies to Generate New Revenue with SAXOTECH’s
SAXOTECH addresses industry push to create fee-based content with solution media companies can use based on individual business models.
Jalbum
Jalbum introduces Theme Shoots with Jack Hollingsworth Stockholm, April 21, 2010. Today, photo-sharing service Jalbum.net announces a new collaboration with world-renowned photographer Jack Hollingsworth. In a series of events, the massive Jalbum community of photography enthusiasts will gather around a common theme, lead and tutored by Jack Hollingsworth. Each event will include a blog post introducing the subject, a competition element and a user Group on Jalbum.net where anyone can participate. The first theme is Close-up photography (http://jalbum.net/blog/entry/close-up-with-jack-hollingsworth), followed by Portraits, Street, Urbex and HDR photography.
NYX Interactive AB acquires the Bingo network operator Cashball Ltd.
Stockholm June 8 2010: NYX Interactive has acquired 100 % of the shares of the Isle of Man based Bingo network operator Cashball from Bonnier Lottery. Cashball Ltd is one of the newest and the most innovative network operators of gaming services and delivery of digital gaming operations. Cashball has a number of customers in Spain, Sweden and the UK.
TARGIT now grows on home market
The new quarterly financial statement from TARGIT shows growth on the Scandinavian home market. "We have not experienced growth in Scandinavia in 2009, but in the first quarter of this year, we have had 11 percent growth on the Scandinavian home market. We believe this means the crisis must be over", says TARGIT CEO Morten Sandlykke.
Blinkbox
Blinkbox continues to grow and remains the leading independent online VOD service in the UK. In May, the company launched on the PS3, the first of a number of devices it intends to expand onto this year as it extends its reach from the PC/Mac to the TV.
CRF Health
Take a look at the link below for CRF Health's latest news and events. http://www.crfhealth.com/news_press_releases.php
Aepona wins Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for Canadian GSMA OneAPI Pilot
Belfast, UK – 10th June 2010 - Aepona, the software company that enables a new era of profitable collaboration between mobile operators and application providers, is pleased to announce that it is the joint recipient of a Global Telecoms Business 2010 Innovation Award. Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO of TELUS, Graham Trickey, Senior Director at the GSMA, and Michael Crossey, VP Marketing at Aepona accepted the award on behalf of Bell Canada, Rogers Wireless, TELUS , Aepona and the GSMA for its work on the Canadian OneAPI Pilot.
SAXOTECH - Omaha World-Herald to Capitalize on Local Revenue Opportunities with SAXOTECH’s Directory Publishing Center
SAXOTECH announced today Nebraska’s only statewide newspaper, the Omaha World-Herald, is the latest media company to implement SAXOTECH’s Directory Publishing Center, a turn-key business solution with advanced search functionality designed to enhance end-user experiences. The World-Herald serves more than 500 cities and towns in Nebraska and western Iowa.
Nyx
News in brief: Amuso site launch; Gaming VC sues GTech; Webis; Paf; Sentrigo; 888... Amuso’s trivia gaming network with embedded bingo client, side games and social networking capabilities, has gone live. The site, with gaming elements powered by Bonnier Gaming’s Cashball operating arm and Nyx Interactive, launches around Amuso’s exclusive version of the BBC’s globally successful gameshow The Weakest Link. Amuso chief executive Barak Rabinowitz (pictured) told EGRMagazine.com: “If you are going to try and break the UK bingo market, you either need multi-million pound budgets or exclusive content for marketing differentiation, and the latter is what we’re bringing to the table. The real potential is to use these big brands to reach a much broader audience and, ultimately, get CPAs down from industry standard £100 to £50, £40 or £30.” The launch is being supported with a suite of affiliate mini-games which can be rolled out across any publisher and an initial 50% revenue share offer to affiliates.
Targit - Software to help pressured German car industry
A special software solution for car dealers will now provide the pressured German car industry with everyday decision support. In the future, when the pressured German car industry has to make important decisions, it will do so on the basis of analyses and reports from a Danish information and management tool.
Targit positioned in the Magic Quadrant
After almost 14 years as a pure-play business intelligence developer, Danish TARGIT has been included as a niche player in IT research company Gartner's prestigious "Magic Quadrant" (see "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms" by Gartner, January 2010). The inclusion comes after an analysis of TARGIT's business intelligence solution, TARGIT BI Suite. "We feel the inclusion means that we are being recognized as one the 15 most important developers in the world within our industry", says TARGIT CEO Morten Sandlykke. "We are both happy and proud to be accepted in that society, and we are certain that this analysis will facilitate our growth in the global market".
CRF Health reports record growth and earnings
Boosts investments in technology, staff and operations. Lansdale, PA -- February 12, 2010: CRF Health, a leading provider of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) for the life sciences industry, announced record-setting growth and earnings for 2009. Client commitments grew by 65% and resulted in record-setting revenue, earnings and backlog. Sales came from both new and existing clients and the company continues to gain market share. New products such as its TrialSlate® devices contributed strongly to the growth.
Atheros Communications Acquires u-Nav Microelectronics
SANTA CLARA, CA, Dec. 13, 2007 - Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and certain liabilities of u-Nav Microelectronics, a privately held fabless semiconductor company specializing in global positioning system (GPS) chipsets and software that enable mobile location-based products and services. u-Nav's 54 employees are located at its Irvine, CA headquarters and its European engineering facility in Tampere, Finland. The cash and stock transaction, currently valued at approximately $54 million, includes $15.4 million in cash and 1.28 million shares of Atheros common stock and may include an additional consideration to shareholders if certain defined milestones are achieved.
Nordic Venture Partners Invests in SANAKO’s International Expansion
HELSINKI, Jan 8, 2008 - Nordic Venture Partners will invest over € 5 million in SANAKO shares. The new capital will allow SANAKO to enhance its presence in key markets including the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the Middle East. It will also strengthen the company’s educational offering to its worldwide customer base by collaborating with value network partners.
End2End Acquires Terraplay
Stockholm the 1st of Nov, 2007 - Terraplay, world leader in connected mobile gaming and innovator in developing solutions has been acquired by End2End, based in Aalborg, Denmark. End2End is a leading provider of managed service solutions for mobile data. The Terraplay acquisition allows End2End to offer operators market leading solutions in connected and multiplayer gaming, a fully managed mobile gaming offering, in addition to its full mobile content delivery platform.
Polar Rose Raises $5.1 m in Series A Funding for Adding Context to Online Photos
MALMO, Sweden, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Polar Rose AB, a company uniquely combining automatic facial recognition with 3D modeling for visual search applications, today announced it has received initial Series A funding. A total of $5.1 m (euro 4 m, SEK 37 m) was raised from Nordic Venture Partners (Copenhagen), the Nordic region's largest IT venture company. Polar Rose was founded with unique expertise in automatic 3D modeling and pattern recognition pioneered by the company's founder and CTO, Dr. Jan Erik Solem.
blinkBox announces UK launch date
After many months of intense development and negotiations with Hollywood Film Studios and international TV companies, blinkBox.com will ‘go live’ in beta format and will thereafter accept registrations from the general public. blinkBox.com is the first ‘one stop’ film and TV site to unleash the power of ‘blinks’. As well as purchasing and downloading films and TV shows, blinkBox enables you to clip your favourite scene, add a personalised message and send it to a friend’s mobile or PC as a ‘blink’.
Nordic Venture Partners announces €12M investment in Exensor
Copenhagen, Denmark - Nordic Venture Partners announces a €12M investment in Exensor, a Swedish based world leader in the development, design, integration and supply of sensor systems for Military and Homeland Security Applications.
Nordic Venture Partners announces the promotion of new partners and investment directors
Venture capital firm Nordic Venture Partners has promoted Thomas Tofte Hansen (Copenhagen) to the position of General Partner, Per von Zelowitz (Stockholm) to Partner and Juha Lehtola (Helsinki) to Investment Director. Mark Johnson joins the firm (Stockholm) as an Investment Director. Nordic Venture Partners is a technology venture capital firm with a global perspective, dedicated to world class performance through hands-on involvement and international networking, applied to ICT ventures with unique potential.
Nordic Venture Partners announces $5.1 Million investment in TraceWorks
Copenhagen, Denmark – Nordic Venture Partners announced today a $5.1M investment in TraceWorks, a Denmark-based company committed to designing, and providing advice and support for the best web-based end-to-end marketing software solution possible.
Player X raises major investment $10 million for growth
January 18th 2007 Mobile media company Player X has announced a second round of venture capital funding raising £5 million ($9.85 million) for rapid expansion and to accelerate its global content strategy across mobile TV, video and games.
Group NBT plc Acquisition of Ascio Technologies A/S
Group NBT, the leading UK domain name management company and managed web hosting provider, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Ascio Technologies A/S ("Ascio"), a provider of domain name services based in Copenhagen.
Part exit in Nordic Venture Partners Portfolio company Ascio Technologies
Copenhagen the 17th of January, The Nordic Venture Partners portfolio company Ascio Technologies was today sold to GroupNBT listed on AIM London Stock Exchange for a total price of the company of EUR 27m in a combination of cash, options and shares.
Nordic Venture Partners makes investment in ZYB
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - 16. October 2006 - Nordic Venture Partners, the leading Scandinavian ICT venture capital firm, today announced that it has invested several million € in ZYB, a free mobile backup and sharing service operating on a global level. Also announced today, Preben Damgaard, co-founder of Damgaard/Navision and former Executive Vice President of Microsoft Business Solutions, has joined ZYB’s board of directors.
Operax raises $15 million led by Nomura International
Stockholm-September 21, 2006-Operax announces it has raised US $15 million in Series C funding for its further global expansion plans, and to strengthen its leadership for QoS Control and Bandwidth Management in convergent all-IP broadband networks. Existing investors Nordic Venture Partners, Innovacom and Emano also participated in this round.
JAlbum raises capital from Nordic Venture Partners
Stockholm, Sweden-August 29, 2006-Nordic Venture Partners has invested in JAlbum. The financing will be used primarily to support the company in enhancing its software and website to support the growing JAlbum community. JAlbum has grown rapidly to become one of the most widely used and loved open-source photo and video album software projects in the world.
Funcom secures €5 million in financing from NVP
Durham, USA – August 25, 2005 – Funcom, a world leading developer and publisher of subscription-based online games like ‘Anarchy Online’ and ‘Age of Conan – Hyborian Adventures’, has secured a €5 million equity investment from Nordic Venture Partners (NVP). The investment is a further testament to Funcom being a world-class developer and publisher of online games, and will further aid the company in developing and publishing online games.
Nordic Venture Partners announces Robert Göthner
Nordic Venture Partners, the leading pan-Nordic venture capital firm, is pleased to announce that Robert Göthner has joined the firm as a Partner. Robert will utilize his extensive venture capital, operational and company building experience in working with the firm’s current portfolio as well as assisting the firm with new opportunities.
Nanoradio fully financed
Nanoradio fully financed to deliver the worlds smallest and lowest power WLAN chipset solution.
Nordic Venture Partners strengthens its team
Nordic Venture Partners has strengthened its operations by engaging Per-Arne Sandström as Senior Advisor from the 1st of January 2005.
Another Stockholm OpenCoffee Club on April 26th
Please come and meet Larry McDonald and Per von Zelowitz from Nordic Venture Partners and hopefully many others at the Stockholm OpenCoffee Club. This is a casual meeting to talk about entrepreneurship and technology among friends. We will meet every week in the back room of Cafe Fresco at Grev Turegatan 10 at 14.30. We hope to see you there.
NVP secure M€ 115 for new investments
Nordic Venture Partners now has an additional €115 million available for ICT companies in the Nordic.