Business-Technology

AMITYVILLE, N.Y. NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: NSSC), one of the world’s leading suppliers of high performance electronic security equipment for over 30 years, today announced it will be presenting at the Small Cap Ideas Conference sponsored by David L. Kanen, Vice President of Institutional Sales of First Midwest Securities, Inc. The conference will be held on Monday, November 16th at the Harvard Club in New York, New York and NAPCO will present at 2:00pm ET. For more information or to register please contact David Kanen at 631-863-3100 or dkanen@firstmidwestsecurities.com.

NEW YORK Fulcrum, a leading provider of advanced analytics and database marketing solutions, announced today that Gregory Grudzinski has joined the company as senior director, retail solutions.

CHICAGO Intertek, the largest independent HVAC/R testing company in the world, announced it has started testing in its new 35-ton HVAC psychometric testing chamber located in Plano, TX. The new 35-ton facility adds convenience and capacity to Intertek’s 100,000-square-foot HVAC/R testing center; the Southwest region’s largest independent performance and safety testing laboratory of its kind. The Plano laboratory is one of Intertek’s three HVAC/R testing centers in North America – Plano, TX; Columbus, OH; and Cortland, NY.

NEW YORK Options IT, provider of high-performance technology solutions to hedge funds and brokerages and pioneer of the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technology management model, today announced it has expanded its Velocity high-speed market connectivity service to include Europe’s OMX Nordic Exchanges.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Sheraton Hotels & Resorts announced today the launch of the new sheraton.com, the first hotel industry website to feature Facebook Connect and allow visitors to interact with their friends and family by sharing their travel experiences through today’s most popular social networking site. In 2006, sheraton.com became the first hotel industry website to embrace social media by featuring user generated content. Today, the brand continues to enhance the social media experience for guests by tapping into new social networking channels and enabling a two-way dialogue through the unique global travel community on sheraton.com. The launch of the new site is part of a $6 billion worldwide effort to revitalize the iconic Sheraton brand, including an investment of $2.3 billion in new hotels, $1.5 billion in renovations and $400 million in signature brand initiatives throughout North America.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Loranger will present at the Baird’s 2009 Industrial Conference on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Loranger’s comments will begin at 1:20 p.m. (CST).

MIAMI As Hurricane Ida approaches land, a new website, Emicus.com is available to help people prepare, react and recover from the storm. Emicus.com is an easy-to-use website that combines official government information and news coverage with user-generated images, videos and reports to provide a wealth of helpful information. Emicus.com provides real time, accurate information about Hurricane Ida including preparedness tips, Red Cross shelter locations, gas availability, water and sandbag distribution points, storm tracking and more.

NEW YORK The latest chapter is about to unfold in a four-year-old copyright lawsuit over Google's ambitious book-scanning project.

DULLES, Va. Vovici, the leading provider of survey software and enterprise feedback management (EFM) solutions, today announced its upcoming Vovici Fall Webinar Series, featuring experts from customers Oracle, Plymouth Rock, and NPR, as well as thought leaders from Forrester Research and Attensity. Each webinar in the Series is packed with customer feedback best practices.

CINCINNATI At the Enterprise Decision Management Summit last week in Las Vegas, NV, Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a global leader in relationship management, shared its insights on how intelligent interactions will deliver superior and consistent service experiences to the delight of customers.

BOSTON Boston.com announced today its launch of a newly redesigned sports site. While continuing to deliver fast-breaking news and unrivaled access to Boston’s professional sports teams, the site has a bolder look, and new features that augment the expert reporting of the extensive Boston Globe sports team as well as the site’s blogs, video presentations, and interactive features.

HAMPTON, N.H. ProTracker Software, Inc., has introduced its Information Security Program (ISP), a step-by-step guide to help professionals stay informed and comply with recent federal and state regulatory changes. The implementation of a complete ISP requires a thorough review of an entire IT environment so companies will be in compliance with the law. Most importantly, the ISP Manual minimizes the risk of a security breach that could be costly and devastating to a business.

BANGALORE, India Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it has formed a relationship with Microsoft to address the growing High Performance Computing (HPC) and parallel computing segment. Wipro will enable HPC customers to migrate to Windows HPC Server 2008 and parallelism on the Windows platform by offering services for application porting, optimization, application development and cluster deployment and management. The relationship includes joint investments in engineering and technology assets.

NORWALK, Conn. Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) today announced that Digium CEO Danny Windham has accepted its invitation to deliver a Keynote Address at ITEXPO East 2010, taking place January 20-22, 2010 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, FL.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. Pearson VUE, the leader in secure high-stakes testing, is pleased to announce the launch of a new website www.certifyyourfuture.com in honor of Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2009. The launch of the new website marks the beginning of a year-long campaign focused on raising awareness of certification and benefits available to military personnel and their families.

POST FALLS, Idaho TriGeo Network Security, the leading provider of security information and event management (SIEM) technology for midmarket enterprises, today extended its Competitive Upgrade Program to Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (MARS) users caught off-guard by Cisco’s recent confirmation of its plans to freeze support for all new non-Cisco event sources.

LONDON Growing interest and investment in and funding for improved building energy management will help fuel demand for products and applications using IEEE 802.15.4 semiconductors.

LONDON Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ:VMED) (LSE:VMED), a leading UK entertainment and communications business, today announced the closing of the offering of approximately £715 million equivalent aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019, split into a $600 million U.S. dollar denominated tranche and a £350 million sterling denominated tranche, of its wholly-owned subsidiary Virgin Media Finance PLC.

CINCINNATI PowerNet Global, a veteran of the telecommunications industry for nearly two decades and well known for their strong business ethics, integrity, and reliability, announced that they have launched SIP Lines á la carte, enabling any size business to benefit from the feature-rich advancements and savings associated with SIP services.

NEW YORK AdCloud® Media announced today the general availability of its 1^st generation advertising solution, an expandable platform that leverages cloud computing technology to maximize the return on investment for both advertisers and publishers.