Company Releases Automated Solution to Enable Proactive, Enterprise-Wide Enforcement of PC Power Management
MINNEAPOLIS, November 11, 2008 – www.newboundary.com – New Boundary Technologies®, the IT automation innovator, today announced the release of its new Green IT Solution. Powered by Policy Commander® and the company’s unique PwrSmart™ technology, the Green IT Solution automates the enforcement of computer power management to dramatically reduce PC and computer monitor power consumption, energy costs, and environmental impact. The New Boundary Technologies Green IT Solution delivers centralized control of PC power management to IT departments enabling enterprise-wide energy efficiency and cost savings.
Research indicates that more than 100 million workers in the U.S. regularly use PCs on the job, and the majority of them never or only occasionally turn off those computers at the end of the workday. According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates, the average PC left on all the time uses more than 700 kilowatts-hours of electricity, more than an average refrigerator, and wastes approximately 400 kilowatt-hours by running at full power when not in use. Each year, U.S. companies waste an estimated $4-billion powering computers that are not being used. Proactively managing PC power consumption can cut PC energy costs by 60 percent or more, or up to $350,000 annually for an organization with 5000 PCs. In fact, the potential for energy cost savings by implementing proactive PC power management is one reason Gartner named Green IT as its top strategic technology of 2008.
Fostering Donor Relationships Help Minnesota Youths of Color Achieve College Dreams
Rochester, MN October 21, 2008 — http://www.ResultsplusSoftware.com — ResultsPlus, a fundraising software solution from Metafile, is enabling large and small non-profit organizations to automate nearly all mission critical fundraising activities with minimum IT involvement. Page Education Foundation, utilizes ResultsPlus to help Minnesota youth of color realize their college dreams.
Page Education Foundation, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a small, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Minnesota youths of color. By fostering positive attitudes about education and offering financial assistance for college, the foundation has helped send over three thousand students to college in the past 20 years.
Unfortunately, because the foundation was using an antiquated software system that did not have the ability to maintain detailed donor information, they were challenged when it came time to plan and target future fundraising initiatives.
The system Page Education Foundation was using did not even have the capability to provide foundation employees specific information about donor’s interests or to record specific causes donors had contributed to in the past. Without specific donor data, requests for donations and acknowledgement letters, a critical communication which helps the foundation seek support for Minnesota youth interested in attending college, could not be customized to the letter recipients.
Automated Windows Configuration Management Suite Introduces Secure, Internet-based Administration and Compliance;Extends Mobile Workforce and Distributed Environment Management
MINNEAPOLIS, October 16, 2008 – www.newboundary.com – New Boundary Technologies®, the IT automation innovator, today announced the release of Prism Suite® 9. Powered by the company’s automated configuration management innovations like Smart Update™ and Configuration Groups, Prism Suite 9 extends Windows configuration management to now include secure, Internet-based administration of the mobile workforce and widely distributed remote locations. With an open client/server architecture and modular design, Prism Suite 9 is engineered to automate and streamline processes within corporate IT departments and for delivery via managed service provider (MSP) and software as a service (SaaS) models.
Prism Suite 9 delivers robust, safe, and seamless Windows system management for any location, from any location. Engineered for the needs of IT departments that manage widely dispersed office locations and mobile Windows systems, Prism Suite 9 is also ideally positioned to provide managed service providers with an automated Windows configuration and compliance offering that can be delivered as an online service.
Importance of Vibration Testing Not Realized By Large Percentage of Medical Device Packaging Professionals
MINNEAPOLIS –August 12, 2008 — http://www.testedandproven.com/ — DDL, the leading product and package testing services firm specializing in medical device package testing, recently discovered through the company’s July “Vibration Testing Quizzler” that only 46 percent of Medical Device Packaging Professionals truly understand that vibration testing can prevent defective products or packaging from going to market.
In his winning Vibration Testing Quizzler response, David Anderson VP of Research & Development at GT Urological stated, “When there is the slightest chance that any of our medical products will be exposed to a transportation, operation or storage environment, it is vital that we implement vibration testing before going to market.”
The vibration testing quizzler question below received answers from nearly 200 medical device packaging professionals.
Question: Package and product testing should always be expanded to include vibration testing when there is a chance of exposure to what environments?
New Boundary Technologies®, the automated IT management innovator, today announced that Taarak India Private Limited has joined its global network of international distribution partners. Taarak India will distribute New Boundary Technologies’ Prism Suite™ and Policy Commander® software solutions throughout India. With the addition of Taarak to its global distributor network, New Boundary Technologies now counts 20 international distributors covering Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America.
Based in New Delhi with additional offices in Bangalore and Mumbai, Taarak is an information technology security company offering a wide range of IT solutions and services to protect business critical networks and information. With the addition of Prism Suite and Policy Commander, Taarak adds software and hardware asset management, software deployment, patch management, and security policy enforcement to its portfolio of technology solutions.
“We are excited about our new relationship with Taarak and our entry into the IT solutions market in India,” said Tom Diamond, president of New Boundary Technologies. “Taarak is an established company with a strong reputation for providing top quality technology solutions and services, and we share many common values and goals. Working together, our companies can offer organizations automated IT security and configuration management solutions that help them work and compete more efficiently and effectively.”
B2B marketing veteran, formerly of Siebel and Oracle, joins Marketo as strategic advisor
San Mateo, CA – 17 June 2008 – Lead management software firm Marketo today announced the addition of marketing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) veteran Rob Reid to its Board of Advisors. Reid brings to Marketo over 30 years of experience in the enterprise software industry and a track record of catapulting his companies into market leadership positions
With its sophisticated, yet easy-to-use lead management software already setting a new standard in the B2B marketing industry, Marketo will tap Reid’s insight and experience as the company continues to expand its vision.
Most recently, Reid served as Group Vice President, Siebel CRM OnDemand, for Oracle Corporation, where he managed the team responsible for the new industry leading CRM OnDemand solution. He came to Oracle from Siebel, where he was responsible for OnDemand marketing and the IBM strategic relationship. He also served as president and CEO of on-demand CRM innovator UpShot, which grew 10 times in three years under his leadership. Reid’s success at these market leaders, as well his work as CEO at Concur Commerce Network and Seeker Software, Inc., solidified his position as a leader in the SaaS industry.
New senior housing development could become one of country’s few LEED-Certified Communities
SHOREVIEW, MN, June 17, 2008 — http://www.ecumen.org – Aging services provider Ecumen, one of the country’s largest non-profit senior housing companies, is developing a green senior housing for North Country Health services in Bemidji, Minn. It is seeking to be one of the country’s few LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) senior housing developments.
The $20 million senior housing development, to be owned by North Country Health Services and developed by Ecumen, is being built using environmentally friendly or “green” features and methods. For example, underground parking will lessen impervious surface space and reduce water use, lighting features will prevent light and energy waste, and many construction materials will be harvested locally.
North Country Health Services and Ecumen plan to submit the project for third-party LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the United States Green Building Council.
“Three words stood out as we began to shape this project – mission, vibrancy and sustainability,” said Jim Hanko, president and CEO of North Country Health Services. “The new housing will complement our mission of assuring a lifetime continuum of quality healthcare services, it will be a vibrant community that allows people to live in Bemidji for a lifetime, and it will help sustain natural resources that we all share.”
Leading Western Wear Vendor Recognized for Streamlined Order Fulfillment Process and Timely Connections with Retail Trading Partners
Minneapolis, MN - May 28, 2008 – SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS EDI services, today announced that its customer, Arena Brands, has been named to Apparel Magazine’s inaugural Top 50 Innovators list. Named among global retailers and vendors, Arena Brands was recognized for its decision to outsource its EDI to SPS Commerce, benefiting from rapid connections to its trading partners, integration with its Oracle system, and an automated order fulfillment cycle that eliminated days from its delivery.
“We are pleased to be honored by Apparel Magazine and extend our appreciation to SPS Commerce, which has provided Arena with an outsourced EDI service that has exceeded my expectations,” commented Keith Ritchie, Corporate IT Director at Arena Brands Inc. “Using a standardized format to integrate with our Oracle solution, we can quickly add new trading partners without taking time or resources away from other IT projects. While the technology is superior, the best part about partnering with SPS Commerce is their people. By outsourcing to SPS Commerce, Arena has been able to improve our productivity and enhance our supply chain relationships.”
