This week’s WINS include: Atlanta’s SpinVox; Virginia’s Cloakware; NC’s Near-Time; Tennessee’s ORTEC; Raleigh’s Realcities; Florida’s iWebTrack; Raleigh’s Tom Vass.
Truemors.com using SpinVox voice to screen product
Atlanta–SpinVox, the world founder of voice-to-screen messaging, says its voice-to-text conversion system is now supporting London-based Truemors.com, the news and social networking site that allows people to post time-sensitive rumors, news and sightings. Atlanta-based SpinVox enables Truemors’ users to speak entries into any phone which then appear as text on the Truemors site.
Launched in March, Truemors is a rumors reporting Web-site. “Posting content in real-time is a key to the success of Truemors,” said Guy Kawasaki, noted author, venture capitalist and founder of Truemors.
On the Web: www.spinvox.com
Cloakware adds Structure Technologies as reseller
Vienna, Va.–Cloakware Inc., the Vienna-based security solutions seller that makes security inseparable from software, says Structured Technologies Inc. (STI), a leader in data management services and data center solutions, will sell Cloakware Server Password Manager and all accompanying support services to corporate and government organizations.
In addition, STI is the first Cloakware partner to offer CSPM as a managed security service to small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMB), enabling a level of security, cost savings and efficiency previously out of this market’s reach. CSPM is the first commercial off-the-shelf product to allow IT managers to centrally and securely change all types of shared account passwords.
On the Web: www.cloakware.comShore Communications adopts Near-Time Premium
Shore Communications adopts Near-Time Premium
Chapel Hill, NC–Shore Communications Inc., the award-winning research and consulting firm for publishing and content technology executives, has adopted the Near-Time Premium publishing platform to create ShoreViews, a new paid subscription content and collaboration service. Chapel-Hill-based Near-Time is a hosted collaboration and publishing platform employing wikis, weblogs, and other Web 2.0 technologies that represents a new way for the publishing industry to monetize content and community.
ShoreViews (http://shoreviews.shore.com) is a new online community enabling publishing, media and content technology professionals to share information and insights with other community members and Shore Communications’ leading analysts.
On the Web: www.near-time.com
Createch Group to market Tennessee’s ORTEC software in Canada
Atlanta–The Createch Group and ORTEC have entered into a strategic relationship to bring ORTEC’s logistics optimization software to the Canadian market. The alliance will see The Createch Group distribute, implement and provide support services across Canada for ORTEC’s Route and Load Optimization Solutions.
Founded in 1981, ORTEC provides optimization-based decision support software and consulting services for fleet routing, vehicle and pallet loading, network planning, workforce scheduling and order generation. The company has over 800 customers worldwide and 600 employees located in North America and Europe.
On the Web: www.ortec.com
Realcities adds 51 news sites to network
Raleigh, NC–The Real Cities Network (www.realcities.com/), the nation’s largest network of local news websites, has expanded its network with the addition of 51 websites owned and operated by MediaNews Group (www.medianewsgroup.com/), the fourth-largest newspaper company in the United States. MediaNews Group operates 82 local newspaper websites nationwide, and these latest additions complement the 31 MediaNews Group websites already in the Real Cities Network.
Operated by McClatchy Interactive, a division of The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI) , the Real Cities Network includes websites owned by some of the nation’s largest media corporations, including Belo Corp., Cox Newspapers Inc., Hearst Corp., The McClatchy Company, Media General, Scripps and others. The partnership with MediaNews Group expands the Real Cities Network of more than 1,500 websites nationwide.
iWebTrack releases Web analytics program in multiple languages
GAINSVILLE, FL-iWebTrack Holdings, Inc. is proud to announce the release of iWebTrack International. iWebTrack’s web analytics program is now available in multiple languages for both retail and private label partners.
International retail customers searching for a hosted web analytics provider can now access iWebTrack’s product in one of 5 other languages. In keeping up with competitors such as ClickTracks, IndexTools, and WebTrends, iWebTrack customers can access the main site www.iwebtrack.com in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, in addition to detailed back end administration translations.
On the Web: www.iwebtrack.com
NC author’s book on predicting technology wins award
Raleigh, NC–North Carolina author Thomas E. Vass earned the Pick of The Month award from Bookviews, an independent online source of book reviews on the latest fiction and non-fiction books, as well as audiobooks, CDs, and videos.
In making his selection of Predicting Technology: Identifying Future Market Opportunities and Disruptive Technologies, published by Raleigh publisher The Great American Business & Economics Press, Inc., Caruba emphasized the book’s novel theory of technological evolution. “Being able to effectively predict how technology will shape the future is essential,” said Caruba.
“Entrepreneurs, scientists, business owners, engineers and product developers will find this book of great interest. Vass’ theory is that technological innovation creates new markets, while new markets generate new income flows that benefit those who start new ventures.”
On the Web: www.bookviews.com/about.htm; and www.vasspredictstechnology.com.
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