Executive Smarts, LLC Adds Top Talent To Executive Team

Executive Smarts, LLC Adds Top Talent To Executive Team

Vince Papi Joins Executive Smarts to Expand the Team of Experts in Interim Management and Executive Search

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) February 8, 2009 -- Executive Smarts LLC announces the addition of Vince Papi to its existing team of high-caliber executives.

"Vince is a leader in the interim management industry," said CEO Jim Stewart. "His addition to Executive Smarts brings unparalleled experience to our team as the demand for interim management services continue to surge."

Papi will work with the Executive Smarts team which serves clients internationally in both interim management and executive search. With 35 years of experience in manufacturing and the business-to-business services industry, Vince most recently developed the US-based interim management practice for an international search firm.

His contributions have included management of a career transition firm; the development, training and management of a national sales force; marketing programs, research and development; strategic planning; client retention and partnership programs; and production planning and inventory control in a high-tech environment. He has authored numerous articles dealing with the downsizing of organizations, outsourcing, quality, and disaster planning. Those articles have appeared in over 30 publications.

Executive Smarts is well positioned to provide companies with executive solutions to meet their needs. One type of solution for the workforce talent shortage caused by retiring baby boomers is interim management. Interim management is the temporary provision of additional management resources to handle a period of transition, crisis or change within a company. Interim management is a popular resourcing model as it provides speed, experience, objectivity, accountability, effectiveness and commitment from high-impact executives placed in critical business situations.

About Executive Smarts LLC

Established in 2003, Executive Smarts provides on-demand interim executives and executive search for time-and business-critical situations for corporations globally. The firm offers solutions to companies needing experienced executives for a variety of situations including covering executive transitions, temporary leadership of critical projects or corporate restructuring. The firm maintains an extensive global network of active and qualified interim executives as a viable alternative for acquiring high-impact expertise and leadership for time- and business-critical situations. Learn more at Executive Smarts' Website (http://www.executivesmarts.com/index.php) or contact Jim Stewart at 214.556.6945. Vince Papi can be reached at 724.316.2952.

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Contact Information JIM STEWART

Executive Smarts, LLC

http://www.executivesmarts.com

214-556-6945

Allianz Life and Citizens Bank Streamline Compliance and Improve Security with SailPoint IdentityIQ

Allianz Life and Citizens Bank Streamline Compliance and Improve Security with SailPoint IdentityIQ

Established companies including Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz) and Citizens Bank are both using SailPoint IdentityIQ to manage corporate risk and comply with federal regulations.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 4, 2009 -- SailPoint (http://www.sailpoint.com) today announced that its flagship product, IdentityIQ, is the identity governance product of choice by a growing number of global enterprises in a variety of vertical market segments. Established companies including Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (http://www.allianz.com/en/index.html) (Allianz) and Citizens Bank (http://www.citizensbank.com/home/) are both using IdentityIQ to manage corporate risk and comply with federal regulations.

SailPoint IdentityIQ (http://www.sailpoint.com/product/) allows organizations to automate the access rights verification and certification process, which is required as part of many regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). Companies unable to verify and certify their access are at risk of failing IT audits. IdentityIQ also helps organizations proactively manage risk by reducing security vulnerabilities exploited by disgruntled former employees and criminal identity theft rings. SailPoint customers have complete visibility into and control over user access privileges, allowing them to manage corporate sea change events such as mergers and acquisitions, reductions in staff and increased use of contract employees without worrying about detrimental consequences if the proper controls are not in place.

IdentityIQ uses advanced analytics and adaptive role modeling to combine business roles and policies with technical data mined from across the IT environment. IdentityIQ then provides meaningful, business-relevant identity information in easy-to-read reports and dashboards, enabling enterprises to identify vulnerabilities associated with user access and strengthen the controls necessary to mitigate those risks.

Industry leaders benefiting from IdentityIQ include:

Allianz selected SailPoint because of its ability to manage complex environments efficiently and cost-effectively, and also for its ability to scale to meet the global company's needs. "Within the first few weeks of implementing SailPoint IdentityIQ, Allianz was able to aggregate, correlate and cleanse data across our SOX-relevant applications," said Joe Dufresne, information security officer at Allianz. "We also fully automated our access review and certification process for 9,000 users across 40,000 accounts. SailPoint allowed us to improve the accuracy of user and entitlement data and more easily understand and oversee the technical access privileges held by specific users within the organization."

Citizens Bank chose IdentityIQ for its ability to translate technical identity data into higher-level business roles. "Citizens Bank needed to empower business managers to approve and deny access privileges of their employees when necessary," said David Griffeth, vice president of enterprise information security at Citizens Bank. "In order for that to be successful, we needed to ensure that the low-level access privileges were mapped to roles and presented in a business-friendly format. SailPoint IdentityIQ allows us to improve the reliability of access review and to minimize our risk exposure through a more effective process of ensuring our workers have appropriate access levels."

For more information about how SailPoint customers, including 5 of the world's top 10 banks and some of the world's largest insurance, telecom, manufacturing, and healthcare companies, are using IdentityIQ, please visit: http://www.sailpoint.com.

About SailPoint

SailPoint Technologies, Inc. develops identity governance software that helps organizations gain control over user access to critical systems and data, streamline costly IT compliance processes and reduce the risks of fraud, corporate data loss or theft and failed audits. Founded in December 2005, SailPoint is based in Austin, Texas.

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Contact Information Kari Hanson

SailPoint

http://www.sailpoint.com

978-373-4003

SailPoint Doubles Customer Base in 2008; Poised for Continued Growth in 2009

SailPoint Doubles Customer Base in 2008; Poised for Continued Growth in 2009

Company Named one of 2009's Best Companies to Work for in Texas

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) February 4, 2009 -- SailPoint (http://www.sailpoint.com) today announced it more than doubled its installed customer base during 2008, adding prestigious Global 1000 companies including five of the world's top 10 banks, and some of the world's largest insurance, healthcare provider, manufacturing and telecommunications companies. Coupled with a $6.5 million Series C funding, the company is poised for continued growth and international expansion in 2009.

"2008 was an incredible year for SailPoint. We delivered an award-winning product, expanded internationally and gained significant market share," said Kevin Cunningham, SailPoint's president and cofounder. "Identity governance is critical in a climate of economic turmoil and elevated corporate risk. Companies have real pain and need immediate relief. Our focus for 2009 continues to be on solving customer challenges and delivering tangible results within weeks, not years."

Customers (http://www.sailpoint.com/company/customers.php) are seeing immediate ROI from deploying SailPoint's IdentityIQ (http://www.sailpoint.com/product/). SailPoint's customers on average have greater than 10,000 employees - many with well over 50,000 employees - and hundreds of compliance-critical applications. SailPoint currently has nearly 40 million total accounts under management, providing customers with ongoing oversight to monitor and control user access across enterprise-wide systems and applications. Major customer successes achieved in 2008 include:

* A major insurance company used SailPoint to automate a previously manual user access certification and account cleanup process, reducing the amount of time spent reviewing user access controls from several months to only four weeks. Using IdentityIQ, the company also discovered that 20 percent of its user entitlements were inappropriate, and was able to automatically revoke them using SailPoint.

* A Fortune 100 company that has recently been cited as having material deficiencies in an IT audit due to its lack of insight into what employees had access to what sensitive data turned to SailPoint to immediately address that audit deficiency and was able to reduce the overall time spent on the user access review certification process from months to a few days.

* One of the world's largest banks deployed SailPoint and within two weeks detected 167 user access policy violations which could have potentially resulted in undiscovered fraudulent behavior.

* A major bank used SailPoint to conduct an urgent analysis of the degree of control that a target acquisition bank had in place over employee access to sensitive customer information in order to assess the risk they were assuming through that potential merger activity.

* A major manufacturer used IdentityIQ's access certification and role lifecycle management capabilities to focus compliance efforts on areas of greatest concern and establish centralized control over user access that deliver real-time alerts for policy violations.

For more information about how SailPoint customers are using IdentityIQ to help their organizations to reduce the cost of compliance while reducing corporate risk, please see related release, "Allianz Life and Citizens Bank Streamline Compliance and Improve Security with SailPoint IdentityIQ." (http://www.sailpoint.com/news/press/press-release.php?release=45)

SailPoint was also named as one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas 2009 (http://www.sailpoint.com/news/awards.php). The award is a project of TEXAS MONTHLY, the Texas Association of Business, the Texas State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Best Companies Group. Also in 2008, SailPoint was named a Gartner Inc. "Cool Vendor" in identity and access management, a finalist for "Best Innovation in Identity Management" by Europe's Kuppinger Cole, and received Frost & Sullivan's 2008 North American Identity Management Technology Innovation of the Year award.

About SailPoint

SailPoint Technologies, Inc. develops identity governance software that helps organizations gain control over user access to critical systems and data, streamline costly IT compliance processes and reduce the risks of fraud, corporate data loss or theft and failed audits. Founded in December 2005, SailPoint is based in Austin, Texas.

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Contact Information Kari Hanson

SailPoint

http://www.sailpoint.com

978-373-4003

11,000 Organizations Now Using Workshare Professional

11,000 Organizations Now Using Workshare Professional

Workshare Professional Dominates Market Once Owned By DeltaView

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 4, 2009 -- Workshare, the creators of DeltaView, announced that more than 11,000 companies now use Workshare Professional for PDF and document comparison (http://www.workshare.com/products/wsprofessional). Workshare remains the de facto standard for managing high value document processes where accuracy is critical. Over 78% of DeltaView users migrated to the improved comparison technology in Workshare Professional and the remaining 22% are expected to switch as they prepare to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007.

With 3,000 new customers added in 2008, adoption of Workshare's software in the current economic environment underscores customer demand for a tried-and-true solution for document comparison and content security in one integrated offering from a strong industry leading organization. Workshare's document control software integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Office and provides the most accurate comparison engine available to view every edit and contributing author in a document's lifecycle.

With 99% of the Am Law 200 as customers, Workshare has been tested by the most demanding document users. By choosing the industry leader customers are opting for a reliable, safe and resource driven partner to provide business critical applications now and into the future.

"At a time when companies are looking to do more with less, customers appreciate a total solution that provides the leading comparison and metadata removal technology in one integrated package," said Alan Fraser, CEO of Workshare. "By migrating from the award winning DeltaView (http://www.workshare.com/products/wsdeltaview) to Workshare Professional these customers have once again validated our industry leading technology."

For more than 10 years Workshare has provided industry leading document comparison technology and continues to invest in technology, support and training resources. For the remaining DeltaView customers special pricing incentives continue until March 31, 2009 to move to the more advanced comparison technology in Workshare Professional.

About Workshare

Workshare, a global leader in Content Protection and Control, provides solutions to over 11,000 organizations worldwide. Workshare enables businesses and individuals to easily control and manage information securely. More than 60 percent of the Fortune 1000 and 85 percent of the Global Professional Services 250 rely on Workshare solutions to increase productivity and protect their confidential information; ultimately securing their brand reputation and customer relationships. The company has offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, London, Germany, Hong Kong, and Australia. For more information, visit www.workshare.com.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.

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Contact Information David Brennan

Workshare

http://www.workshare.com

415-734-5151

World's First Website for Patients to Share Diagnostic-Quality Medical Images

World's First Website for Patients to Share Diagnostic-Quality Medical Images

Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT®) today publicly announced the world's first free website allowing patients to upload and share diagnostic-quality medical images using nothing but a standard web browser

Durham, NC (PRWEB) February 4, 2009 -- Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT®) today publicly announced the world's first free website allowing patients to upload and share diagnostic-quality medical images using nothing but a standard web browser, www.webpax.com. "Patients can literally email a web link to someone halfway around the world allowing them to instantly view movies of a beating heart," said Brent Reed, HeartIT's Vice President for Sales and Marketing. "And the best part about it is that the service is completely free."

The industry-standard format for medical images is DICOM. Viewing of DICOM-formatted medical images traditionally requires dedicated workstations costing thousands of dollars, which in turn are connected to picture archiving communications and storage (PACS (http://www.webpax.com)) systems costing hundreds of thousands more. All of this makes it practically impossible for the average patient to view images of their own body. Today, however, Web 2.0 technologies are empowering patients with the ability to manage their own electronic medical records.

"When I tried to open the (DICOM) files at home, they wouldn't open with any software that I had on my computer," said Page Watkins, an expectant mother who had received a copy of her baby's sonogram on CD. "I went online, Googled the extension that they were filed with and found that your site offered software to open the files. Even better, your software was able to save these images in a format that could be viewed on a standard DVD player. Needless to say, the slide show was a hit at our family Christmas."

"Many patients don't realize that they have a legal right to request copies of their medical images (http://www.webpax.com)," said Paul Cardullo, HeartIT's Director of Software Development. "All they need to do is ask their doctor for a CD with their images in the standard DICOM format and upload them from any PC or Macintosh computer. Patients can then decide whether or not to allow other people to view their images in a web browser and/or download the DICOM data to another part of the world."

Security on www.webpax.com is based on the same technologies used for online banking. As an added precaution, private information such as names and dates are automatically removed from the DICOM header during uploading.

HeartIT's headquarters are located in North Carolina's Research Triangle. Formed in 2000, HeartIT provides web-based medical image management services and computing systems to large hospitals and regional health care systems, as well as drug and device companies sponsoring multi-center clinical trials. Worldwide, HeartIT's systems currently provide secure web browser access to over 200 million medical images.

More information: www.heartit.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Brent Reed

brent.reed(at)heartit.com

919-323-3001 ext 111

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Contact Information Brent Reed

Heart Imaging Technologies

http://www.webpax.com

919-323-3001 +111

Train Signal Releases Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator Training

Train Signal Releases Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator Training

Train Signal Computer Training today released it's fourth Computer Based Training course on Windows Server 2008.

Rolling Meadows, IL (PRWEB) February 3, 2009 -- Train Signal Inc., a global leader in professional computer training (http://www.trainsignal.com), is excited to announce the release of the final course in their Windows Server 2008 MCITP Server Administrator video training series, Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator.

This advanced topic course on Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator (http://www.trainsignal.com/Windows-Server-2008-Server-Administrator-Training-P58.aspx) is designed not only for those looking to further develop their knowledge of Windows Server 2008, but also for students looking to earn their MCITP: Server Administrator certification.

In addition to complete coverage of the MCITP 70-646 exam topics, the package includes a full version of the MCITP: 70-646 practice exam software from Transcender, the world's leading exam simulation provider. Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator is also available in Train Signal's complete MCITP (http://www.trainsignal.com/Windows-Server-2008-MCITP-Server-Administrator-Training-Package-P59.aspx) Server Administrator training package, which includes Windows Server 2008 Active Directory and Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure. The MCITP Server Administrator training package contains all the training necessary to prepare for your MCITP Server Administrator certification tests.

The Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator training course features over 15 hours of video instruction on two DVDs. Students can access the training in a variety of file formats, such as iPod Video, Mp3 Audio, .WMV and .AVI, to make learning convenient anywhere. And students can print out the instructor's notes to follow along more easily and facilitate the learning process.

Train Signal's Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator training package is designed to help students develop real skills that they can apply immediately on the exam and in the real world. Key topics covered in the training include:

* Windows Deployment Services

* Read Only Domain Controllers

* Virtualization

* Group Policy Management

* Data Provisioning

* Network Policy Server

* Backup and Recovery

* Terminal Services

"This training package is perfect for anyone who wants to gain hands-on experience on Microsoft Server 2008 and prepare for the 70-646 MCITP exam," said Iman Jalali, Train Signal's Director of Sales and Marketing. "We are pleased to offer this extensive package of training materials to help everyone from beginners to experienced administrators enhance their skills."

Train Signal's Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator training course is instructed by Ed Liberman, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCDST, MCT, MCTS, MCITP, A+, Network+, Server+. With over 18 years of experience, Ed's extensive knowledge has helped thousands of people to get started or advance their careers in the IT industry.

Founded in 2002, Train Signal provides computer-based "Total Experience" training that gives individuals the tools and confidence to tackle real-world challenges, pass their certification exam and succeed in today's competitive global IT market. Train Signal offers a wide range of training packages covering Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA and VMware. In addition to its Microsoft Windows Server 2008 courses, Train Signal offers training for over thirty-five different courses including: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007, VMware ESX Server, Cisco CCNA and Cisco CCNP. A privately-held company, Train Signal is based in Rolling Meadows, IL.

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Contact Information Iman Jalali

Train Signal, Inc.

http://www.TrainSignal.com

888-229-5055

AssureSign LLC Launches New Version of AssureSign Electronic Signature Software

AssureSign LLC Launches New Version of AssureSign Electronic Signature Software

New version provides enhanced features, customization, additional signature options and document validation

Orlando, Fla. (PRWEB) February 2, 2009 -- AssureSign LLC, a leader in electronic signature technology, officially released the latest offering of its AssureSign product, AssureSign v2.0.2. This new release offers a host of new features and options that further enhance the management of the application as well as the customer experience when signing documents electronically. Some highlights of the new offering include:

• Certified Signature -- AssureSign's biometric electronic signature technology has been broadly accepted as providing one of the most comprehensive service-based, electronic, hand-written signatures on the market today. AssureSign v2.0.2 introduces a certified signature alternative, which visually distinguishes typed signatures from other typed data input areas created in the signature process. Printed metadata, including date and timestamp, IP address and unique document identification number, appears embedded around the signature data to authenticate the signature.

• Customization and Branding -- A signature-site customization tool enables account administrators to import custom logos or graphics, add custom messages and page header information, and embed links that will be displayed during the signing process.

• Enhanced Integration -- Settings that allow users to customize the default redirection URL upon signing step completion for tighter integration of the signing experience into their existing business process workflow.

• Enhanced Forensics -- Document creators have exposure to signatory IP addresses in document lifecycle reporting.

• Improved License Management -- Easier visibility and access to per-seat license settings, with online ability to request additional licenses.

• Enhanced Security and Document Validation -- An online document validation tool allows users with a document signed via AssureSign to validate its authenticity and confirm that the document has not been tampered with.

"Enhancements in AssureSign 2.0.2, particularly the ability to choose between biometric and certified signatures, are significant to the usability of the product," said David W. Brinkman, AssureSign's Chief Executive Officer. "Users now have the capability to customize AssureSign to reflect their personal preferences and coincide with their organization's look and feel, enriching the end user experience. And since AssureSign is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application, existing customers can immediately have this new functionality without having to upgrade any software on their system."

About AssureSign LLC

AssureSign LLC is a leading provider of web-based electronic signature solutions, featuring unique, patent-pending technology that allows for the execution of any document with forensically identifiable, biometric signatures. AssureSign is a highly secure and flexible "cloud computing" application, that requires absolutely no downloads for the document originator or the document signer. Using the standards-based DocumentNOW integration tool, AssureSign can easily integrate with existing business processes within any enterprise, regardless of size. AssureSign customers consistently experience dramatic cost savings, as well as significant reduction in the time to execute documents. For more information visit www.assuresign.com.

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Contact Information Sharon Fleischer

AssureSign LLC

http://www.assuresign.com

(407) 670-0400