MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Plans to Shine at the 2009 World Solar Challenge with Exa PowerFLOW

MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Plans to Shine at the 2009 World Solar Challenge with Exa PowerFLOW

Exa® Corporation, a global innovator of fluids simulation (CAE/CFD) software for product engineering, is pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Solar Electric Vehicle Team used Exa's PowerFLOW® to successfully meet the demanding 2009 World Solar Challenge design requirements while maintaining the top speed from its 2005 design.

Burlington, MA (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- Exa® Corporation (http://www.exa.com), a global innovator of fluids simulation (CAE/CFD) software for product engineering, is pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) used Exa's PowerFLOW® (http://www.exa.com/pages/pflow/pflow_main.html) to successfully meet the demanding 2009 World Solar Challenge design requirements while maintaining the top speed from its 2005 design.

The 2009 World Solar Challenge (http://www.wsc.org.au) is the ultimate challenge in sustainable energy.The challenge: to design and build a car capable of crossing the vast and imposing continent of Australia using only sunlight as fuel and to prove it, in the spirit of friendly competition, against others with the same goal. New 2009 solar car race regulations require drivers to be seated in the vehicle in a radically more upright position--an ultimately more practical design. This single change increased the frontal area of the vehicle by 30%, an enormous load increase for a car with only 2 horsepower.

The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (http://tinyurl.com/bydc8f) used PowerFLOW to digitally simulate and analyze external aerodynamic (http://www.exa.com/pages/applications/aerodynamics.html) effects on the 2009 vehicle early in the development process, allowing the team to easily test and optimize different models (http://www.exa.com/pages/applications/tva.html) on the computer long before a physical model was made. Design modifications were made throughout the model from fairings to back end adjustments based on PowerFLOW results; this allowed the MIT team to maintain the same speed as the 2005 car, even with the significant 2009 regulatory constraints.

"Every bit of aerodynamic drag has an effect on a solar car," remarks David Sanchez, SEVT Aero Lead. "PowerFLOW simulation data allowed us to make design modifications and easily fine tune our vehicle chassis, even slightly reducing our drag from our last model." Sanchez continues, "Without Exa in our engineering process, we would not have been able to achieve the results to meet our design goals."

"Exa is proud to support MIT's efforts to improve the environment and we wish them every success in their races," remarked Stephen Remondi, Exa's President and CEO. "Finding areas of improvement on such a highly optimized vehicle is difficult, but this team has proven that even in these conditions, simulation and analysis can identify design modifications that have huge impact. I look forward to seeing what this creative team accomplishes on their next model." The SEVT has already begun testing their 2010 car with PowerFLOW and plans to use Exa's PowerCLAY® (http://www.exa.com/pages/pclay/pclay_main.html) geometric morphing software as well for optimizing surfaces on that model.

About Exa Corporation

Exa Corporation develops, markets, and supports a suite CAE and CFD simulation software tools including PowerFLOW, PowerCLAY, PowerWRAP®, PowerVIZ, PowerSPECTRUM®, PowerCOOL and PowerTHERM along with professional engineering consulting services. Exa's products and services enable engineers to create competitive designs, while shortening product design cycles, and speeding time-to-market. A partial customer list includes: AGCO, Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Hyundai, Kenworth, MAN, Nissan, Peterbilt, Renault, Scania, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo Trucks.

Founded in 1991, the company is headquartered at 55 Network Drive, Burlington, MA, USA 01803. Tel: 1.781.676.8500; Fax: 1.781.676.8599; URL: www.exa.com

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Exa Corporation

http://www.exa.com

781 676 8551

Raxco Software Releases Revolutionary PerfectDisk 10 Virtual Enterprise Edition With Patent-Pending Virtual Awareness Technology

Raxco Software Releases Revolutionary PerfectDisk 10 Virtual Enterprise Edition With Patent-Pending Virtual Awareness Technology

New Platform-independent Virtualization Tool Eliminates Resource Contention to Maintain Optimal Performance on Physical Host Machines

Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- Raxco Software, the leader in disk and virtualization defragmentation software (http://www.perfectdisk.com/), today announced the release of the PerfectDisk® 10 Virtual Enterprise Edition (http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/business-perfectdisk10-virtual-enterprise-edition/learn-more) for virtual environments using VMware ESX Server and Microsoft's Hyper-V or other Windows®-based physical hosts. The PerfectDisk 10 Virtual Enterprise Edition is the world's only disk defrag (http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/business-perfectdisk10-virtual-enterprise-edition/learn-more) utility with Virtual Awareness to ensure optimal performance in virtual environments. Licensing also includes the PerfectDisk 10 Enterprise Console (http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/business-perfectdisk10-enterprise-console/learn-more), providing enterprises with a fully integrated management system for their virtual environments.

The Virtual Enterprise Edition utilizes new patent-pending technology that is virtually aware of its environment. Other disk defragmenters available in the market today are unable to distinguish that they are in a virtual environment, resulting in scenarios where a virtual guest will consume resources from the host that are critical to another guest's potentially critical activity. This resource contention can easily lead to a severe degradation in performance for the critical guest. With the PerfectDisk 10 Virtual Enterprise Edition, PerfectDisk is able to determine when it is in a virtual environment and adjust defragmentation accordingly to eliminate performance-debilitating resource contention.

"The PerfectDisk 10 Virtual Enterprise Edition's virtual-awareness capability is a great advancement and makes defragmentation truly valuable and a no-brainer in virtual environments," said Russ Howard, Systems/Programmer III at the University of Pittsburgh. "Raxco Software has improved an already top-notch product."

"As organizations continue to implement more virtualization solutions to keep costs and energy use down, the PerfectDisk 10 Virtual Enterprise Edition is a critical piece of the virtualization puzzle," said Bob Nolan, president and CEO of Raxco Software. "With this component of the PerfectDisk 10 line, enterprises can be assured that they are maximizing performance in these environments without wasting valuable resources."

The PerfectDisk 10 Virtual Enterprise Edition is available immediately at www.perfectdisk.com.

About Raxco Software

Raxco Software has been the industry leader in helping large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers with their computer resource management needs for over 30 years. Its PerfectDisk 10 is Certified by Microsoft® for Vista, Windows Server® 2008 and Hyper-V. PerfectDisk products have a long history of winning the industry's highest awards, most notably its perfect 5-star review from CNET Download, winner of the Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards for Defragmentation Utility and Storage Management Tools, Redmond Magazine's Best of the Best Award, and PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award. Raxco also produces optimization software, for HP's OpenVMS operating system. Raxco Software can be found on the Web at www.perfectdisk.com.

Contacts:    

Sherry Murray

Raxco Software, Inc

301-519-7836

smurray(at)perfectdisk.com

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Contact Information Sherry Murray

Raxco Software

http://www.perfectdisk.com

301-519-7836

Raxco Software Releases PerfectDisk 10 Enterprise Console With New Virtualization Reporting and VMware Integration

Raxco Software Releases PerfectDisk 10 Enterprise Console With New Virtualization Reporting and VMware Integration

New Integration with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 207 Also Available

Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- Raxco Software, the industry leader in virtualization defragmentation software (http://www.perfectdisk.com/), today announced the release of the PerfectDisk® 10 Enterprise Console (http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/business-perfectdisk10-enterprise-console/learn-more) for total management of enterprise computers, servers and virtual environments. The enhanced console management system contains new features to give system administrators more customization and control of disk defrag (http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/business-perfectdisk10-enterprise-console/learn-more) efforts across an enterprise, including virtual environments.

Enhancements included with the PerfectDisk 10 Enterprise Console (http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/business-perfectdisk10-enterprise-console/whats-new) include:

•    New virtualization reports show fragmentation issues across a virtual environment.

•    New integration with VMware® Virtual Infrastructure Management allows VMware ESX Server-based datacenters to enhance their automation through a single point of management for their ESX-based and vCenter- managed Windows® guests.

•    New integration with Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager 2007, allowing administrators to access fragmentation statistics and alerts and warnings from the SCOM 2007 console, providing a single point of management for their managed Windows environment.

•    New configuration management and reporting that allows administrators to create and assign configuration profiles and report on configurations used.

•    New Smart Reports provide a dynamic combination of reportable and pie charts.

•    Now bundled with SQL Server Express Edition for improved performance and scalability.

"The PerfectDisk 10 Enterprise Console's new reporting and integration with leading technologies such as VMware Virtual Infrastructure Management and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 make it a key component of system administrator's management systems," said Greg Hayes, manager of technical solutions at Raxco Software. "In these resource-constrained times, the ability to manage everything from a single point is critical to save time and resources, and the new management console now delivers more than ever."

The PerfectDisk 10 Enterprise Console (http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/business-perfectdisk10-enterprise-console/learn-more) is available immediately at www.perfectdisk.com and is priced at $199.99.

About Raxco Software

Raxco Software has been the industry leader in helping large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers with their computer resource management needs for over 30 years. Its PerfectDisk 10 is Certified by Microsoft® for Vista, Windows Server® 2008 and Hyper-V. PerfectDisk products have a long history of winning the industry's highest awards, most notably its perfect 5-star review from CNET Download, winner of the Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards for Defragmentation Utility and Storage Management Tools, Redmond Magazine's Best of the Best Award, and PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award. Raxco also produces optimization software, for HP's OpenVMS operating system. Raxco Software can be found on the Web at www.perfectdisk.com.

Contacts:    

Sherry Murray

Raxco Software, Inc

301-519-7836

smurray(at)perfectdisk.com

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Raxco Software

http://www.perfectdisk.com

301-519-7836

InstantPresenter Connects Multiple Nestl� Branches Through Webcasting

InstantPresenter Connects Multiple Nestlé Branches Through Webcasting

InstantPresenter.com, a leading provider of Flash-based web conferencing and video conferencing services, provided webcast services for Nestlé USA, the world's largest food company, in January 2009.

Huntington Beach, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- InstantPresenter.com, a leading provider of Flash-based web conferencing (http://www.instantpresenter.com/Web-Conferencing-Services/OnVoiceAudioWebConferencing.aspx) and video conferencing (http://www.instantpresenter.com/Web-Conferencing-Services/OnVideoVideoWebConferencing.aspx) services, provided webcast services for Nestlé USA, the world's largest food company, in January 2009. The onsite webcast took place in Glendale, CA, reaching multiple branch locations throughout the United States. Taking advantage of InstantPresenter's services to webcast the conference was a financially beneficial decision on Nestlé's part; ensuring zero travel costs for its employees, who are dispersed throughout the United States. From the initial contact with Nestlé, to the successfully delivery of the webcast, InstantPresenter.com had one week to plan and implement Nestlé's web conference.

"With limited time, InstantPresenter was able to deliver a spot-on webcast for Nestlé," said TJ Davis, Director of Sales for InstantPresenter.com. "We look forward to developing a strong business relationship with the company."

InstantPresenter.com provides high quality, onsite webcasting services (http://www.instantpresenter.com/Web-Conferencing-Solutions/WebcastandWebinarSolutions.aspx) from any location equipped with reliable internet connectivity. Additionally, InstantPresenter is outfitted to provide broadcast-quality production with studio partners in the city of Orange, as well as other Orange County and Los Angeles locations.

InstantPresenter's no-downloads-needed software includes valuable web conferencing features such as Registration forms, Survey Tools, and PayPal integration for attendee payment collection. In addition, InstantPresenter's webcasting features allow for complete do-it yourself broadcasts from the comfort of your office, along with strong branding capabilities. All webcast screens can be branded to match a company's image, along with logos, backgrounds and login pages.

For more information about InstantPresenter.com, please visit the website at www.instantpresenter.com (http://www.instantpresenter.com).

About InstantPresenter.com

InstantPresenter.com is a browser based web conferencing and video conferencing service that uses cutting edge Flash technology to allow customers to present online. InstantPresenter.com uses video, VoIP, PowerPoint and more without the need to download and install additional software or purchase additional hardware. Find out more at www.instantpresenter.com.

CONTACT:

Lauren Harris

(714) 890-3008

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InstantPresenter

http://www.instantpresenter.com

(714) 890-3008

65 Percent Revenue Growth Attributed to WorkForce Software Planning and Execution in 2008

65 Percent Revenue Growth Attributed to WorkForce Software Planning and Execution in 2008

Workforce Management Software Vendor Expects Continued Growth in 2009

Livonia, Mich. (Vocus) February 24, 2009 -- WorkForce Software (http://www.workforcesoftware.com/index.html), Inc., a leader in workforce management solutions, reported today that it grew revenue by 65-percent in 2008. Fueled with $5.5 million in investment capital at the beginning of 2008, the company's executive team, led by Kevin Choksi, created and executed on a plan for growth in key industries, including education, financial services, public sector, and utilities. In addition, the company launched a major new release, version 7.0, of its EmpCenter (http://www.workforcesoftware.com/products/products.html)® workforce management suite, which helped win new business.

"We entered 2008 with a strong growth plan and the capital to implement it" said Kevin Choksi (http://www.workforcesoftware.com/company/exec_team.html), president and CEO of WorkForce Software. "We executed that plan and delivered outstanding results."

The investment capital, which came from ORIX Venture Finance early in 2008, also helped WorkForce hire additional experienced people for its sales, marketing, consulting and development teams. "We were able to broaden the coverage of our sales team with A-List players with domain expertise in human capital management and ERP software" said Choksi. "With more feet-on-the-street, we were able to compete in more deals--and win them."

With new customers in the public sector, education, financial services and utilities industries, specifically the utility industry, WorkForce acquired nearly twice as many new customers in 2008 than it did in 2007. WorkForce proactively positioned itself with appropriate resources and augmented its staff with partnerships with leading human capital management consulting firms, including Workforce Insight, Hackett Group, and Axsium Group.

"Each of our consulting partners is currently engaged on EmpCenter projects," said Kathy Cannon, implementation director and co-founder of WorkForce Software. "We are impressed with the skills and knowledge they have brought to these projects and look forward to continuing relationships with each."

WorkForce is also well positioned for 2009 and expects strong results. "While we continue to keep our eyes on changing economic indicators, our plan for this year is sound. We are increasing efficiencies, monitoring our costs, and pursuing markets that have proven to be profitable for us," said Ed Bernice, CFO of WorkForce Software.

In 2008, WorkForce also made a significant investment in marketing automation, which helps the company identify and communicate with more prospective customers than in previous years. "Our marketing efforts are focused on efficiently uncovering a growing number of well defined opportunities," said Bob Gallagher, vice president of marketing for WorkForce Software. "We are seeing improved productivity and dramatic year over year increase in opportunities."

Another important milestone for WorkForce in 2008 was the development of its EmpCenter Fatigue Management solution, which has been chosen by more than 50-percent of the nuclear power companies in America. The solution manages compliance with new United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) requirements that were created to provide reasonable assurance of industrial and nuclear safety by managing the "fitness for duty" of employees.

The Fatigue Management (http://www.workforcesoftware.com/solutions/utilities.html) solution leverages EmpCenter's sophisticated rules engine, so it is able to manage complex NRC requirements without custom programming. Companion modules to Fatigue Management include EmpCenter Time and Attendance, which manages complex pay rules, leave accruals, and other attendance policies; and EmpCenter Advanced Scheduler, which helps managers create optimized employee schedules, and fill vacant positions that result from unplanned absences.

Many organizations turn to cost savings in a down economy, and WorkForce Software's EmpCenter applications significantly cut labor costs by automating the thousands of interactions between employees and employers. A 2008 Nucleus Research study found that one WorkForce Software customer, Ohio University (https://www.vtrenz.net/imaeds/ownerassets/961/Nucleus_ROI_OU.pdf), used EmpCenter to save $2.9 million annually. The study also found that Ohio University's payback on the investment was only three months, which demonstrates the value of the EmpCenter workforce management solution.

About WorkForce Software (http://www.workforcesoftware.com/company/company.html)

WorkForce Software, Inc. is a leader in workforce management systems for mid-sized and large employers. Its EmpCenter system automates and streamlines interactions between the employer and its workforce. Interactions include time entry, time-off requests, request for personal information, and schedule preferences. By automating these interactions, organizations can better manage payroll and processing costs, help ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, and increase the productivity and satisfaction of their employees. The EmpCenter suite is composed of numerous applications, including Time and Attendance, Activity Based Costing, Multiple Assignments, Accruals and Absence Manager, FMLA Manager, Advanced Scheduling, and Fatigue Management. WorkForce Software's diverse customer base includes large employers such as the University of California, the City of Raleigh, Vivendi Universal Games, and Compass Bank. For more information, visit www.workforcesoftware.com.

Copyright © 2009 WorkForce Software, Inc.

Media Contact:

Melissa Diemert, Director of Marketing

WorkForce Software, Inc.

(734) 742-3594

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http://www.workforcesoftware.com

734.742.3594

RSD Folders 5.0 for z/OS Delivers Breakthrough Productivity for Enterprise Information Governance

RSD Folders 5.0 for z/OS Delivers Breakthrough Productivity for Enterprise Information Governance

Information Lifecycle Management capabilities optimize content capture, retention, and disposition, improve compliance, reduce operating cost

Geneva, Switzerland and Teaneck, New Jersey, USA -- RSD (http://www.rsd.com), a leading provider of enterprise content management (ECM) and business information delivery solutions, today announced the availability of RSD Folders 5.0 (http://www.rsd.com/en/products/rsd-folders.html) for z/OS, the next major release of RSD's enterprise content management platform that delivers significant new capabilities in information lifecycle management and auditing.

"New information governance requirements place an even greater burden on IT to ensure secure and timely access to critical customer and employee documents," said Pierre Van Beneden, RSD CEO. "Until now, ECM solutions were not designed to handle complex retention rules or to deal with extraordinary situations, such as a litigation process can create."

New regulations require a new level of detail in audit trails for compliance. "From the assignment of retention policies to incoming documents, to the management of exception events which require special treatment, to the delivery of detailed audit data for reporting with RSD Activisor, RSD Folders 5.0 for z/OS sets a new standard for enterprise content management solutions in the age of information governance," concluded Van Beneden.

RSD Folders 5.0 for z/OS allows users to define archive policies which are assigned at the time of content capture. Archive policies determine how long content is retained, when it is disposed of, and on what media it is stored during up to eight user-specified periods. This capability enables unmatched flexibility in managing records retrieval performance and storage system cost.

Furthermore, RSD Folders 5.0 for z/OS provides powerful event-based retention capabilities. If an exceptional event occurs, such as an account cancellation or an employee resignation, specific documents can be easily removed from larger multi-document archives. If a legal or regulatory event requires that a document be retained beyond the standard policy retention period, specific documents within an archive can be protected from deletion until that legal hold is lifted.

All components of RSD Folders 5.0 for z/OS can be configured to generate audit data, effectively making every product activity - from user activity or batch jobs - available for subsequent tracking using solutions like RSD Activisor© (http://www.rsd.com/en/products/activisor.html), or other products that can import standard CSV files.

The release also implements digital signatures for RSD Folders Archives on z/OS, ensuring the integrity of entire archives in addition to at the individual document level.

"The growing challenge of information governance requires that content management solutions deal far more intelligently with a far broader range of compliance mandates," said Van Beneden. "Our customers in what we call the 'content intensive industries,' such as banking and telecommunications, have worked closely with us to ensure that RSD Folders exceeds all of these complex requirements."

About RSD

Founded in 1973 in Geneva, with affiliates in New York and London, RSD helps companies meet the growing challenge of information governance by providing market-leading products for business information delivery, content and records management, and document archiving and retrieval. RSD solutions are used by more than 1,200 organizations worldwide, including a majority of the Fortune 500. Today RSD supports over 2 million users, and offers its innovative products and services in more than 26 countries around the globe - both directly and through strategic business partners.

For RSD:

Tim Dempsey, +1 (978) 273 4888

www.rsd.com

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RSD

http://www.rsd.com

+1 978 273 4888

Capterra's Michael Ortner Named to DC Area's Smart100

Capterra's Michael Ortner Named to DC Area's Smart100

CEO recognized for Strategic Vision

Arlington, VA (Vocus) February 24, 2009 -- Capterra announced today that CEO, Michael Ortner, is one of Washington SmartCEO magazine's Smart100. An independent selection committee chose this exclusive group of CEOs based on their Leadership, Strategic Vision and Character. Ortner hopes this honor will bring more eyes on Capterra, a website that helps businesses find the best software solutions for their needs.

"Capterra has helped millions of companies find just the right software for their needs and thousands of software vendors to reach these customers. I'm proud to be recognized, but everyone knows that building a great company is a team effort. I love coming to work every day because I truly believe in our mission and I really enjoy working with my team. Work is supposed to be fun and I think it is at Capterra."

A former technology consultant, Ortner founded Capterra in 1999 after experiencing the difficulty in finding and implementing software and realizing the problems software companies have marketing their products.

Ortner and the other Smart100 honorees will serve as a source of inspiration and education for the 34,000 business owners in Baltimore and Washington that read SmartCEO. Smart100 companies represent a variety of industries including government contracting, information technology and financial services. The average Smart100 company employs between 10 and 100 employees and generates $10-$50 million in revenue.

"The Smart100 embodies 100 CEO's with incredible business minds who have successfully grown their companies to be the best in Washington," says Group Associate Publisher of SmartCEO, Jaime Park.

About Capterra

Capterra (http://www.capterra.com/) is the leading online destination for business software buyers. Capterra has helped millions of people select the right software solution for their organizations, while providing an easy way for software vendors to reach active buyers. For more information, call (703) 994-4151 or visit www.capterra.com.

Contact:

Besa Pinchotti

Capterra, Inc.

(703) 994-4151

besa(at)capterra.com

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Capterra

http://www.capterra.com

703-994-4151