LG Electronics SuperSign Digital Signage Solutions

September 29, 2010 · Filed Under Software News · Comment 

Customizable Digital Signage Solutions Enhance SMB Commercial Environments with Simple-to-Use, Innovative Displays

Addressing the needs of the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market in the United States, LG Electronics USA announced “SuperSign,” a suite of digital signage solutions that makes it simpler than ever to incorporate customizable and engaging digital signage in commercial environments:

  • SuperSign Elite-s, a customizable hardware and software platform designed for system integrators, and
  • SuperSign Premier-s, LG’s turn-key solution, complete with compelling content offerings, technical support and convenient monthly financing that SMBs can utilize out of the box.

“LG’s new SuperSign suite is designed to meet two primary needs of the SMB market – complete turn-key and fully customizable. These solutions satisfy both end-users and channel partners, and we believe we’ve come up with a unique and compelling approach to the market,” said Jeff Dowell, vice president, Digital Signage, LG Electronics USA Business Solutions. Read more

FileMaker Announces Significant Updates to FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad

September 28, 2010 · Filed Under Software News · Comment 

FileMaker announced version 1.1 of FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad, the popular new apps that let users work with FileMaker Pro databases on iPhone or iPad.

These significant updates, are available free from the iTunes App Store, and include enhancements for creating PDFs, sharing databases via email, and inserting photos in databases.

Users can now produce PDFs directly from FileMaker Go and either save them on their mobile devices or email them. This feature lets mobile users easily save and distribute reports, create invoices, and share project status directly from their iPad or iPhone.

Another enhancement is the ability to save a copy of a complete database and email it directly from FileMaker Go. With this feature, iPhone and iPad users can exchange databases from their devices without needing to dock with a desktop or laptop.

The update also delivers new ways to work more efficiently with photos and other media and information. FileMaker Go users can capture photos on an iPhone, or take photos that are already in the photo library of an iPhone or iPad, and insert them directly into a FileMaker Go database. Photos stored in a database can be emailed out later using FileMaker Go.

Other file types, such as spreadsheets, can be emailed directly from FileMaker Go. Read more

National High School Cyber Defense Competition Exceeds 450 Teams

September 26, 2010 · Filed Under Security Software, Software News · Comment 

Registration for Cyber Security Education Initiative Remains Open until Oct. 8

The Air Force Association announced today that CyberPatriot now has more than 450 teams registered to participate in the premier high school cyber defense competition.  Only Iowa, Montana and Wyoming have yet to join the contest.

CyberPatriot is the nation’s largest and fastest-growing high school cyber defense competition. With 47 states, Puerto Rico and U.S. Department of Defense Dependent Schools in Japan and Korea already represented, word is getting out to high school educators across the country. Teams have registered from public, private, parochial and home schools in many states in the competition’s Open Division. Additionally, Junior ROTC units of all Services and Civil Air Patrol squadrons are rapidly filling the All-Service Division in the two-track competition.

CyberPatriot provides students interactive learning while competing virtually against their peers. Teams of five, with an approved coach (usually a teacher), learn to defend computer networks from real-life computer threat scenarios. In the preliminaries, hundreds of teams compete online using software  provided by CyberPatriot to competitively solve vulnerabilities in a network. The top teams then compete again in a series of online rounds to determine the finalists for an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC and the Championship Round at the Gaylord National Convention Center in April 2011. Read more

DeviceFidelity In2Pay iCaisse4 Plug and Play Mobile Payment Solution for iPhone 4

September 23, 2010 · Filed Under Business Software, Software News · Comment 

DeviceFidelity announced the In2Pay iCaisse4 plug and play mobile payment solution. In2Pay iCaisse4 is a specially designed protective case that enables iPhone 4 to be used to make payments at contactless-enabled merchants worldwide.

DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay mobile payment solution has earned global recognition as a plug and play solution for simple wave-and-go payments at hundreds of thousands of merchants worldwide. Through its partnership with VISA, DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay solution is being used in trials by banks and wireless carriers in North America, Europe and Asia.

“DeviceFidelity is playing a leading role in unlocking the true potential of NFC mobile payments, and iPhone has helped in introducing the technology to consumers around the world,” said John Weise, President and CEO of Zenius solutions.

In2Pay iCaisse4 provides protection against handset damage by shielding all surfaces of the iPhone 4 except the screen. The In2Pay iCaisse4 has a microSD slot that is designed to accept the In2Pay microSD secure contactless device, issued by a financial institution or wireless carrier as a credit, debit, prepaid or a multiple account digital wallet. Once consumers plug in their In2Pay microSD, they can simply wave their iPhone 4 to pay at retail stores, fast food restaurants, in taxis, vending machines and tens of thousands of other merchants enabled to accept contactless payments worldwide. The In2Pay microSD contains the same secure smart card chip that is used in millions of chip and PIN smart cards issued in EMV-compliant countries worldwide. Transactions conducted by this device with the terminals are compliant with industry standard payment schemes such as the VISA payWave that generates a dynamic variable verification code for every transaction, helping prevent fraud. The In2Pay iCaisse4 integrates seamlessly with the In2Pay App for iPhone. Read more

Excel4apps Achieves Oracle Validated Integration of GL Wand with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1

September 21, 2010 · Filed Under Software News · Comment 

Excel4apps to demonstrate GL Wand at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco

Oracle partner Excel4apps announced that its GL Wand 4.1 software has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1. Oracle Validated Integration, through the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), applies a rigorous technical process to review integration of third-party software like GL Wand with Oracle Applications products. For GL Wand, this means Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 users can confidently and easily access and report financial information real-time  through a familiar Excel front end.

“As part of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, Excel4apps is excited to announce Oracle Validated Integration for our flagship GL Wand product, as it assures our customers that the software has been found technically and functionally sound, and performs as documented with the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1,” said Michele Buson, director and co-founder of Excel4apps. “Our customers who use Oracle benefit greatly from the integration with GL Wand, which supports faster finance reporting and monthly closes, as well as data integrity with real-time information access.”

Excel4apps achieved Oracle Validated Integration through the Oracle PartnerNetwork.. This program provides partners with access to Oracle Applications software, tools, technical resources and training to assist them in developing integrations based on Oracle standards and best practices.

GL Wand is Excel-based and integrates directly with the Oracle E-Business Suite, so there is no need to learn a new interface. Installed within minutes and easy to use, GL Wand requires little support from information technology staff for maintenance and programming. Report creation and queries for Oracle data are easily accomplished by accountants and other financial users with minimal training, allowing more time for data analysis and faster ad-hoc reporting. In addition, the direct integration with Oracle inspires confidence in reports at all organizational levels.

“With GL Wand, our executives are much more comfortable with what they see on paper,” said Jason Burgos of the Business Applications group at FICO, an analytics software and services provider. “GL Wand pulls directly from the transactional system in real time, without offline processes that could introduce costly errors, enabling us to manage our business effectively.” Read more

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