MIDDLETON, Wis. -- NCI (Network Concepts, Inc.) announced today the release of DIMENSIONS 2.5, the software upgrade replacing their popular UNIQUANT Digital EEG, Long Term Epilepsy and PSG Sleep software. New features include SPECTRUM(TM) FFT Spectral Analysis, COMPARE(TM) Sleep Scorer Management and an HIPAA screen lock to password-protect the screen from unauthorized viewing.
"The new and improved features in 2.5 are the direct result of input from our customers. This software release is truly the `customers' release'," said Robert Penrod, CEO. "Reliability has been, and continues to be, the hallmark of NCI. DIMENSIONS 2.5 improves on our already impressive reliability record."
In addition to the new features, a number of improvements will simplify such common tasks such as editing montages and copying studies across the Internet. Also, STATVIEW(TM) gives direct dial-in access to any NCI node from the company's VIEWPOINT(TM) EEG reading software.
"NCI's customers have always demanded the most reliable, stable and feature-rich software," said Robert Nadler, VP of Research and Development. "DIMENSIONS 2.5 delivers on all three."
All customers are being contacted to schedule their upgrades, and all new systems are now being shipped with DIMENSIONS 2.5.
NCI is a privately held medical instruments company based in Middleton, Wisconsin. The Company was originally founded in 1990 and designs and manufactures neurodiagnostic, PSG Sleep and image management systems for the neurology and sleep diagnostic markets. Additional information is available at http://www.nci.com/.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 22 /PRNewswire/ --
National Processing Company (NYSE: NPC) (NPC(R)) a leading provider of merchant credit card processing and a wholly owned subsidiary of National Processing, Inc. (NYSE: NAP) announced the signing of a multi-year processing agreement with K*B Toys. Under the agreement, NPC will provide an end-to-end processing solution for all K*B Toys' Visa(R) and MasterCard(R) transactions.
K*B Toys is the nation's largest combined mall-based and online specialty toy retailer operating more than 1,300 stores across the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico. Under the agreement NPC will provide front-end authorization and settlement services for all card-based transactions accepted at K*B Toys locations and outlets. NPC will also process all Visa and MasterCard transactions from online sales on their website, www.kbkids.com .
"We were impressed with the level of quality and service that NPC has continued to deliver retailers," said David MacPhee, vice president of Finance and controller for K*B Toys. "Partnering with NPC allows us to take advantage of processing scale and efficiencies as well as minimize costs associated with the acceptance of card-based transactions. NPC strives to understand and deliver merchant processing solutions that allows us to concentrate on issues critical to our business."
"NPC is delighted to continue its relationship with K*B Toys," said Mark Pyke, executive vice president of Merchant Services for NPC. "A key advantage of being a single-source processor is that we are able to partner with our clients. Since we are involved on an end-to-end basis, we are able to work more effectively with our clients to help expand their payment alternatives and reduce their cost."
About K*B Toys
K*B Toys is the nation's largest combined mall-based and online specialty toy retailer, operating more than 1,300 stores in all 50 states, the American Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, doing business as K*B Toys, K*B Toy Works, K*B Toy Outlet, K*B Toy Liquidators, K*B Toy Express and with Online Shopping at KBkids.com ( www.kbkids.com ). Offering a wide and competitively priced selection of toys and video games, commitment to customer service, convenient mall locations and a growing online shopping site, K*B Toys combines the speed of the Internet with the convenience of returns at any store. K*B Toys is headquartered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and employs more than 13,000 associates nationwide. K*B Toys became a privately held company in December 2000 through a management buyout in partnership with Bain Capital Inc.
About National Processing, Inc.
National Processing, Inc. through its wholly owned operating subsidiary, National Processing Company (NPC(R)) is a leading provider of merchant credit card processing. National Processing is 87 percent owned by National City Corporation (NYSE: NCC) ( www.nationalcity.com ), a Cleveland based $91 billion financial holding company. NPC supports over 500,000 merchant locations, representing nearly one out of every five Visa(R) and MasterCard(R) transactions processed nationally. NPC's card processing solutions offer superior levels of service and performance and assist merchants in lowering their total cost of card acceptance through our world-class people, technology and service. Additional information regarding National Processing can be obtained at www.npc.net .
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VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2000
ViaVid Broadcasting, Inc. (OTCBB:VVDB) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Michael Campbell of Moneytalks.net, Strategic Profits Inc. and High Performance Events Ltd. for the production and distribution of a weekly webcast show "Mike Talks About Money" with Michael Campbell.
The show will be broadcast on www.moneytalks.net, Community Storefronts Marketplace (www.communitystorefronts.com), Strategic Profits (www.strategicsprofitsinc.com), Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) WindowsMedia.com and as a segment of ViaVid Broadcastings VBC News 1 program (www.viavid.com). In addition a weekly e-commerce show "Net Crazy" will be developed as a joint venture for broadcast across the same sites as "moneytalks.net".
"We are extremely pleased with the addition of `Mike Talks About Money' to our business channel," said Brian Kathler, CEO of ViaVid. "`Mike Talks About Money' will combine Michael Campbell's proven expertise in business and ViaVid's professionalism and expertise in the area of Internet broadcasting."
Michael Campbell is one of Canada's most respected business analysts. He is best known as the host of Canada's top rated business show - Money Talks - heard across the country on the WIC radio network and throughout North America on cknw.com. He is the Chief Business Analyst for BCTV and the national Canada Tonight broadcast. He is the senior business analyst for the Vancouver Sun and writes the lead business column three times a week. He has written the National bestseller titled Cooking the Books With Mike: Michael Campbell's Favourite 50 Recipes for Instant Financial Success.
ViaVid Broadcasting Inc. is a leading edge technology company specializing in streaming media services over the Internet. The company has developed a state-of-the-art Digital Video Production Studio that is capable of being live to the Internet 24 hours per day. In addition, the Company has proven expertise in on-site production from numerous remote locations. ViaVid produces numerous programs for the Internet, including live and interactive business programming on its VBC News1 network, VBC Sports, VBC Entertainment, and Health News. ViaVid has also covered events such as the PGA tour held in Vancouver, B.C. ViaVid is also a content partner for the Microsoft Windows Media portal WindowsMedia.com. In addition ViaVid is currently partnered with IBM, Play Inc., Channelseek, and OnNow.com.
Strategic Profits Inc. has been providing Internet commerce solutions to SME's and not-for-profit and charities since 1994. SPI provides full Internet service offerings including online education, web hosting and design, Internet marketing, secure shopping cart and payment order systems, as well as secure payment transactions through Royal Bank of Canada. In 1998 SPI launched the communitystorefronts.com e-commerce pilot with their consortium partners Industry Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, GE Capital, and Open Market. Today communitystorefronts.com is a fully commercialized portal offering online shopping, fundraising, and turnkey e-commerce solutions.
"Our joint venture partnership with Viavid Broadcasting will allow our companies to explore the potential of streaming video to help drive traffic and potentially sell more products, services and fundraise for our over 200 merchants and charities on communitystorefronts.com," says Catherine Clarke, President and CEO of Strategic Profits Inc. "We have anxiously awaited streaming technology since 1994 to create low cost, dynamic content and advertising to reach the vast numbers of consumers surfing the Web. ViaVid Broadcasting is enabling our vision to become reality."
High Performance Events Ltd. specializes in producing, packaging and selling live and recorded finance, business and economic programming. The company has been successful at producing live programs for the past five years and is now taking these events to the Internet.
For more information regarding ViaVid Broadcasting, Inc. please visit www.viavid.com.
Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from expected results.
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The UN envoy to Iraq yesterday urged politicians to get moving on a key provincial election law that remains bogged down in controversy over the administration of the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.eIuIt is necessary to hold the provincial election at the end of this year, or at least by early next year,eIN Staffan de Mistura told reporters after meeting IraqeIUs most respected Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf.eIuThere is no justification to delay this election,eIN he said in the central holy city.
Iraq had been due to go to the polls on October 1 but the long-awaited legislation to oversee the ballot has faced repeated delays over the political handling of the disputed northern province.MPs failed to agree on the electoral law before parliament went on summer recess from August 6 to September 9.eIuThere are risks if this election is not held because we will face the issue of the provincial councils being illegal, when the period is over,eIN de Mistura said.The elections are now expected to be postponed to early 2009 because parliament has yet to pass the law. However, an election commission member said that if parliament passed the legislation by September 15, the vote could still be held this year.
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IBM TOPS INDIA'S 2011 SUPERCOMPUTERS LIST: INSTITUTE
NEW DELHI - Technology giant IBM has ranked first in terms of supercomputers installed in India, with six such sites, a report by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Monday said.
As per the "India's Top Supercomputers list for 2011", complied and published by Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) of IISc, IBM topped the list with six high performance computing (HPC) installations across India.
NEC TO DELIVER POS TERMINALS TO INDONESIAN RETAILER ALFAMART
JAKARTA - Japan's NEC Corp. (TSE:6701) has received a roughly 2 billion yen (US$24.7 million) order for POS (point of sale) terminals from the operator of major Indonesian convenience store chain Alfamart.
PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk ordered slightly more than 10,000 terminals with displays. Delivery will take place over three years, with 2,000 units to be shipped for use in 1,000 stores by March 2012.
JAPAN TECH DIVIDES MEDICAL IMAGE DATA TO ALLAY SECURITY FEARS
TOKYO - Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (TSE:3774) is developing the technologies for a service that will offer hospitals a safer way to store and manage medical image data.
The idea is to break up the data for an image into four files for storage on four different servers. Each file will be useless on its own; the only way to reconstruct the image will be via a data center operated by IIJ.
NOKIA TO DRIVE FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN INDIA WITH NEW APP
NEW DELHI - Finnish handset maker Nokia on Monday announced that it will embed its 'Mobile Money' application across all its handsets going ahead, a move aimed at driving financial inclusion through mobile devices, across India
The 'Mobile Money' service is aimed at providing the unbanked and under-banked masses, access to financial services through their mobile phones.
HCL TECH, FINZOFT EXPAND PARTNERSHIP FOR FINANCIAL IT SOLUTION
NEW DELHI - Indian IT company HCL Technologies (BSE:532281) on Monday expanded its partnership with New Zealand based financial and banking IT solution provider Finzoft to offer uniform product in the segment.
"Both the companies have been working together from quite some time. In May, 2010, we signed a formal agreement to offer financial solutions and on Monday we are extending it to uniform product development," Rajiv Sodhi, senior corporate vice president and chief customer officer, HCL Technologies said.
INDIA'S YBRANT DIGITAL TO ACQUIRE STAKE IN ISRAEL-BASED WEB 3.0
NEW DELHI - Hyderabad-based digital marketing firm Ybrant Digital on Monday said it plans to acquire a minority stake in Israel-based Web 3.0 that also operates in a similar domain, for an undisclosed amount.
"We have signed a letter of intent to acquire a minority stake in Web 3.0 which specialises in mobile marketing...The due diligence is likely to take about two months," Ybrant Digital Chairman and CEO Suresh Reddy said without disclosing details such as the quantum of stake and valuation.
MORE PAYROLL TRAUMA FOR QUEENSLAND NURSES
BRISBANE - Queensland Health is again under fire over the bungled introduction of its payroll system, with nurses asked to prove they don't owe their employer any money.
The northeastern Australian state's government has spent A$90 million (US$93.77 million) fixing the system, which left thousands of workers overpaid, underpaid or not paid at all.
NUMBER OF 3G SUBSCRIPTIONS RISES IN VIETNAM
HANOI - Vietnam's three largest mobile service providers, VinaPhone, MobiFone and Viettel, confirmed they had a growing number of 3G subscribers after nearly two years of providing the service.
Ngo Dien Hy, director of VinaPhone's centre for value-added services, said the number of 3G subscribers had grown rapidly in the last six months.
AZERI PERSIDENT VISITS HIGH-TECH "IT PARK" IN KAZAN
BAKU - The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today visited high-tech "IT Park" in Kazan.
The Head of State was accompanied by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.
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PARIS, France -- The following information was released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD):
The OECD will publish its Economic Survey of India on Tuesday 14 June 2011. It argues that continuing market-orientated reforms are essential if strong economic growth is to be both sustainable and socially inclusive. The survey also looks at policies to improve areas such as health and education.
The survey will be available to journalists in English on the OECD's password-protected website at 06.30 a.m. Paris time (04.30 GMT, 10.00 a.m. in New Delhi) for immediate release.
The survey will be presented by OECD Secretary-General, Angel Gurria, at a symposium open to the media at 09.30 a.m. the same day at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. A question-and-answer session will take place from 10.00 a.m -- 11.00 a.m. Other speakers include Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commmision and C. Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. To register for the event, journalists are invited to contact: media.registration@oecd.org.
A Policy Brief with the main conclusions of the survey will be freely accessible in pdf format (in English and French) on the OECD's web site at: http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/india. You are invited to include this internet link in reports on the survey.
Journalists will be allowed advance access to the electronic version of the publication, by e-mail and under embargo the day before publication.
The study will be sent by e-mail on request only. In asking to receive the Survey under embargo, journalists undertake to respect the OECD's embargo procedures. Requests to receive the survey by e-mail under embargo or to obtain a password to access the website should be sent to: embargo@oecd.org.
Sri Lanka, May 20 -- I pen these words at the exact date. But it is a year later, in a different place and a different time.
It is not as if the thought had been eating at me or that I had been ticking off days in the calender till May 6. The day started off with an odd sentiment. It was as if a gut feeling was telling me that the day had more in store for me than I knew. It was a feeling that I just couldn't pinpoint or shake off.
Afternoon dawned and with it the hour approached. What was this strange feeling that befell me? What was this veil which covered me and began to choke me till I thought that my lungs will burst? Then it struck me. My eyes were burning. A dagger plunged into old wounds.
Nothing's forgotten... Nothing is ever forgotten...
The last time I set eyes on you, the last moment you uttered my name, the last day you held my hand... All these are treasured memories, frozen in time.
You can stitch a torn cloth. You can glue together a cracked vase. You can piece together a electronic device when it doesn't work but how do you mend a broken heart?
You can surf the internet for weeks and buy every self help book available at the market but you are going to be hard pressed to find anything that will give you a remedy to a broken heart.
Your survival instincts will tell you to dive into a deep period of self-evaluation and improvement. The bitter part of you fires you up with general hatred towards fate and the opposite sex. The 'optimists' will always tell you, "don't worry something better awaits you". However, when the pain of loss is ravaging your body these words of advice seem more like trying to talk a virus out of creating an infection.
Just like there is no magical drug that can cure a virus, you have no other choice but to let your broken heart just run its course. It may be burying yourself deep in your work, finding any form of distraction or weeping it all off, but finally you emerge out of your shell. You feel like you can live again.
Time pass. Some simply crave to erase these recollections because they evoke bitter feelings while for others the memories are bittersweet. Their love for their partner is cremated deep within their heart. From time to time these sweet memories surface but nothing in the world would make them wish that they had never set eyes on their partner.
Months later my friend asks, "Shehara, if you were to turn back time, would you have done things differently? Would you have made different choices, undone or taken back some of the words once spoken between you?"
"Never," I said because my past with you is an untarnished gift. Yes, there are moments that I would sacrifice almost anything to be back by your side, to lean my head on your shoulder and look into your eyes. Words need not be spoken, actions need not betray how we felt about each other. I will endure all that which fallowed and more. Only one phrase that I have come across had set these emotions to words: 'For You, a Thousand Times Over'
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ATK Ammunition Orders Include New M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round
Recent Orders Support ATK's Performance on U.S. Army Contract
MINNEAPOLIS, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received orders totaling more than $488 million for small caliber ammunition pursuant to an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island (ACC-RI). This order includes a mix of 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50 caliber military ammunition to be produced at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo.
ATK is the world's leading producer of small-caliber military and commercial ammunition. The company successfully partnered with the Army to design and produce the new 5.56mm cartridge known to the U.S. warfighter as the Enhanced Performance Round (EPR).
"This latest set of orders includes an increase in the demand for the new M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round, which is getting very positive reviews by the warfighter," explained ATK Small Caliber Systems Vice President and General Manager Mark Hissong. "We've produced more than 100 million rounds of the M855A1 EPR since transitioning it into full-rate production last year. We will increase EPR production rates this year as we complete the modernization of high-speed, high-volume 5.56mm production equipment used to manufacture this new high performance round."
ATK has operated Lake City since April 2000, improving manufacturing efficiencies, increasing manufacturing rates, and partnering with the Army to modernize the facility's infrastructure, and production processes and equipment.
ATK is an aerospace, defense, and commercial products company with operations in 23 states, Puerto Rico, and internationally, and revenues of approximately $4.8 billion. News and information can be found on the Internet at www.atk.com.
Certain information discussed in this press release constitutes forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although ATK believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Among those factors are: changes in governmental spending, budgetary policies and product sourcing strategies; the company's competitive environment; the terms and timing of awards and contracts; and economic conditions. ATK undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For further information on factors that could impact ATK, and statements contained herein, please refer to ATK's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Bournemouth (Vocus/PRWEB) April 14, 2011
C4L, a leading colocation provider in the UK, recently launched three new services at Data Centre World. The exhibition, held at London's Olympia venue attracted nearly 3000 attendees ranging from data centre managers, professionals and distributors through to channel partners. The exhibition also featured over 40 sessions to provide attendees with an in-depth knowledge of the latest trends and topics in the data centre industry.
The event saw C4L adding Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDS) and Data Centre Migration to their already extensive portfolio. These new services, which represent the next generation of C4L's solutions, enable them to provide cloud based services alongside their more traditional data centre based services.
The Data Centre Migration service allows businesses to relocate their data centre presence to any of C4L's 35 locations, whilst opting for a level of involvement suited to their needs. The service features Account Management as standard, as well as insurance and the use of the latest removal equipment.
At Data Centre World, C4L also introduced their IaaS service which allows businesses to build completely customised data centre style platforms, therefore providing savings on previously unused capabilities. This service provides businesses with the benefit of their computing resources being available across geographically diverse data centres, spanning numerous physical servers, which serves to dramatically improve reliability and failover versus traditional data centre offerings.
The third service C4L launched at Data Centre World was their next generation VDS service, which has been designed to provide businesses with high-calibre server solutions, without the costly outlay commonly associated with physical dedicated servers. These three additional services are available in many of C4L's colocation facilities providing businesses with unparalleled choice of location.
Matt Hawkins, Managing Director of C4L commented "Our stand at Data Centre World was a great success, particularly with the launching of these new services. These services are what we've heard our customers demanding; more powerful, resilient and cost effective solutions, and we're confident they'll help us continue our rapid growth for years to come".
About C4L
C4L is an Internet Infrastructure provider and deploys a full range of services in over 35 data centres including colocation, IP Transit, Interconnects, Data Backup, Data Storage, Virtualisation, Disaster Recovery and Leased Lines, to name just a few. These are all provided with C4L's commitment to maximum uptime and customer support featuring a 24/7 NOC which is manned by trained professionals with Microsoft and Cisco qualifications.
C4L is now in its 11th trading year and with a track record of 100% growth every year its client base includes Government, FTSE 250, financial institutions and many of the UK's network carriers. The business is committed to customer satisfaction and quality of service and has achieved certifications such as ISO9001 & 27001.
For more information on these services please call +44 (0)8000 470 481, or visit http://www.C4L.co.uk or for partner information visit http://www.C4Lpartners.co.uk.
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Innovative Design Resolves Key VoIP Quality Challenges for Conferencing Service Providers
HILLSBORO, Ore. -- RadiSys[R] Corporation (NASDAQ:RSYS), a leading global provider of advanced embedded solutions, today announced the addition of Voice Quality Enhancement (VQE) features for the RadiSys Convedia[R] Media Server. The new VQE solution removes the common sources of poor voice quality in VoIP conferencing applications, including noise, packet loss and echo, in addition to capturing statistics for voice quality measurement suitable for upholding service level agreements (SLAs). Through the innovative integration of VQE features with RadiSys Convedia media servers, conferencing service providers (CSPs) and their VoIP application development partners can address both IP media processing and VoIP quality improvements in a single network element. The integrated media server minimizes network complexity and CAPEX and OPEX costs, while improving audio quality for a broad range of VoIP and IMS services.
Next-generation conferencing architectures based on VoIP technology bring economic benefits with new feature capabilities for CSPs. However, they also present new technical challenges in maintaining acceptable voice quality. For CSPs, delivering good voice quality is an important requirement in their VoIP conferencing system, as poor voice quality could increase the costs associated with customer churn, while impacting the bottom line by reducing revenue growth opportunities.
RadiSys media servers with VQE technology cost-effectively overcome the sources of poor voice quality in IP packet networks. For multi-party VoIP conferencing services experiencing audio noise caused by background sounds or sub-optimal network and terminal equipment, VQE implements noise gating, noise reduction and noisy line detection mechanisms. VQE technology also includes packet loss concealment by intelligently restoring audio packets lost or unacceptably delayed by traffic congestion on the Internet. RadiSys Convedia media servers with VQE also remove acoustic echo by continuously monitoring all VoIP call legs, dynamically detecting echoes and selectively applying echo cancellation. Finally, all VQE features are supported with new audio and packet statistics, allowing CSPs to continuously measure audio quality for performance measurement and support SLAs with customers.
"Now that VoIP technology deployment has moved beyond early adoption to large production deployments, maintaining VoIP audio quality in large-scale networks has become a major focus among conferencing service providers," said Marc Beattie, Managing Partner, Wainhouse Research. "By integrating voice quality improvement capabilities within its Convedia media servers, RadiSys enables its customers to deliver dramatically improved call quality on a large scale."
RadiSys' integration of a comprehensive VoIP audio quality improvement package with existing IP media processing capabilities establishes an industry first among IP media server vendors. By consolidating both sets of real-time IP packet processing requirements in the same network element, RadiSys Convedia media servers with VQE improve audio quality, minimize end-to-end delay, streamline network integration and reduce CAPEX and ongoing OPEX costs through consolidated utilization of network equipment resources.
"As our conferencing service provider customers grow their VoIP network deployments, they have also expressed a desire for carrier-class solutions to address VoIP audio quality challenges," said David Smith, General Manager, RadiSys Media Server Business Unit. "Solutions to address VoIP audio quality, just like IP media processing for enhanced services, require sophisticated real-time IP media packet processing capabilities. Adding Voice Quality Enhancement is a natural addition to RadiSys Convedia media servers, and another innovative example of RadiSys applying its engineering expertise in solving real-world deployment issues for our customers."
About RadiSys Convedia Media Servers
RadiSys Convedia media servers support a broad set of IP audio, video, speech and fax media processing features essential for next-generation telecommunications applications. Ranked the market-leading IP media server vendor for five consecutive years by market research firm Infonetics Research, the RadiSys Convedia media server family delivers optimal performance and reliability, scalability, and a low total cost of ownership for media-intensive IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks and services. These media servers enable fixed mobile convergence by delivering a shared IP media processing resource for any access network, including wireless, broadband, cable, PSTN or satellite. The system's multi-service versatility enables service providers, and their application development partners, to rapidly deploy innovative revenue-generating telecommunication services, including multimedia conferencing, ringback tones, unified communications and IP contact center applications.
About RadiSys Corporation
RadiSys (NASDAQ:RSYS) is a leading provider of advanced solutions for the communications networking and commercial systems markets. Through intimate customer collaboration and combining innovative technologies and industry-leading architecture, RadiSys helps OEMs, systems integrators, and solution providers bring better products to market faster and more economically. RadiSys products include embedded boards, application-enabling platforms, the OS-9 operating system, and turn-key systems, which are used in today's complex computing, processing, and network-intensive applications. For more information, visit http://www.radisys.com, write to info@radisys.com, or call 800-950-0044 or 503-615-1100. Editors seeking more information may contact Lyn Pangares at RadiSys Corporation at 503-615-1220 or lyn.pangares@radisys.com.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver King Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKTV) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended November 30, 1995. Total revenue for the first quarters of fiscal year 1996 and 1995 were unchanged at approximately $11.6 million. For the first quarter of fiscal year 1996, the Company reported a net loss of $(3.3) million or $(.35) per share compared to a net loss of $(31) thousand or less than one cent per share in the same quarter last year. The primary reasons for the net loss include the previously disclosed $2.0 million Company-wide restructuring and relocation charges, an additional $.6 million charge related to the closing of the Denver facility of Telemation, Inc., and $.8 million of charges under the terms of the Equity and Bonus Compensation Agreement entered into between the Company and its new Chairman, Barry Diller.
The Company also announced that James M. Lawless has resigned as a member of the Company's Board of Directors, effective December 22, 1995, and no longer serves as President. Mr. Lawless served the Company with distinction as Chairman of the Board from June 7, 1994 until August 24, 1995 and as President since January 12, 1994.
SKTV owns and operates 12 independent full power UHF broadcast television stations which serve 8 of the 12 largest markets in the United States, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, and the stations reach approximately 28 million television households.
SILVER KING COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited) Quarter Ended 11/30/95 11/30/94 (In thousands, except per share data)
Selected Income Statement Information:
Revenue $11,553 $11,555 Net loss $(3,319) $ (31)
Per share basis:
Net loss $ (.35) $ ---
Weighted Average
Shares Outstanding 9,378 8,899
Selected Balance
Sheet Information As Of: 11/30/95 11/30/94 Cash and Cash Equivalents $21,580 $11,099 Total Debt Outstanding $111,456 $122,381 -0- 12/28/95
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/CONTACT: Jason Stewart, 310-246-1411, or Steven Grant, 813-573-0339, both of Silver King/
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