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Technology

XebiaLabs Adds XL Release to Accelerate Software Delivery

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XL release provides advanced enterprise release coordination, streamlines path to delivery through automation and collaboration

Boston, MA (USA), September 17, 2013 — XebiaLabs, the leading provider of delivery acceleration software, today announced XL release, an enterprise-class release coordination product. XL release enables teams to integrate release management and execution for the first time while providing a path to fully automated delivery pipelines, getting features and enhancements to your customers and end users faster.

XL release allows all team members to collaborate effectively and simply on application releases – to plan, execute and track both manual and automated tasks from code drop to end-user. Integration with XebiaLabs’ Application Release Automation software Deployit provides a complete solution to deliver higher quality software faster.

The current reality of software releases is that they consist of a mix of automated and manual tasks, all of which have to be scheduled, coordinated and carried out.

Automation and execution of tasks in a typical release cycle cannot be combined with tracking and coordination, since today’s planning tools do not provide automation capabilities. This results in time-consuming overhead to keep the release coordinator, the release team and all other stakeholders in sync.

Handling the communications divide between Development, QA and Operations introduces additional time lags, increases the risk of miscommunications and errors.

“Recognizing the pains in the marketplace, we created a product that not only addresses those pains but can substantially increase the level of automation and standardization of software releases,” said XebiaLabs CEO Coert Baart. “The end-result for our customers is high-quality software, delivered faster.”

Built for DevOps and release teams and managers and designed from the ground up around an integrated, team approach to application delivery, XL release is built around the following core functions:

* Flexible Release Plans – The most intuitive and flexible planner to describe all the manual and automated activities that need to be carried out in your releases. Define teams, assign tasks, create checkpoints and gates and identify dependencies in a few clicks.
* Single Source of Truth – All participants in a release, from Dev through to Ops, share a single, up-to-date view of all release activities, even with globally distributed teams.
* Ready for Reality – Re-plan and adapt to changing circumstances as necessary. Re-run release steps, rollback unfinished tasks and reassign activities while maintaining a full audit trail.
* Release Templates – Transition to more predictable and efficient release plans by defining release templates for applications and even entire application families. Implement Continuous Delivery by progressing to release pipelines for all your application releases.
* Built for the Enterprise – Designed from the ground up to meet the requirements of large organizations, with role-based access control, LDAP integration, calendar syncing and more.
Proactive Conflict Alerts – Dependency management and resource usage analytics help you identify potential sources of release delays and failures before they occur.
* Acceleration Platform – With full out-of-the-box support for automating release activities, standardized release pipelines and comprehensive release acceleration analytics, XL release provides you with a dedicated platform for releasing high-quality applications faster.

Availability:
XL release is now available. For more information call (866) 656-4408 | sales-us@xebialabs.com. Register for the Sept. 18 launch webinar: http://go.xebialabs.com/0913XLrelease_3Registration.html.

About XebiaLabs:
With customers such as 3M, John Deere, Duke Energy, Xerox and Société Générale, XebiaLabs is a leading provider of delivery automation software that helps organizations deliver business value faster and more efficiently. Deployit, the only fully-automated Application Release Automation solution, allows customers to carry out and scale application deployments across all middleware and cloud environments. XL release is the most advanced enterprise release coordination software, allowing IT organizations to plan, track and execute releases faster. Headquartered in the U.S., XebiaLabs has a world-wide network of sales offices and partners. http://www.xebialabs.com

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net, Inc
Essex, MA – USA
+1 (978) 768-6888
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.xebialabs.com

Telecom

Prepay Nation and HAY United Join to Bring International Mobile Top-Up to Kruidvat and Trekpleister Drug Stores in The Netherlands

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Digicel and Telesur prepaid international airtime now available at 930 locations nationwide.

Berwyn, PA (USA), September 17, 2013 — Prepay Nation, a leading provider of cross-border micropayments and prepaid mobile airtime transfers, and their partner in the Netherlands, HAY United have launched international mobile top-up via Kruidvat and Trekpleister drugstores across the country.

For the initial launch of the distribution partnership, Prepay Nation is offering instant prepaid airtime refills for Digicel and Telesur phones in Suriname, allowing the estimated 350,000 Suriname expatriates living in The Netherlands the opportunity to top-up the phones of their loved ones back home. Customers can buy 10EUR or 25EUR vouchers in any Kruidvat or Trekpleister store, and use them to send that value home in the form of airtime.

As an added bonus exclusively for Digicel subscribers, during the initial launch period the recipients in Surinam will receive double the voucher amount purchased by customers in the Netherlands; a limited number of customers will also receive a free gift.

The two national drugstore chains have a combined footprint of 930 locations, and are prime shopping spots for members of the Surinamese diaspora. The selection of targeted IMTU offerings available in-store will be broadened over time, bringing steadily increasing value to the entire distribution chain, from carrier through customer.

Hans Lute, COO of Digicel in Surinam, called the launch an excellent opportunity. “Bringing international mobile top-ups to some of the most convenient and popular locations in the Netherlands is a fantastic chance, not only to broaden our distribution, but also to connect the residents of Suriname to one of the largest Surinamese expatriate populations in the world,” Gopaul said. “Our goal at Digicel is to keep people connected, and we’re thrilled to be doing that here with Prepay Nation and HAY United.”

“This is just the beginning of a strong partnership,” said Remco Nederpel, CEO of HAY United. “This distribution agreement has the potential to grow dramatically in scale, offering top-ups from a wide variety of international mobile brands to every diaspora in the Netherlands. We are pleased to start on this journey with Kruidvat and Trekpleister, and are excited to see it grow.”

About Prepay Nation:
Prepay Nation is a fast growth company in the business of enabling micropayments from one person to another across international borders. Prepay Nation utilizes the prepaid mobile ecosystem to transfer values in the form of international airtime remittance. With mobile operator partnerships in Central America, South America, Caribbean, Asia, and Africa, and a varied distribution channel spanning the US, Canada, and Middle East, Prepay Nation offers its innovative services to expatriates who financially support their loved ones back home. Prepay Nation’s unique business model, highly scalable processing platform, and interconnectivity with mobile operators, allows for instantaneous and no-fee transfers for the consumers and an opportunity to generate significant revenues for the distributors. For more information, visit http://www.prepaynation.com.

About Hay United:
HAY United is a business venture set up exclusively to promote cross border mobile top ups in the Pan European Market and beyond. Hay United in partnership with Prepay Nation is set to identify innovative opportunities & use cases for Cross Border value transfer. HAY United has been promoted by a team of experienced individuals who have expertise in serving a variety of distribution channel such as retailers, e-tailers, e-voucher distributors and M(V)NOs.

Press & Media Contact:
Sarah Feidt
Marketing Director
Prepay Nation
1055, Westlakes Drive, Suite # 300
Berwyn, PA 19312 – USA
+1 571 213 6609
sfeidt@prepaynation.com

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Business

T5 Data Centers Signs Lease with Financial Services Customer at T5@Kings Mountain Campus

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Financial Institution Turning to T5 as Experts Who Can Deliver Customized, Resilient Data Center Infrastructure.

Kings Mountain, NC, USA (September 17, 2013) — T5 Data Centers today announced that a global financial services company is the newest tenant to sign a lease for data center space at the T5@Kings Mountain campus.

The customer has signed a 10-year turn-key lease for an undisclosed amount of critical load. The lease gives this customer occupancy of half of one of the campus’ powered building shells. The financial institution selected T5 Data Centers because of the company’s ability to completely customize the facility’s design to meet their specific requirements, resulting in a data center with a very robust and redundant infrastructure that ensures uninterrupted uptime. Leasing space at the T5@Kings Mountain campus will give the customer complete control over their data processing environment. They have dedicated and isolated computing space for absolute security.

“We are seeing more financial institutions from the Northeast coming to T5 for data center solutions that can be customized, offer greater reliability and better security at a reasonable price,” said Pete Marin, President and CEO of T5 Data Centers. “Our Kings Mountain facility is ideally located, since it is in the same time zone and close to the Northeast and has a solid fiber connection with multiple providers including long haul fiber connectivity from AT&T & Level 3. We anticipate other financial institutions to follow the customer’s example because of our low Risk location, High Quality Data Center Space and our Customized Solution.”

Other factors that make T5@Kings Mountain an attractive data center location are the low cost of occupancy and the low cost of power. Duke Energy has a dedicated 180 MW substation servicing the Kings Mountain data center campus delivering stable, low-cost power. The campus also uses underground concrete encased duct bank system for secure reliable power delivery. Additionally, state and local tax incentives offer up to 100 percent abatement on data center equipment and software.

The T5@Kings Mountain data center campus features turn-key, power shell and build-to-suit options within the 280-acre campus. The geographic location has a low occurrence of both natural and manmade disasters and the buildings are structurally enhanced to withstand winds up to 185 mph. The core and shell is LEED certified.

About T5 Data Centers
T5 Data Centers (T5) is a leading national data center owner and operator, committed to delivering customizable, scalable data centers that provide an “always on” computing environment to power mission critical business applications. T5 Data Centers provides enterprise and wholesale colocation data center services to organizations across North America using proven, best-in-class technology and techniques to design and develop facilities that deliver the lowest possible total cost of operations for its clients. T5 currently has business-critical data center facilities in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Charlotte with new projects announced in Portland and Colorado. All of T5’s data center projects are purpose-built facilities featuring robust design, redundant and reliable power and telecommunications and have 24-hour staff to support mission-critical computing applications.

For more information, visit http://www.t5datacenters.com.

Contact:
Aaron Wangenheim
T5 Data Centers
(415) 292-7700
aaron@t5datacenters.com
http://www.t5datacenters.com

Art

Michele A. Congdon Named as New Featured Artist

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Light Space & Time is very pleased to announce that Michele A. Congdon is the gallery’s new featured artist.

Jupiter, FL, USA (September 16, 2013) — Light Space & Time is very pleased to announce that Michele A. Congdon is the gallery’s new featured artist. Michele will now be featured by the gallery for her outstanding landscape and nature watercolors.

Michele has created a distinct personal style that, while eclectic, is consistent but never static. Her paintings are an invitation to take the journey with her, sharing in the excitement of discovery.

Michele’s father was a painter, and he introduced her to art at an early age. She soon discovered that holding a brush gave her intense pleasure. Although oil was the medium she learned first, Michele has embraced watercolor as her chosen means of expression. Mostly self-taught, Michele has built a library of art instruction and reference works. Constantly honing her skills and learning new techniques keeps her perspective fresh and her interest high.

Michele is an Associate Member of the American Watercolor Society. She is a member of the Alliance of Professional Artists. Many of her pieces are in private collections. She has a corporate installation at Wright Risk Management and Congdon, Flaherty and O’Callaghan in Garden City, NY and has a first place for watercolor landscape at the Long Island Fair in 2012. Michele’s pieces ‘Lake and Lilies’ and ‘Iris’ were chosen for the 2011 all member show of the Northeast Watercolor Society of which she is an Associate member. Michele was invited to the NY Botanical Garden as an Expert for their Azalea Garden opening Create and Capture Weekend in May 2011 and regularly shows her work online at Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery. Michele’s website is http://www.macwatercolors.com.

About Light Space & Time Online Gallery

Light Space & Time – Online Gallery offers monthly art competitions and monthly art exhibitions for new and emerging artists. It is Light Space & Time’s intention to showcase this incredible talent in a series of monthly themed art competitions and art exhibitions by marketing and displaying the exceptional abilities of these worldwide artists. Their online gallery website can be viewed here: http://www.lightspacetime.com.

Media Contact:
John R. Math
Light Space & Time Online Gallery
118 Poinciana Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458
888-490-3530
info@lightspacetime.com
http://www.lightspacetime.com

Business

CEO Justin Ligeri Named Fastest Growing Online Retailer with Three Year Growth of 16,689 Per Cent

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Hypergrowth is a term used to describe an economic BOOM. Today that word is also being used to describe Justin Ligeri’s astonishing rise in the online retailing world. In 2010, his fledgling company was broke. Today the three year old company is on track to produce over $20 million in retail sales.

Sebring, FL, September 16, 2013 (Straight Line PR) — When speaking with Justin Ligeri it quickly becomes apparent that he doesn’t have much patience or appreciation for other peoples’ rules. The young eCommerce phenom is famous for reminding his staff that most rules are there to create “normal” conditions. Normal is a four letter word to Justin Ligeri. His perspective is that the only way to create abnormal hypergrowth is to “think outside the box”, creating unconventional results.

The 35 year old eCommerce phenom’s company, Yagoozon, is on track to do in excess of $20 million in sales this year. Starting over with only $40 in the winter of 2010, he has bankrolled that amount into a hypergrowth business that has venture capitalists, suppliers and competitors amazed at his ability to sell merchandise. In fact, over the last three years, Yagoozon has grown 16,689%.

Ligeri called his company Yagoozon ( http://www.amazon.com/b?me=A393ZKPVGVX3TX ) because that word symbolized his online journey. He had started doing pay per click marketing and driving traffic to a website using Yahoo. Then he migrated over to Google. In the winter of 2010 he fell in love with Amazon. Ya-Goo-Zon. Very memorable.

“I believe in Abundance,” says Ligeri. “Although I am not a technologist, I know that technology makes abundance possible. Here in Central Florida we have millions of acres of orange orchards. Imagine all of the low hanging fruit being picked and eaten. The news media comes along and tells you that there is no more supply of fruit. Everybody agrees with the media. I come along with a ladder and discover that there is an amazing abundance of oranges, you just need to climb the ladder to be able to reach them easily. I tell my friends about ladders and the news media comes along and shares with everyone all of the horrible accidents that happen on ladders. This cycle is never ending. When you discover that you are an entrepreneur you trust what you see and what you know, regardless what the masses say. That will also ruffle some feathers. Because in spite of the horrible economy the opportunity to amass huge wealth has never been bigger. New technology creates new opportunities and new rules for amassing wealth,” he explains.

In a short YouTube video, Ligeri speaks briefly about what it’s like to run a company that has grown 16,689% in only three years: http://youtu.be/IjvQYWn7mPQ

He attributes his success to understanding and embracing the power of the web. Today, he is clearly a top contender to be the Entrepreneur of The Year.

“People often ask me to describe what it is like to create a company that has experienced 16,689% growth over three years. My response is to paraphrase Walt Disney and say that ‘doing the impossible is a lot of fun’,” Ligeri quipped.

The 2013 Inc. 500|5000 Conference is scheduled for October 10-12 in Washington, D.C. It is expected that Yagoozon, Inc. will be recognized once again as a rapidly rising star in the eCommerce firmament.

Ligeri’s blog can be found at http://www.JustinLigeri.net/

About Yagoozon, Inc.:
Yagoozon is the fastest growing online retailer of toys, costumes, and novelty items. The company focuses on customer service and purchaser simplification. Headquartered in Sebring, FL, Yagoozon leverages the strengths of the Amazon retail platform, adding their self-described “obsession” with excellent customer service, to take online retailing to a whole new level.

For more information, visit Yagoozon online at http://www.amazon.com/b?me=A393ZKPVGVX3TX or find Yagoozon on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yagoozon/226200834154092

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Contact:
Justin Ligeri
Yagoozon, Inc.
1843 US Highway 27 N.
Sebring, FL 33870
863-800-0485
dlock@richcontent.tv
http://www.JustinLigeri.net/