SAFE International™ Launches Self Defense For Real Estate Agents in Houston, Texas

The owners of SAFE International™ have announced they are launching a self defense program which is tailored specifically to the needs of real estate agents.

Houston, TX, November 13, 2014 – The owners of SAFE International™ have announced they are launching a self defense program which is tailored specifically to the needs of real estate agents. The real estate profession carries with it many potential safety risks, from meeting new prospective clients to conducting open houses and showings.

SAFE International™, which has been in the forefront since 1994 empowering people to save their own lives through the use of self-defense concepts, believes its current focus on empowering people to protecting themselves is needed now more than ever with recent violent events in the real estate profession.

“Unfortunately, we live in an increasingly violent society, and we, here at SAFE International™, want to not only share our knowledge and experience with others, but while in the process of sharing we are also empowering people throughout Houston, Texas, and globally to defend themselves,” said Christopher Roberts, Managing Director of SAFE International™.

Even though their mission at SAFE International™ is to teach real self-defense skills to as many women, children, and men, from 12 years of age to 82 years of age, SAFE International™ does offer corporate self defense courses to those in working environments that are considered higher risk.

Some of the topics that are addressed during a 2 or 4 hour Houston Real Estate Safety seminar are distraction techniques used on real estate agents, car safety, safety in the home, dangers of letting income rule over intuition, how attackers choose their victims, importance of body language, the good and bad of cell phones, plus much more!

At SAFE International™, they are not offering a martial arts program. Rather, they are offering what they consider to be “a practical and realistic approach to personal safety.”

“What sets our approach to self-defense training apart from all other programs is how we present our courses with real-life simulated scenarios, with hands-on techniques and with humor, yes… humor,” added Roberts, who believes that while the subject matter is a very serious one, SAFE International™ knows that learning in a safe, fun, and enthusiastic environment is the best way to retain what is being presented.

For further information, please visit: http://safeinternationalhouston.biz/

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SAFE International Houston
10218 F Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77001
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XebiaLabs and Diabol to Stage Events on Continuous Delivery

Sweden shows pent up demand for systems development and Continuous Delivery.

Boston, MA (USA), November 13th, 2014 — XebiaLabs today announced it has partnered with Diabol of Sweden, a systems development consulting firm that has shown remarkable expertise working with clients on their software development and release strategies in their native markets. The plan is for the two companies to team up and sponsor local tech events that will showcase how Continuous Delivery can provide higher production values with respect to Agile software development and the release process.

“Continuous Delivery is a development strategy that optimizes your delivery process for high-quality software with the shortest possible delivery time,” said Peter Ferm, CEO of Diabol. “We’re looking forward to working with XebiaLabs to present our findings and to show how the CD approach enables organizations to validate their business ideas and then iterate new ideas and changes to users quickly. Continuous Delivery has consequences for the entire product delivery process, including front-end design and analysis functions.”

Supporters of Agile and Continuous Delivery need a way for distributed teams spanning business, development, testing, and operations, to create an end-to-end lifecycle value chain. XebiaLabs and Diabol will co-create seminars to educate DevOps teams looking to benefit from the use of lightweight, plug-and-play software delivery automation tools for deployment, on-demand environment provisioning, Agile test management, and release management.

“It’s no secret that Continuous Delivery can provide higher production rates that yield higher quality software. With Diabol’s help, companies in Sweden can realize the benefits of a true Continuous Delivery model, where the process of building, packaging and testing is completely automated,” said Jesper Scheuer-Larsen, who manages the Nordic operations for Xebialabs. The new Nordic Xebialabs office is based in Denmark.

XebiaLabs is the developer of XL Platform, a suite of applications comprising XL Deploy, for application release automation, XL Release, for enterprise release management for DevOps and Continuous Delivery, XL Test, the first dedicated Agile test management and analysis tool, and XL Scale, for on-demand provisioning and scaling of full environments.

For more details on the new XL Platform, please visit http://www.xebialabs.com/products/xl-platform/.

For more information on Diabol, please visit http://www.diabol.se/.

About Diabol:
Diabol is a Swedish company specialized in modern agile software development. Diabol is a consulting company that deliver value to large companies by helping their IT departments become truly agile and business oriented. Diabol frees the vision on how to develop software faster and with increased quality with the help of Culture, Processes and Tools.

About XebiaLabs:
With customers such as 3M, John Deere, Expedia, GE, and Société Générale, XebiaLabs is the fastest-growing, leading global provider of automation software for DevOps and Continuous Delivery helping companies to accelerate the delivery of new software. XebiaLabs’ products provide the automation, efficiency and insight organizations need to meet the demand for faster software deployment cycles. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boston, XebiaLabs has a worldwide network of sales offices and partners. For more information, please visit http://www.xebialabs.com.

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XebiaLabs Grows 8000%, Named to Deloitte Fast50

2nd place finish validates both management leadership and DevOps industry growth.

Boston, MA (USA), November 12th, 2014 — Leading provider of Continuous Delivery and DevOps software XebiaLabs today announced it achieved a second place ranking in the Deloitte Fast50 for growing 8,609 percent over a five-year span. The technology award was presented at a gala reception held in The Netherlands.

The Deloitte Fast50 selection is based on a five-year revenue growth trajectory with first place going to smart home semi-conductor/systems company GreenPeak Technologies for growing 8,757 percent, a very nominal edge over XebiaLabs. In July XebiaLabs announced Q1 and Q2 revenue growth of 185 percent after doubling revenues in 2013.

The award follows a series of milestone achievements that include the opening of three sales offices, an infusion of $12 million equity funding, reseller partnerships, and a battery of new customer wins. Most recently it announced tighter integration with Puppet Labs to deliver one seamless out-of-the-box deployment automation for enterprises.

“We’re very honored to be recognized by the Deloitte Fast50,” said Coert Baart, XebiaLabs CEO. “All the credit belongs to our dedicated employees who believe in making the customer experience a priority, listening to customer feedback and implementing solutions that truly benefit our customers in being more agile, responsive, and profitable.”

International corporations such as General Electric, Expedia, Xerox, KLM, and Société Générale use XebiaLabs to accelerate software applications into the marketplace while reducing costly errors and downtime.

XebiaLabs products are used by CIOs, development managers and professionals in quality assurance, testing and operations (DevOps) who view the fast conversion of good ideas into marketable software as a critical business imperative that drives success.

About XebiaLabs:
XebiaLabs is the fastest-growing, leading global provider of automation software for DevOps and Continuous Delivery helping companies to accelerate the delivery of new software. XebiaLabs’ products provide the automation, efficiency and insight organizations need to meet the demand for faster software deployment cycles. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boston, XebiaLabs has a worldwide network of sales offices and partners. For more information, please visit www.xebialabs.com.

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Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net, Inc
Marblehead, MA – USA
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http://www.xebialabs.com