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How High Is High-Frequency Trading at Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City, World Financial Center

Golden Networking brings Tech2Trade Expo 2013 (www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), World’s Most Influential Alternative Investments Conference Series, including High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges,” New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (July 12, 2013) — PBS News Hour just reviewed high-frequency trading, which represents more than half of all transactions of American stocks these days; but just how fast is high-frequency? So fast, it turns out, that data companies now provide financial data to their most premium subscribers early — as little as two milliseconds early in the case of a $20,000-per-month service the Nasdaq and Chicago Mercantile Exchange debuted in May using microwave networks. That time difference is enough to gain quite the financial advantage.

One key data provider, Thomson Reuters, announced this week it was suspending its 9:54:58 a.m. release of the University of Michigan’s consumer confidence data to about a dozen premium subscribers (not to be confused with those regular money management customers who pay to receive the data at 9:55 a.m., a measly five minutes before the University of Michigan posts the consumer confidence index online) while New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman investigates the practice.

Thomson Reuters maintains that their 9:54:58 a.m. release, for which some clients pay more than $6,000 a month, does not violate federal insider trading laws since they disclose the tiered pricing to all customers.

So how and why do traders capitalize on those all-important two seconds? That is a topic of discussion at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City, July 30th, as part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), at the World Financial Center.

Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will examine the speed trading industry from various angles, in an opened and unbiased environment highly conducive to networking. Topics to be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will include:

– Low Latency: How can Ultra-Low Latency be Achieved for High-Frequency Trading?
– Emerging Markets: How will Emerging Markets from Brazil to China Affect the Scope of High-frequency Trading?
– Robotic Markets: As High-frequency Trading Embraces Robotic Markets Worldwide, How Will Participants be Able to Find new Opportunities to Sustain Alpha Creation?
– Regulatory Impact: With High-frequency Trading in the Spotlight, how will New Regulations Change the Industry?
– The Future of HFT: How will High-frequency Trading Evolve in Ever-changing Technology and Regulatory Environments?

Tech2Trade Expo 2013, to be held in New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt, is the world’s most influential alternative investments forum for the hedge fund, high-frequency trading and derivatives communities. With dozens of practitioners, experts and regulators speaking in our programs, Tech2Trade Expo 2013 provides hundreds of investors, traders and portfolio managers with the key lessons, proven recipes and penetrating insights they are looking for to capture alpha in up and down markets:

– Alexander Fleiss, CIO and Co-Founder, Rebellion Research
– Thomas Kirchner, President, Pennsylvania Avenue Funds
– Jitesh Thakkar, President, Edge Financial Technologies
– James Koutoulas, CEO, Typhon Capital Management
– Sayena Mostowfi, Senior Analyst, The Tabb Group
– Marcus Storr, Head of Hedge Funds, Feri Institutional
– Carol Clark, Sr. Policy Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
– R. Scott Morris, President, Morris Consulting
– Nimesh Bharadia, CEO and Founder, The Kaiman Group
– Alison Graham, Chief Investment Officer, Voltan Capital Management
– Jonathan Kanterman, Partner, Institutional Asset Advisors
– Matthew Magidson, Partner, Lowenstein Sandler PC
– V.J. Angelo, Director, Global Markets Exchange Group
– Sanjeev Sharma, Contributing Writer, SeekingAlpha.com
– Dr. Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, Lecturer, London School of Economics
– Kieron O’Brien, Director, Rosenblatt Group
– Sanjay Awasthi, Director, East Spring Investments
– Scott Nichols, Director of Trading, Rotella Capital
– Dr. Tommi A. Vuorenmaa, Head of Research and Trading, Valo Research and Trading
– Sam Tyfield, Partner, Vedder Price
– Hendrik Klein, Head Portfolio Manager, Da Vinci Invest AG
– Bill Barry, Former Managing Director, Knight Capital
– Dan Keegan, Options Instructor and Head Options Mentor, The Chicago School of Trading
– Ram Ahluwalia, Portfolio Manager, Winged Foot Capital
– Dr. Walter Distaso, Professor of Financial Econometrics, Imperial College London
– Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders
– Robert Cohen, Assistant Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
– Morgan Hill, Chief Operating Officer, Attis Capital
– Daniel Gramza, President, Gramza Capital Management

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to download our Information Package or contact Golden Networking directly by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City to Discuss HFT not Driving Investors from the Stock Market

Golden Networking brings Tech2Trade Expo 2013 (www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), World’s Most Influential Alternative Investments Conference Series, including High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges,” New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (July 12, 2013) — For a long time, only a tiny group of folks like me cared about the structures through which investors’ orders to buy and sell stocks and other financial instruments were actually traded. Lately, that has changed, as it will be noted at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City, July 30th, as part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com).

According to a Financial Times op-ed, a few years ago, during the peak of the financial crisis, the rest of the world started waking up to what my fellow geeks and I had long known: US equity market structure had undergone a vast, long-term transformation – from a simple, mostly manual system to an extraordinarily complex, highly automated one – and that this metamorphosis was spreading to other markets globally.

Once relegated to obscure trade journals and dry industry conferences, market structure is now front-page news. And that coverage tends to focus on episodes in which technology fails: the 2010 “flash crash” in US markets and, in 2012, the aborted initial public offering of exchange company BATS Global Markets, systems troubles that affected the Facebook IPO and a software glitch at Knight Capital Group.

News stories, blogs and social media posts refer ominously to such incidents and, generally, to high-frequency trading, as seriously damaging investor confidence. The average reader could be forgiven for thinking that worries over HFT and modern market structure are driving mom-and-pop investors from the stock market in droves, like so many terrified villagers in a Godzilla film.

Justin Schack, managing director and partner at Rosenblatt Securities in New York, agrees that today’s structure may not be pretty, and elements of it surely need fixing, but it wound up delivering better outcomes for end investors than what it replaced. Transaction cost data from multiple vendors show that institutional investors can implement ideas far more cheaply today than before the transformation. This includes not just exchange fees and broker commissions, but also the price impact of large trades hitting the market. New, fundamental changes to market-structure regulation could trigger another transformative cycle, with no guarantee that investor outcomes would improve in the end.

Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will examine the speed trading industry from various angles, in an opened and unbiased environment highly conducive to networking. Topics to be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will include:

– Low Latency: How can Ultra-Low Latency be Achieved for High-Frequency Trading?
– Emerging Markets: How will Emerging Markets from Brazil to China Affect the Scope of High-frequency Trading?
– Robotic Markets: As High-frequency Trading Embraces Robotic Markets Worldwide, How Will Participants be Able to Find new Opportunities to Sustain Alpha Creation?
– Regulatory Impact: With High-frequency Trading in the Spotlight, how will New Regulations Change the Industry?
– The Future of HFT: How will High-frequency Trading Evolve in Ever-changing Technology and Regulatory Environments?

Tech2Trade Expo 2013, to be held in New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt, is the world’s most influential alternative investments forum for the hedge fund, high-frequency trading and derivatives communities. With dozens of practitioners, experts and regulators speaking in our programs, Tech2Trade Expo 2013 provides hundreds of investors, traders and portfolio managers with the key lessons, proven recipes and penetrating insights they are looking for to capture alpha in up and down markets.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to download our Information Package or contact Golden Networking directly by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

The Rise of the Machines at Tech2Trade Expo 2013’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York

Golden Networking brings Tech2Trade Expo 2013 (www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), World’s Most Influential Alternative Investments Conference Series, including High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges,” New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (July 12, 2013) — In the 17th century, it is said that the Rothschilds were able to balance stock markets in their favor by flying carrier pigeons to relay information before their peers. Today’s equivalent is high-frequency trading, the main topic of discussion at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City, July 30th, as part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com).

According to Public Service Europe, HFT creates extreme market volatility and has even resulted in a ‘flash crash’. On May 6, 2010, US index the Dow Jones plunged 1,000 points – or 9 per cent of its total – only to recover those losses within minutes. This shock was a direct result of HFT. And the sequence of events was triggered by a single sale of $4.1bn in futures contracts by a mutual, in an aggressive attempt to hedge its investment position. This was quickly magnified by HFTs, creating a snowball effect.

Not only that, the limited uses for such a trading device are simply to pump up pension funds or to create greater wealth for the super-rich. All this without truly investing in a productive asset – a company that might make a difference to wider society. Any integrity markets might have once had now lies in tatters.

At this precise moment, the world of HFT is analogous to a frontier town. Only this time, it is not humans displaying wild west-style behavior but the machines we have created. The flash crash of 2010 was a wake-up call. However, it seems the regulators are still asleep and we all know where that leads – circa the 2008 global economic crisis we are still coming to terms with today. Perhaps, carrier pigeons were not such a bad idea after all.

Tech2Trade Expo 2013, to be held in New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt, is the world’s most influential alternative investments forum for the hedge fund, high-frequency trading and derivatives communities. With dozens of practitioners, experts and regulators speaking in our programs, Tech2Trade Expo 2013 provides hundreds of investors, traders and portfolio managers with the key lessons, proven recipes and penetrating insights they are looking for to capture alpha in up and down markets:

– Alexander Fleiss, CIO and Co-Founder, Rebellion Research
– Thomas Kirchner, President, Pennsylvania Avenue Funds
– Jitesh Thakkar, President, Edge Financial Technologies
– James Koutoulas, CEO, Typhon Capital Management
– Sayena Mostowfi, Senior Analyst, The Tabb Group
– Marcus Storr, Head of Hedge Funds, Feri Institutional
– Carol Clark, Sr. Policy Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
– R. Scott Morris, President, Morris Consulting
– Nimesh Bharadia, CEO and Founder, The Kaiman Group
– Alison Graham, Chief Investment Officer, Voltan Capital Management
– Jonathan Kanterman, Partner, Institutional Asset Advisors
– Matthew Magidson, Partner, Lowenstein Sandler PC
– V.J. Angelo, Director, Global Markets Exchange Group
– Sanjeev Sharma, Contributing Writer, SeekingAlpha.com
– Dr. Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, Lecturer, London School of Economics
– Kieron O’Brien, Director, Rosenblatt Group
– Sanjay Awasthi, Director, East Spring Investments
– Scott Nichols, Director of Trading, Rotella Capital
– Dr. Tommi A. Vuorenmaa, Head of Research and Trading, Valo Research and Trading
– Sam Tyfield, Partner, Vedder Price
– Hendrik Klein, Head Portfolio Manager, Da Vinci Invest AG
– Bill Barry, Former Managing Director, Knight Capital
– Dan Keegan, Options Instructor and Head Options Mentor, The Chicago School of Trading
– Ram Ahluwalia, Portfolio Manager, Winged Foot Capital
– Dr. Walter Distaso, Professor of Financial Econometrics, Imperial College London
– Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders
– Robert Cohen, Assistant Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
– Morgan Hill, Chief Operating Officer, Attis Capital
– Daniel Gramza, President, Gramza Capital Management

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to download our Information Package or contact Golden Networking directly by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

Turnkey Press & Media Genius Creates a Brilliant Solution

Press & Media Genius is the 1st of its kind, “brilliant solution for media and press coverage.” Cutting PR cost by 74% for events, government officials, corporations, charities, and etc..

Chicago, IL, July 3, 2013 — Press & Media Genius is a prototypical body of work created by what we call a, “Turn-Key Solution for Media Coverage.” PMG’s Founder has literally built her entire executive career on that definition-even before the term “TurnKey Solution(s),” came into common use.

A high energy, fiscally conscious, and goal-driven mass media mogul, PMG’s founder approaches each new business challenge with her intrinsic flair for innovation, creative problem solving, and measured risk-taking to drive consistent bottom-line improvements and shareholder returns.

The Press & Media Genius’s team began in 2013 on a path that is rare among other Public Relations firms or groups.

Cutting the Cost for Public & Media Relations by 73%

Having earned the interest of over 300,000 professionals in mass media, the team’s newest platform will build strong media coverage for brands worldwide, while lowering the cost for public and media relation’s service(s) by 73%.

PMG does not lock our clients into monthly retainers and obligations!

PMG Corporate Officers realized the best way to complement their clients’ PR needs was to design a turnkey solution eliminating month-to-month retainers (extra overhead expense).

How can you define PMG? Creative and Innovative Press & Media Coverage

Mission Statement

The best way to create a solution is to find a simplistic 1-2-3 logical plan of action that will allow the client to embrace its value. Therefore, it is important we have an open mind, considering how PMG’s business model will impact the client’s bottom-line and growth.

Media Contact:
Kathy Baron
Press & Media Genius
773-492-1350
info@pressmediagenius.com
http://www.pressmediagenius.com

QuestBase: Create Assessments and Quizzes in Minutes

SmartLite Software announces the release of the new QuestBase, a free and user-friendly on-line service for creating and developing web-based and printed assessments, questionnaires, tests and quizzes. QuestBase is an ideal tool for educational tests, training exams, distance learning, certifications and interactive quizzes.

Milan, Italy, SmartLite Software announces the release of the new QuestBase, a free and user-friendly on-line service for creating and developing web-based and printed assessments, surveys, questionnaires, tests and exams. Whether your needs are for education, business or entertainment, QuestBase is a real time saver when it comes to creating quick questionnaires or quizzes that are smart, sharply focused and effective.

Business managers and entrepreneurs can use QuestBase to create customer feedback surveys, market research surveys, and interactive questionnaires for engaging customers and raising brand awareness. The award-winning software has also been well received by the educational community as it can help teachers save time and assess students in a quick and easy way.

“When we were developing QuestBase, we tried most of its competitors to insure our program was better and easier to use,” said Paolo Mugnaini, SmartLite CEO, who founded the company in Milan, in 1997. “I realized that our software could be more accessible, more affordable and more user-friendly than what our competitors were offering.”

QuestBase is customizable to the needs of every teacher, educator, trainer or manager. The product supports several question types and options, and it can create highly interactive and self-evaluating assessments. Authors can add questions, pictures, equations, scores and feedbacks. Custom certificates can be automatically awarded when exams are passed, and QuestBase can also offer the ability to deliver secure exams, using QuestBase Secure Browser.

Simplicity of use is QuestBase’s main feature. Thanks to a streamlined interface designed to make the program immediate and intuitive, authors do not have to learn a lot of functions. They can easily create assessments in a few minutes even with no HTML knowledge, thus increasing the productivity and decreasing the learning curve.

Always Available, in the Cloud

There’s nothing to install, setup or configure: you simply use QuestBase and enjoy the benefits. QuestBase is offered as Software-as-a-Service (SAAS), in the cloud, and it is always available at http://www.questbase.com.

System Requirements

QuestBase is fully compatible with most browsers (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari), operating systems (Windows, Macintosh, Linux) and devices (iPad, Android tablets). For larger organizations, a licensed version is also available, requiring Windows Server 2008 or higher.

Price

QuestBase is available for free at http://www.questbase.com. Organizations and schools can also get Premium versions with additional features and personal support: prices start from US$ 49.95 and can be purchased directly on-line or by calling 1-866-933-4313 (US only). Multiple and Site licenses are available as well as special discounts to educational institutions.

More Information

For more information, please contact Paolo Mugnaini at paolo.m@smartlite.it. A press kit with screenshots is available at http://download.questbase.com/company/press/20130702.zip

Contact:
Paolo Mugnaini
SmartLite Software
Via Cellini, 25
21052 Busto Arsizio VA – Italy
Phone +39 0331 624845
Fax +39 0331 670496
http://www.questbase.com
info@smartlite.it

 

Jump Rope Jack Launches New Blog Site to Help Teach People How to Jump For Life

Powerful aerobic activity that is done in even short spurts and only 10 minutes a day is proving to be life changing for many. This is big news when you consider that in just 10 minutes of jumping rope we can burn off the calories in that candy bar that we just ate.” Says Ms. Carr, creator of the Jump Rope Jack blog.

Tampa, FL, June 30, 2013 – Jump Rope Jack has arrived and is helping thousands of people in the US alone to back away from the TV and get up on their feet and Jump for Life.

Statistics show and plane old observation confirms that the number of weight challenged folks around town are at an all time high. Not meant to hurt feelings but with that obesity comes hand in hand, illness. And Illness is just a little bit of death.

The Jump Rope Jack Blog has launched to bring up the awareness of the power of doing some simple jumping rope for health and jumping rope for life.

“The ‘secret’ to success in health in today’s crazy world is to get up off the couch and recliner and get these bodies moving / jumping. We can jump at home, at work at lunch time, outside, at the gym, on the sidewalk, in the parking lot, while waiting for the bus, you name is and you can probably stand there and jump with a jump rope right there.” says Ms. Carr, of JumpRopeJack.com.

It’s true that the practice of having to go to a gym for an hour a day or even every other day is not as practical as it was even 10 years ago. People are busier today than ever, some work 2 jobs, some are single parents doing their best to raise their children right. Time is a valuable commodity. That’s why jumping rope is perfect for health and life.

Jumping is the fastest way to accomplish getting yourself in shape. Jumping is the work-out that boxers, wrestlers, and other great athletes do to improve their reaction time, focus and endurance. The nice thing about jumping rope is that you can get the whole family involved. It’s not expensive and it’s not too time consuming because even 10 or 15 minutes makes a huge benefit on health.

Ms. Carr says, “I often get asked, ‘Will I see results after one day of jumping?’ No. But then again we won’t drop dead tomorrow if we don’t jump either. Something that is very easy TO do like jumping rope for just a short time or maybe 60 jumps is also going to be very easy NOT to do. So you have to stick with it and let the benefits of the compounding positive take place. But this compounding works both ways. You can jump every day for a month and you will have added a big credit to your “health” bank. You can also not exercise at all for a month and you won’t fall over but you will have a debit on your ‘health’ ledger of slightly flabbier arms, belly and slightly less energy.”

To find out more about the benefits of jumping to our health visit www.JumpRopeJack.com

Ms. Carr is an accomplished author and owner of Jump Rope Jack. She is passionate about educating people about the importance of staying active and strong. She practices what she preaches too. You can find this over-60- year-old up at 7am exercising outdoors with a jump rope, stretch bands and brisk walks.

Ms. Carr explains, “And it all pays off! I have enough energy to keep up with my 30 year old kids. My main focus is to help people get more active. With the Jump Rope Jack Blog, which is turning into a movement, I know we are making an impact. I believe that together we can make a huge and positive impact in many people’s lives, helping them create a healthier stronger body for themselves and their children too.”

If you are interested in learning more about how Mary Kay Carr can help you, Ms. Carr can be reached at 888-811-5160 or visit her online at info@jumpropejack.com or www.JumpRopeJack.com

Contact:
Mary Kay Carr
Jump Rope Jack
Tampa, FL
888-811-5160
info@jumpropejack.com
http://www.JumpRopeJack.com

AuraPortal, the World-Class, Acclaimed BPM Software, Receives Certification from TEC

Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC), global leaders in the research, evaluation and selection of enterprise software solutions, have awarded AuraPortal their certificate for BPM Systems.

Boca Raton, Florida, June 26, 2013 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced that after a thorough analysis, Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) have accredited AuraPortal as a Certified Product in the business process management software field.

To achieve this certificate AuraPortal surpassed the questionnaire prepared by TEC covering 100 features and functions of the application and made a profound demonstration of the product to TEC analysts.

According to comments from TEC in their blog:
“As from the demonstration for the certificate, AuraPortal’s characteristics for the model were evident, as was its ease of use and task transition. AuraPortal differs from the competition thanks to its powerful process modeling tool and its wide but easy adaptability, configuration and use. Its powerful tool for managing workflow (creating, editing and monitoring) gives it great potential for both simple and complex projects in the process management field.”

To access the full article, click here (http://bit.ly/12Q8xKE)

About Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC):
TEC provides software selection services to companies throughout America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

TEC has more than 50 partners throughout the mainstream media.

The TEC Web sites have over 3 million registered members and more than 1 million visitors per month.

TEC newsletters reach around 1 million subscribers worldwide.

More than 22,000 senior decision-makers trust in TEC Advisor for assistance with their evaluation and project selection software.

About Aura (http://www.auraportal.com)
AURA is a global BPM (Business Process Management) software provider delivering a solution that creates, without the need of IT programming, Business Process Workflow Execution Models. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.

AURA has a presence in 40 countries with more than 300 customers including, among others: Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Danone, Sodexo, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha, Eletrobras, Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries. All of these customers benefit from maintenance contracts.

Its headquarters are in Europe (Spain and Holland) with an executive branch in North America (Florida). It also has offices in several countries and a vast network of partners who locally attend customers throughout the world.

Contact:
Nina Moon
AuraPortal
400 Trade Center
Woburn, MA 01801-7472
978-808-6340
diana.farrington@auraportal.com
http://www.auraportal.com

DayNine Names Charles Decker to Head Workday Financials Practice

Growth of DayNine’s Workday Financials Practice Includes Additional Leadership and Enterprise Software Expertise in Retail, Energy, Education, and Government.

PLEASANTON, Calif. (June 26, 2013) — DayNine Consulting, a leading global professional services firm providing implementation services for Workday’s Human Capital Management (HCM) and Financials suite, has named Charles Decker as Financials Practice Lead for the company. Decker brings more than 30 years of technology and financial consulting experience to this management position and will be responsible for leading the continued growth of DayNine’s Workday Financials practice.

Before joining DayNine Consulting, Decker was Vice President of Applications for CPSG Partners, LLC, where he played a key role in the establishment and operation of the Workday partnership, and prior to that he led key initiatives and projects at KPMG, Cambridge Technology and Ramos & Associates deploying PeopleSoft, Oracle, and JD Edwards technologies. Decker has delivered corporate and customer success with business and technology services in complex environments and a number of industries, including retail, energy, oil and gas, higher education, and government.

“Charlie’s extensive experience in Workday and other enterprise solutions provides DayNine and our customers with valuable practical expertise and important leadership experience, all key to the continued growth of our Financials practice,” said Bill Catalano, Regional Vice President, for DayNine. “Our ability to recruit senior executives with Charles’ expertise is a testament to the vitality of our Workday consulting business and the expectation of continued growth and success.”

About DayNine Consulting
DayNine Consulting is a leading global professional services firm, passionate about helping customers get the most value from their greatest assets – their people – by deploying and optimizing the Workday suite of Human Capital (HCM) and Financials solutions. DayNine’s recognized ability to deliver this outstanding value is directly correlated to effectively partnering with customers to understand their business and to assess, advise, and seamlessly deploy Workday across technology, process and people.

Based in Pleasanton, California, you can learn more about DayNine Consulting at http://www.daynine.com.

Contact:
Jim Lambert
DayNine Consulting
(925) 475-5712
jim.lambert@daynine.com

Tom Woolf, Director, Public Relations
Gumas Advertising
(415) 621-7575
twoolf@gumas.com

Santerno Solar Skids To Be Installed To the Largest Solar Installation in Vermont

Greenwood Biosar Selects Santerno’s 1.5MW and 750kW Solar Skids to New 2.4 MW Solar Plant.

BURLINGTON, VT (June 26, 2013) — Santerno, the Carraro Group company that specializes in renewable power and industrial automation electronics, today announced that Greenwood Biosar, a leading solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor, has selected Santerno 1.5MW and 750kW Solar Skids powered by TG760 1000V TL NA inverters for the largest solar plant to be installed in Vermont. The new 2.4 MW plant is located 35 miles north of Burlington, VT. The entire facility will be powered using Santerno Solar Skids and monitored by the Santerno web portal. (The project will be complete by the fall of 2013.)

“The long-term performance and reliability of our utility-scale solar skids make them an ideal choice for this project,” said Marco Tecchio, Chief Executive Officer of Santerno. “Our inverters deliver proven performance in even the harshest climate, so they will deliver reliable power even in the coldest New England winter days. This installation offers an additional proof point to our expanding network of North American partners.”

These Santerno Skids are designed for the colder climates of North America; they are powered by industry leading in up time and reliability inverters, the Santerno TG760 1000V TL NA.

The inverters are fully integrated on a transportable skid and are housed in a cabinet with modular construction to optimize reliability and maintainability, and simplify on-site service. The units also feature grid code integrated features such as LVRT, reactive power control frequency and voltage control, in compliance with North American and global standards. The skids are completed with high-efficiency, pad mount medium voltage (MV) transformers and switchgear.

Santerno continues to expand its market presence in North America. The company also is providing utility-scale inverters for solar projects in California and elsewhere, as well as Asia, Africa, and Australia.

About Santerno
Headquartered in Imola, Italy, with offices around the globe, Santerno designs and markets solar inverters and products used to produce electricity from renewable sources. Since 2006 the company has been part of the Carraro Group, a multinational company specializing in mechanical powertrains for vehicles and other applications, with engineering and production operations in 16 countries. Santerno has more than 40 years of expertise in design automation of power electronics and has manufactured solar power inverters for 27 years, hybrid vehicles for 16 years, and wind power systems for six years. Santerno has more than 40 distributors worldwide.

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

Contact:
Tom Woolf
Gumas Advertising
415-621-7575
twoolf@gumas.com

Ebay Auction Bargain Site, LastMinuteAuctionBargains.com Improves Website, Customer Experience

Improvements to the seven year old eBay auction bargain website include additional categories, faster database servers and more frequent product updates giving greatly improved customer experience. The website lists last minute eBay auctions which are ending in less than one hour and with bids of less than $1.00, providing visitors with a unique list of auction items that can be had for extremely deep discounts.

Los Angeles, California, June 25, 2013 – LastMinuteAuctionBargains.com, has announced the launch of its faster and newly improved eBay bargain hunting website. Bargain hunters use the website to find last minute deals on both unique and everyday items, such as household goods, clothes, jewelry, pet supplies, toys, electronics and much more.

The improvements to the now seven year old website include additional product categories and newer, faster database servers and more frequent product updates. Response times are now faster than ever. In addition, the site does not employ the use of flash animations or large images to slow the site down, thereby keeping user response times as fast as possible. The website lists eBay auctions which are ending in less than one hour with bids of less than one dollar. Many shoppers say they go to LastMinuteAuctionBargains.com both first, and last when looking for online bargains. The website updates items and prices continually throughout the day, and true bargain hunters know if they spot a good deal the clock is ticking and they need to act fast.

Any given hour can show between 5,000 to 7,000 items that are ending in less than 1 hour and selling for less than $1.00; though this often does not include normal shipping and handling.

The expanded category listings add thousands of products to the website as well as new offerings on digital goods which can be downloaded instantly. A few of the categories on the eBay bargain website are:

* Antiques
* Art
* Baby
* Books
* Cameras & Photo
* Cell Phones & PDAs
* Clothing, Shoes & Accessories
* Collectibles
* DVDs and Movies
* Health & Beauty
* Jewelry & Watches
* Music and Musical Instruments
* Pet Supplies
* Sporting Goods
* Toys & Hobbies
* Video Games
* And more

The online website has been available for more than seven years and has developed a large and loyal following of customers that include businesses, entrepreneurs, as well as everyday people who wish to find the very best bargains to be had on eBay.

eBay shoppers use the website to find last minute auctions for products that often have very few bids and are ending quickly. The auctions on the site usually go fast- and with deep discounts to be had for the astute the buyer.

Media Contact : Jeff Becker, pr@lastminuteauctionbargains.com , Los Angeles, CA http://www.LastMinuteAuctionBargains.com

About LastMinuteAuctionBargains.com:
The website is dedicated to providing eBay shoppers with the deepest discounted items that can be found on eBay. With a list of thousands of items that is updated hourly, LastMinuteAuctionBargains.com allows shoppers to hunt down the very best eBay bargains. eBay auctions that are ending in less than 1 hour, for less than $1.

Contact:
Jeff Becker
LastMinuteAuctionBargains.com
PO Box 45140
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 310-4567
pr@lastminuteauctionbargains.com
http://www.LastMinuteAuctionBargains.com