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Scout Monitoring Introduces Scout APM, First SaaS Application Monitoring Solution to Isolate Issues That Affect Revenue

New Hosted APM Platform Pinpoints Web Application Bottlenecks in Real Time to Address Needs of Today’s Business-Critical Cloud Environments.

Las Vegas, NV, USA — At the AWS re:Invent conference this week, Scout Monitoring, creators of reliable server and application monitoring solutions created by developers for developers, unveiled its latest hosted application monitoring solution, Scout APM. Unlike other application performance management (APM) products, Scout APM is the only one that automatically prioritizes performance problems based on their impact on business-critical Web applications.

Application development and management has become more complex with virtualization and cloud computing. Release cycles are shorter so more programmers are using agile development strategies, and production environments have become more dynamic with more frequent software releases. Unfortunately, most APM solutions can’t keep pace with today’s accelerated software development cycles. Scout APM addresses those issues by delivering context-driven analysis that exposes Web application bottlenecks in a software-as-a-service solution.

Scout APM is the first APM platform to offer context-driven performance analysis, highlighting bottlenecks that have an immediate impact on revenue first, so you can correct the software code before it has a dramatic effect on the bottom line. Scout APM is also the only platform that features automatic developer attribution, not only exposing the specific code responsible for performance problems, but also identifying which developer on the team is best suited to resolve the problem.

Scout APM isolates code problems quickly, shortening time to resolution with features such as:

• Exposing poor application performance in real time;
• Identifying who experienced the problem, how frequently, and in what segment of the application source code;
• Isolating the exact line of code creating the performance issue;
• Notifying the developer who last worked with the code; and
• Determining if the performance failure is an isolated issue or part of a larger problem.

“Developers have been asking us for a hosted APM solution that offers the same reliability and ease of use as our SaaS server monitoring product,” said Andre Lewis, CTO and co-founder of Scout. “With Scout APM, we have created a robust application performance management tool that isolates problems quickly and efficiently. And since it’s delivered as a hosted solution, it’s easy to implement without budget approval from senior management. It’s ideal for business-critical applications on any scale.”

Other hosted APM products are priced by the server, which can become exceedingly expensive with virtualization and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Scout APM is licensed at $10 per monitored process per month. A small-scale deployment could cost less than $100 per month, and a typical deployment costs less than $1,000 per month. Pricing was deliberately structured so developers and department managers could quickly add Scout APM to troubleshoot development issues without having to seek budget approval from senior management.

Scout APM is available now. For more information about Scout APM and Scout Server, visit http://www.scoutapp.com.

About Scout Monitoring
Since 2009, Scout Monitoring has been providing server and application monitoring services to developers around the world. Developed by programmers for programmers, Scout’s hosted monitoring tools are designed to provide a clean, reliable monitoring solution for servers and applications. The Scout philosophy is that monitoring doesn’t have to painful, and tens of thousands of loyal customers managing applications for some of the world’s most recognizable brands tend to agree.

Scout monitoring is based in Fort Collins, Colorado. For more information, please visit http://www.scoutapp.com.

Media Contact:
Tom Woolf
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Future Electronics Promotes the New Microbatteries from VARTA

Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) October 5, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, promotes the Varta’s microbatteries.

The VARTA microbattery lithium manganese dioxide cell chemistry was one of the first solid cathode cells commercially developed and is still the most widely used system today.

These cells offer an excellent shelf life, good high-rate and low-rate capability, a wide operating temperature range and availability in button and cylindrical cell designs. Potential design-in applications include electronic, telecommunication, metering, instrumentation, office and other portable equipment use.

The VARTA microbattery offers a complete range of primary lithium manganese dioxide cylindrical and button cells for memory backup and portable applications worldwide. The cylindrical cell configurations offer the high-capacity bobbin construction and high-power spirally wound product. The bobbin construction is targeted at low to moderate power requirements, dedicated for applications requiring up to a 10 years operational life at 20°C.

VARTA’s spirally wound electrode product offers high-rate discharge capability, with an operational life in excess of 5 years.

For compact and light weight equipment use, VARTA offers a complete range of high performance primary lithium button cells.

For more information about VARTA, microbatteries, Lithium manganese dioxide, button cell design, or cylindrical cell design, as well as access to the world’s largest available-to-sell inventory, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Promotes CrimpFlex FFC and Jumper Cables from Nicomatic

Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) October 5, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, promotes Nicomatic’s CrimpFlex and Jumper Cables.

Nicomatic’s CrimpFlex FFC & Nicomatic’s Jumper Cables feature U.S. quality gold plating for card cables, mating to industry standards, with custom pin counts and customized solutions for any application.

For more information about Nicomatic, CrimpFlex FFC, jumper cables, custom pin counts, and other customized solutions, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Promotes the Energy Harvesting Switches from Cherry

Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) October 5, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently announced immediate availability of energy harvesting RF switches from Cherry.

Cherry offers a compact, highly efficient energy harvesting wireless system consisting of a generator and receiver. The system conducts network compatible wireless data transfer via RF-technology. A “Unique ID” excludes interference between RF-switches, while several frequency bands allow global use within different applications. In addition, flexible “Pairing” allows the operation of several receivers with one switch (and vice versa).

Cherry’s energy harvesting system offers a long mechanical life (up to 1.000.000 operations) and is environmentally friendly, with no batteries that need to be changed or disposed of.

The product is available in the form of a energy harvesting generator or generator with PCB and antenna system, as a rocker switch, snap switch or light switch module. A KNX-compatible switch Fulfilling KNX-RF 2.0 is also available, as well as evaluation kits, which provide a functional demonstration of the technology.

For more information about Cherry, energy harvesting, RF switches, and wireless systems, as well as access to the world’s largest available-to-sell inventory, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics promotes Susumu’s RG Series

Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) September 28, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, promotes Susumu’s RG Series of thin chip resistors.

Susumu’s RG series, the best performing and most reliable thin film chip resistors in the market have gotten even better. The new URG series offers significant improvement in reliability as well as TCR linearity.

The URG series boasts the industry’s best absolute tolerance ±0.01%, and smallest TCR ±2ppm/°C, as thin film chip resistors. Because it is made of thin film, it maintains all the thin film advantages such as low noise (-25dB to -35dB) and frequency performance (up to 1GHz). In addition, the URG series shows superb linearity in TCR.

The RG series has excellent reliability and the URG’s reliability is even better. For example, the maximum drift for load life (+70°C, 2000 hours) is specified as ±0.02% (RG ±0.05%), the humidity bias (85/85, 2000 hours) drift is specified as ±0.05% (RG ±0.1%, refer to the graph), the temperature cycle drift (-65°C/+150°C, 100 cycles) is specified as ±0.02% (RG ±0.1%), and the high temperature exposure (+155°C, 100 hours) drift is specified as ±0.02% (RG ±0.1%).

The URG series is also highly stable under any environmental conditions including sulfuric atmosphere. The series is ideal for applications that require extreme precision and reliability such as precision industrial instrumentation, test and measuring instrumentation, automotive electronics, and laboratory grade scales.

For more information about Susumu, the RG series, thin chip resistors, low noise, or frequency performance, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Promotes 250 Series Terminal Blocks from WAGO

Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) September 23, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, promotes WAGO’s 250 Series PCB terminal blocks with Push-In Cage Clamp® connection technology.

WAGO’s 250 Series offers a cost effective wire-to-PC board interconnect solution, featuring PUSH-IN CAGE CLAMP operation for fast, simple connections. The 250 Series features ratings up to 600V, a variety of pin spacings to meet varied requirements (2.5/3.5/5.0/7.5), staggered or in-line pinning, and is modularly constructed, allowing for multi-colored PCB terminal strips.

Applications include PCB-based building automation control platforms including LED drivers and dimmers, occupancy sensors, thermostats and HVAC controls, as well as fire and security controls.

For more information about WAGO, the 250 series, terminal blocks, push-in cage clamps, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Offers Intersil’s Newly Released ISL3159E/79E RS-485/RS-422 Transceivers

Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) September 17, 2015 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently announced immediate availability of ISL3159E/79E RS-485/RS-422 Transceivers from Intersil.

Intersil’s ISL3159E is a ±15kV IEC61000 ESD protected, 5V powered, single transceiver that meets both the RS-485 and RS-422 standards for balanced communication. It also features the larger output voltage and higher data rate – up to 40Mbps – required by high speed PROFIBUS applications, and is offered in industrial and extended Industrial (-40°C to +125°C) temperature ranges. The low bus currents (+220?A/-150?A) present a “1/5 unit load” to the RS-485 bus. This allows up to 160 transceivers on the network without violating the RS-485 specification’s load limit and without using repeaters.

Intersil’s ISL3179E is a high ESD Protected, 3.3V powered, single transceiver that meets both the RS-485 and RS-422 standards for balanced communication. Each device has low bus currents (+220?A/-150?A), so it presents a “1/5 unit load” to the RS-485 bus. This allows up to 160 transceivers on the network without violating the RS-485 specification’s 32 unit load maximum, and without using repeaters. Receiver (Rx) inputs feature a “full fail-safe” design, which ensures a logic high Rx output if Rx inputs are floating, shorted, or terminated but undriven.

Typical applications for the ISL3159E and ISL3179E transceivers include PROFIBUS DP and FMS networks, SCSI “fast 40” drivers and receivers, motor controller/position encoder systems, factory automation, field bus networks, security networks, building environmental control systems, and industrial/process control networks.

Both the ISL3159E and ISL3179E transceivers are currently in stock with immediate shipping availability from Future Electronics.

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Epson TM-C7500G (Gloss) Label Printer Now Shipping from Optimedia Labs

Produce your own glossy food and specialty product labels on demand.

Concord, Ontario (September 12, 2015) — Optimedia Labs has the new Epson TM-C7500G (gloss version) color label printer in stock – and ready for immediate shipment to customers in the United States and Canada. The gloss version is designed for printing high resolution, glossy labels up to 4.1 inches wide such as coffee and tea labels, hot sauce and barbecue sauce labels, and other specialty food labels.

“Our customers want a fast product label printer that is economical and capable of producing quality labels,” Jim Brown from Optimedia Labs said. “Epson’s ColorWorks C7500G is perfect for mid- to high-volume product label production. It produces beautiful, smudge-free food and beverage labels at the speed of 11.8 inches per second. The Epson TM-C7500G prints on a variety of label media including high gloss paper-based labels, matte or glossy polypropylene labels, clear labels, and tags.”

The Epson TM-C7500G uses four large (CKYM) 340ml Epson TM-C7500G ink cartridges, resulting in the lowest print ink cost in the industry – 50 percent less than laser and thermal transfer printers, and even greater savings when compared to the Primera LX900 and LX2000 where you will see huge ink cost savings per label and blazing fast print speeds.

Brown said that the ColorWorks C7500G gloss version, along with Epson TM-C7500G labels, is in stock with most orders being shipped within 24 hours – with free shipping across the United States and Canada. Optimedia Labs is offering free onsite service (in major cities across USA and Canada) during the first year to all customers who purchase the Epson TM-C7500G directly from OptimediaLabs.com or OptimediaLabs.ca.

The Epson TM-C7500G price is affordable, and is available for a low monthly lease payment of $209 USD (on approved credit) over 60 months (shorter terms available). If you print over 3,000 labels per month on the Primera LX900 or LX2000, the monthly ink savings could pay for an Epson TM-C7500G. Send Optimedia Labs your label design file for an ink cost analysis and find out exactly how much you can save.

About Optimedia Labs
Optimedia Labs helps businesses in Canada and USA print labels on demand with color label printers, accessories, supplies, and blank media. We have everything needed to print your own product labels.

Media Contact:
Jim Brown
Optimedia Labs Incorporated
1-888-646-0573
jim@optimedialabs.com
http://www.optimedialabs.com

LinkOptimizer Light for InDesign Adds Resolution, Color Editing Features

Zevrix Solutions announces LinkOptimizer Light 4.6, a feature update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. LinkOptimizer allows users to reduce the size of InDesign links and speed up processing by automatically eliminating excess image data, performing essential image adjustments and convert colors. The new update lets the Light version users access several new features from the full version such as resolution upsampling, color profile conversion, presets sharing and other.

Toronto (ON), Canada — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of LinkOptimizer Light 4.6, a feature update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Awarded 4 out of 5 stars by Computer Arts magazine, LinkOptimizer automates complex image manipulation tasks and allows to reduce the size of InDesign links, repurpose them for web and mobile devices, save processing time and reduce production costs.

The new update gives the Light version users access to several additional features from the full version of LinkOptimizer. Users can now perform resolution upsampling, choose Photoshop resampling methods, export and import settings presets, and convert images to specific color profile. The new version also improves the app’s performance and stability, and includes numerous bug fixes.

“LinkOptimizer has become an essential part of our workflow,” says Peter Blossom of American Cruise Lines in Guilford, Connecticut. “It saves hours of time, tediously replacing and resizing batches of linked images. LinkOptimizer makes our projects so much easier to prep for the printer.”

LinkOptimizer offers the following main features:

Resize images to match their InDesign dimensions at a target resolution.
-Reduce link size by eliminating excess image data.
-Convert colors and apply ICC profile.
-Merge layers and delete hidden ones.
-Convert image formats.
Optimize InDesign files for web and mobile devices.
-Run a Photoshop Action on each image.

Pricing and Availability:
LinkOptimizer can be purchased from Zevrix website for US$259.95 (Light version: $179.95) as well as from authorized resellers and Adobe Exchange. Trial is also available for download. The update is free for LinkOptimizer 4.x users and $130 to upgrade from previous versions. LinkOptimizer requires Mac OS X 10.6-10.10 and Adobe InDesign and Photoshop CS3-CC 2015. Mac OS X 10.11 will be supported upon release.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite and Creative Cloud software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals increase their profits through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry

UniNet iColor 700 Digital Label Press Outshines Primera CX1200

The UniNet iColor 700 digital label press is a worthy competitor to Primera CX1200 – outshining it in speed, flexibility, variability, and cost.

Concord, Ontario (September 3, 2015) — The Primera CX1200 digital label press, and its CX1000 sibling, is widely considered the best industrial color label press. A new player has emerged, the UniNet iColor 700, and it outshines the Primera CX1200 in: speed, flexibility, variability, and operating cost.

Both are laser label printers. Powered by LED laser technology, the iColor 700 operates at a lower operating temperature, allowing for a much larger selection of laser label materials. Jim Brown from Optimedia Labs said, “The iColor 700 prints on paper, tag, vinyl, polypropylene and polyester label stock – and more. The Primera CX1200’s media choices are much more limited.”

The UniNet iColor 700 is nearly twice as fast as the Primera CX1200, printing at 30 feet per minute (the CX1200 is 16.25 feet per minute). Faster print jobs save both time and money.

Other advantages include:

• Matrix removal – The iColor 700 prints label media with or without the matrix. Primera’s CX1200/CX1000 requires purchasing additional equipment, like the FX1000 matrix removal system, to remove the matrix.

• Media width – The UniNet iColor 700 prints on media from 3 to 8.5 inches wide while the Primera CX1200/CX1000 only prints on 8.5-inch media. For example, when printing a 4×3 label on the CX1200/CX1000, a single label spans the 8.5-inch media, resulting in waste. The iColor 700 can print two across on 8.5-inch media or one across using a 6-inch media width, reducing media costs.

• Glossy GHS printing – Both label printers can print GHS BS5609 labels, but the iColor 700 can do so on glossy polypropylene labels for a nicer look. The Primera CX1200 and CX1000’s higher temperature would melt glossy polypropylene labels.

• Variable data – The iColor 700 has an option for printing variable data, such as unique serial numbers, barcodes, and product information, on labels in one step. The Primera CX1200/CX1000 does not support variable data.

• White toner option – This allows for printing white graphics and text on clear or black label stock. The Primera CX1200 and CX1000 do not have a white toner option.

• Cost – The UniNet iColor 700 is about $3,000 cheaper than the Primera CX1200. “It’s not just the lower purchase price,” Brown pointed out. “The UniNet iColor 700 will produce label jobs faster and at lower cost due to reduced media wastage. Plus, the toners on the iColor 700 are also cheaper since the drum and toners are two separate units. Primera’s toner and drum are in a single unit, costing more to replace.”

Optimedia Labs offers low monthly payments on the UniNet iColor 700 (on approved credit) through its business leasing program – and fast turnaround and free shipping.

About Optimedia Labs
Optimedia Labs carries the most popular color label printers from Primera Technology, UniNet, Epson, NeuraLabel, VIPColor, iSys, and Afinia Label. We helping customers across the United States and Canada with everything needed to bring digital label printing in-house.

Media Contact:
Jim Brown
Optimedia Labs Incorporated
1-888-646-0573
jim@optimedialabs.com
http://www.optimedialabs.com