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Seven Weeks Until RoHS2 – Run a Final Check with NWI’s X-Ray Material Analyzer

June 6, 2014 straightlinepr Leave a comment

With less than two months until the RoHS2 deadline, gain verification help from Northwire

Osceola, Wisconsin, June 05, 2014 – With the RoHS2 compliance date for medical devices quickly approaching, Northwire, Inc., is committed to helping its valued customers and loyal supply chain partners through the validation process. A key RoHS2 service the OEM and contract engineering company offers is testing through its x-ray fluorescence material analyzer.

“Our field-proven x-ray fluorescence material analyzer detects restricted substances instantly and provides both an electronic and hard copy record. Northwire’s in-house, non-destructive test capability is the same technology utilized by regulatory agencies,” explains Mark Perrott, Executive Vice President responsible for quality, legal and human resources at NWI. “As a result, our customers gain confidence and save time and money through the rapid, comprehensive testing capabilities at Northwire.”

Northwire offers extensive testing for RoHS2, REACH, and beyond to fully meet its partners’ needs. Ensure product quality with:

* Northwire’s <a href=’http://www.northwire.com/about-us/quality/’>quality lab</a> certified by the CSA GROUP to ISO 17025:2005
* Flex Life Expectancy Testing– Torsional, Rolling, Bending and Variable
* Electrical and Mechanical Test Fixtures
* Horizontal and Vertical Flame Chamber | VW-1 | FT1 | FT2 | 1061 Cable Flame
* Oscilloscopes and Spectrometers
* Impedance Analyzer and Network Analyzers
* Design of Experiments
* Design for Six Sigma
* Medical Device Design
* Hypothesis Testing
* Design and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis
* Finite Element Analysis
* And More

As a world-class solutions provider for manufacturing companies, Northwire leverages 42+ years of innovative success and a team holding over 1,200 tenured years of expertise. In addition to agency-level testing capabilities, the contract manufacturer offers pre-validated materials, including wire and cable <a href=’http://www.northwire.com/contract-design/nwi-lab360/’>custom manufactured</a> on-site, that is free of RoHS2 restricted substances as well as options for:

* Non-toxic and irritant-free
* <a href=’http://www.northwire.com/weblog/2014/05/northwire-follows-responsible-best-practices-conflict-free-sourcing/’>Conflict Mineral</a> Free
* PVC, Latex, Silicone Free
* No Heavy Metals
* BPA, ADM, PFOA, PFOS Free
* Halogen Free Flame Retardant and Low Smoke Zero Halogen
* Low bio-burden, pyrogens count and triboelectric noise-free
* And more

Connect with Northwire’s RoHS2 experts for assistance in testing, documentation, regulation guidance, materials sourcing, and more. For a full list of the contract engineering firm’s powerful capabilities, view the <a href=’http://www.northwire.com/technical-resources/toolbox/english-line-card/’>Northwire Line Card</a>. To schedule RoHS2 or other testing, or to discuss upcoming deadlines, contact Customer Care at 800.468.1516, cableinfo@northwire.com or through Live Chat.

About Northwire:
Cable manufacturer Northwire, Inc., celebrating over 42 years of innovation, is a registered woman-owned small business (WOSB) with corporate headquarters, manufacturing and engineering in Osceola, Wisconsin and wire and cable manufacturing in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

The cable engineering company is the premier partner for the design, manufacture and contract services of custom technical products including wire and cable, retractile cords, cable assemblies, connectors, harnesses, injection molding, over-molding, and contract manufacturing and is an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for diverse applications in life sciences, energy, aerospace, defense, mil spec, industrial, machine vision, architectural lighting, underwater, harsh duty cord and more.

Northwire is a member of Life Science Alley, NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association), NCMA (National Contract Management Association), RIA (Robotics Industries Association), AIA (Automated Imaging Association), Fieldbus Foundation, ODVA (Open DeviceNet Vendors Associations) and WAI (Wire Association International), among others.

Contact:
Cathy Kirschner
Northwire, Inc.
110 Prospect Way
Osceola, Wisconsin 54020
1-800-468-1516
pr@brandography.mobi
http://www.northwire.com

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Accelerize 360 Announces Flying Start Implementation for Pardot

June 5, 2014 flashnewsrelease Leave a comment

Best in Class Methodologies and Services Speed Time to Value.

Atlanta, GA (USA), June 05, 2014 — Accelerize 360, a leading provider of implementation, support and professional services for cloud-based solutions, announced today the availability of its Flying Start for Pardot program. With Flying Start, new Pardot customers can secure immediate implementation services that are based on best in class methodologies and delivered by experienced professionals to minimize risk and maximize value.

In today’s highly competitive markets, buyers increasingly rely on a broad spectrum of sources to evaluate and short-list potential suppliers of goods and services. As a result of these complex selling environments, Marketing Automation solutions have emerged as a key competitive weapon in managing the buyer’s journey. Social media initiatives, multi-channel marketing campaigns, sophisticated lead scoring strategies and continuous nurturing programs all demand a tightly integrated suite of marketing, sales and services solutions.

With its acquisition of Pardot, salesforce.com has quickly attained a leading role in this critical solution space. As a result, sales of Pardot’s Marketing Automation solution continue to accelerate, while qualified implementation resources become more and more over-loaded, forcing new customers to delay their implementation plans while they wait for services partners to become available.

Leveraging its deep salesforce.com services experience, Accelerize 360 has moved to close this gap for Pardot customers with its Flying Start implementation program. With over 250 consultants, and a series of successful Pardot projects, Accelerize 360 can make the right resources available in the right place at the right time to ensure on-time Pardot project success.

“Having developed and proven our Flying Start methodology implementing Salesforce’s Sales Cloud and Service Cloud, we have been able to quickly deploy a similar solution for Pardot,” said Vijay Proddhutur, Co-CEO of Accelerize 360. “With Flying Start for Pardot, Accelerize 360 consultants can engage with customers as part of the selection process, moving immediately to implementation and deployment with no delay, ensuring rapid returns on their Pardot investment.”

Flying Start for Pardot is a flexible, comprehensive, best practice offering that addresses key implementation elements across project management, installation, system integration, marketing integration, technology, use case documentation and training. Coupled with Accelerize 360’s Value Wave and OnDemand support offerings, it forms the foundation for a complete optimized Marketing Automation management lifecycle. It is available immediately from Accelerize 360.

About Accelerize 360:
Accelerize 360, a CodeForce 360 company, was founded to address the unique services needs of companies deploying cloud-based and mobility solutions. From implementation to ongoing support to custom development and consulting projects, Accelerize 360 takes a results-oriented approach to driving innovation and quantifiable success for our clients. Start-ups to Fortune 100 leaders across industries look to Accelerize 360 for the market-leading cloud resources and expertise they need. For more information regarding Accelerize 360’s award-winning solutions please visit our website http://www.accelerize360.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Robert Shecterle
Vice President, Marketing
Accelerize 360
11381, South Bridge Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30022 – USA
+1 678-430-3763
rshecterle@accelerize360.com
http://www.accelerize360.com

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Output Factory 1.5 for Adobe InDesign Offers Core Engine Upgrade

May 28, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

Zevrix Solutions announces Output Factory 1.5, an important feature update to its professional solution to automate output from Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates printing, exporting and post-processing from InDesign and offers batch output, export as single pages, variable file names, layer versioning and more. The new version introduces a major upgrade to the app’s core engine, enhanced Flash export options, improved handling of InDesign’s alternate layouts and numerous bug fixes.

Toronto (ON), Canada (May 27, 2014) — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of Output Factory 1.5, an important feature update to its professional automation solution for printing, exporting and post-processing from Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates and simplifies workflows of printers, prepress bureaus, ad agencies and publishing houses worldwide by offering batch processing with time-saving and versatile output options.

The new version introduces a major upgrade to the software’s core engine, which improves its performance and stability and allows Output Factory to support Apple’s latest technologies and future system releases. In addition, the update lets users create presets for various Flash export settings, improves handling of InDesign’s alternate layouts and offers numerous bug fixes.

“Output Factory has been the single biggest time-saver I’ve encountered in ten years of print production,” says Mike Agate, Production Manager of Which?, Europe’s largest consumer rights organization. “With the reduction in head count and efficiency savings, it must have paid for itself 500 times over.”

Output Factory supports printing as well as exporting to PDF, PostScript, EPS, Flash, INX, IDML, EPUB, INDD and several image formats. It offers the following key features:

–Batch output of InDesign files
-Export as single pages
–Layer versioning: output layer combinations as single files
-Output InDesign documents to several formats at once
-Variable output file names
–Preflight InDesign and final PDF files
-Update modified links automatically
-Detailed output history
-Send files to FTP, Amazon S3 and other servers

Pricing and Availability

Output Factory can be purchased from Zevrix website for US$169.95 (Light version $119.95), as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. BatchOutput users can upgrade to Output Factory for $84.97. Output Factory is available for Mac OS X 10.6-10.9 and works with Adobe InDesign CS3-CC.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF workflows, graphic file diagnostics, file delivery and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating 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

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LAN Systems Cuts Ribbon on New Location

May 27, 2014 flashnewsrelease Leave a comment

LAN Systems cut the ribbon on its new location at 4711 Peachtree Industrial Blvd in Berkeley Lake, Georgia.

Berkeley Lake, GA (USA), May 26, 2014 — LAN Systems, a leading Atlanta Managed Service firm, cut the ribbon on its new location at 4711 Peachtree Industrial Blvd in Berkeley Lake, Georgia.

The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, friends and family joined with LAN Systems to celebrate the opening of the new office.

The event was held in conjunction with our annual Earth Day event and Green IT recycling. This year in addition to serving up hotdogs and brats on the grill, Naja Elieva amazed us with palm readings and technology fortunes! Proceeds from recycled equipment this year will be donated to Hosea Feed the Hungry. Read more about their mission.

About the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce:
The mission of the North Fulton Chamber is to be the catalyst for economic development, business growth, and quality of life in North Fulton. The GNFCC promotes the interests of our members by assuming a leadership role in making North Fulton an excellent place to work, live, play and stay. We provide one voice for all local businesses to influence decision makers, recommend legislation, and protect the valuable resources that make North Fulton a popular place to live. To learn more, visit: www.gnfcc.com

About LAN Systems:
LAN Systems is a leading Atlanta Computer Support company that provides people-focused IT solutions. As technology experts, LAN Systems helps companies make the most of their existing IT investment and choose the right solutions to fuel growth. LAN Systems is a leading provider of IT Solutions for growing businesses in the Metro Atlanta. For more information, visit: www.lansystems.com

Press & Media Contact:
Lauren VanBuskirk
VP of Sales and Marketing
LAN Systems
3079 Crossing Park
Norcross, GA 30071 – USA
770-662-0312
lauren@lansystems.com
http://www.lansystems.com

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LAN Systems Sponsors SPSU Etiquette Dinner

May 27, 2014 flashnewsrelease Leave a comment

LAN Systems was a proud platinum sponsor of the Southern Polytechnic State University’s (SPSU) Annual Business Etiquette Dinner held on the SPSU campus in Marietta, Georgia.

Berkeley Lake, GA (USA), May 26, 2014 — LAN Systems, a leading Atlanta Managed Service firm, was a proud platinum sponsor of the Southern Polytechnic State University’s (SPSU) Annual Business Etiquette Dinner held on the SPSU campus in Marietta, Georgia.

“This is a fantastic and fun event for all,” said CEO Mary Hester. “The etiquette dinner is one of my favorite events. I always learn something new.”

The etiquette dinner is hosted each year by the SPSU Career and Counseling Center, and local businesses contribute to make this event possible for the students. Each sponsor sends one representative to have dinner with the students and talk to them about their goals and career interests. The Career and Counseling Center holds various events throughout the year, to help support the SPSU student’s transition into the workplace.

Over 80 students attended this year’s Business Etiquette Dinner, and were eager to learn etiquette tips for interviews and business dinners. The evening included a ‘Mix and Mingle’ session, where students were able to practice ‘networking’ with fellow students, as well as the sponsors. Jackie G. Isaacson instructed the students and sponsors on proper dining etiquette. Dinner was provided and served by the SPSU’s Food Service Staff. During dinner, the students had a chance to ask questions and practice what they learned with the sponsors and Career and Counseling Center Staff.

About Southern Polytechnic State University:
Southern Polytechnic State University is a residential, co-educational member of the very progressive University System of Georgia. Located on 203 acres of naturally wooded landscape in the historic and vibrant city of Marietta, the campus is located just 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Approximately 5,500 students attend the University, including student representation from 36 states and 64 countries.

Since their founding in 1948, the university has earned an exceptional academic reputation. But it’s more than just their programs of study that make SPSU a great place to live and learn — it’s the bright students, the dedicated and experienced faculty, and our hands-on approach to education.

To learn more, visit: http://www.spsu.edu

Press & Media Contact:
Lauren VanBuskirk
VP of Sales and Marketing
LAN Systems
3079 Crossing Park
Norcross, GA 30071 – USA
770-662-0312
lauren@lansystems.com
http://www.lansystems.com

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LinkOptimizer for Adobe InDesign Now Lets Users Share Settings Presets

May 19, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

Zevrix Solutions announces LinkOptimizer 4.9.10, a feature update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Awarded 4 out of 5 starts by Computer Arts magazine, LinkOptimizer allows to reduce the size of InDesign picture links and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data, performing essential image adjustments and converting image formats. The new version lets share processing settings between users by exporting and importing them directly from an application menu.

Toronto (ON), Canada (May 19, 2014) — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of LinkOptimizer 4.9.10, a feature update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. LinkOptimizer automates complex image manipulation tasks allowing to significantly reduce the size of InDesign picture links, save processing time, accelerate output and reduce production costs.

The new version introduces the ability to share LinkOptimizer settings presets between users by exporting and importing them directly from an application menu. The new feature allows to easily standardize processing settings across multiple workstations, solving problems caused by inconsistent presets and dramatically simplifying support tasks.

LinkOptimizer works automatically with Adobe Photoshop to eliminate the excess image data of InDesign links, perform essential image adjustments and convert image formats. For example, with just a click of a button users can:

–scale and crop images to match their dimensions in InDesign,
-change their resolution to 300 ppi,
-convert all RGB images to CMYK,
-resave all JPEG images as TIFF,
–run a Photoshop Action on each image.

At the end of processing, LinkOptimizer reimports images to InDesign at 100% in their precise position. In addition, the software can apply sharpening filters, merge layers and delete hidden ones, and process copies of InDesign documents and images instead of original files. As a result, users can save gigabytes of disk space and countless hours of optimizing images manually; accelerate document output; reduce job turnaround and cut costs through faster processing.

Pricing and Availability:
LinkOptimizer can be purchased from Zevrix website for US$259.95 (Light version: $179.95) as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. The update is free for LinkOptimizer 4.x users and $130 to upgrade from previous versions. LinkOptimizer is available for Mac OS X 10.6-10.9 and works with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop CS3-CC.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite 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

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PDF Checkpoint Is Now on Mac App Store: Preflight and Conversion Tool

May 15, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

Zevrix Solutions announces that its PDF preflight and conversion solution PDF Checkpoint is now available on Mac App Store. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, converts to images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. Users can convert PDF colors, compress images, check documents for errors and preview them in built-in viewer. The program is equally suitable to process hundreds of files as well as single PDF documents.

Toronto (ON), Canada (May 15, 2014) — Zevrix Solutions today announces that its PDF preflight and conversion solution PDF Checkpoint is now available on Apple’s Mac App Store. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, converts to images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. PDF Checkpoint is an ideal program for users who need fast, affordable and easy-to-use software for efficient PDF workflows. Mac users can download and purchase PDF Checkpoint on Mac App Store at $39.99.

PDF Checkpoint is designed to automate and simplify PDF workflows of publishers, ad agencies, prepress houses, graphic designers and printers, and offers the following key features:

–Batch preflighting and conversion of PDF files.
-View all PDF fonts, colors, images and metadata at a glance.
-Create preflight profiles for various job types.
-Route files by preflight results into success and error folders.
-Split files into single page PDFs.
–Export PDF as images with specific resolution, color and page scale.
–Convert PDF color mode using ICC profiles.

For example, users can preflight a folder of PDF files and convert them to CMYK TIFF images at 300 dpi while scaling each page by 50%. Or optimize documents for the web and mobile devices while reducing file size dramatically by downsampling images to the screen resolution.

Pricing and availability:
PDF Checkpoint can be purchased from Mac App Store for US$39.99, as well as from Zevrix website and authorized resellers. PDF Checkpoint is bundled with free Graphic Inspector software (a $40 value). Trial is also available for download. PDF Checkpoint requires Mac OS X 10.5-10.9 (some features require Mac OS X 10.7 or later).

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite 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

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LinkOptimizer 4.9.5 for Adobe InDesign Improves Image Conversion

May 11, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

Zevrix Solutions announces LinkOptimizer 4.9.5, a maintenance update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. LinkOptimizer allows to reduce the size of InDesign links and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data, performing essential image adjustments and converting file formats. The new version delivers important processing improvements and addresses some issues that could affect the users of recently released version 4.9 which introduced a core engine upgrade.

Toronto (ON), Canada (May 11, 2014) — Zevrix Solutions today announces the release of LinkOptimizer 4.9.5, a maintenance update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Awarded 4 out of 5 starts by Computer Arts magazine, LinkOptimizer automates complex image manipulation tasks allowing to significantly reduce the size of InDesign links, save processing time and reduce production costs.

The new version delivers important processing improvements and addresses some issues that could affect the users of recently released version 4.9 which introduced a core engine upgrade:

-Fixed an issue where version 4.9 couldn’t run on some machines with Mac OS X 10.6-10.7
-Restored the ability to display the complete list of settings presets
-Fixed an issue where LinkOptimizer could stall when converting images to a different format
-Fixed an issue where LinkOptimizer could erroneously mark images as duplicates

The update is strongly recommended to all users.

LinkOptimizer works automatically with Adobe Photoshop to eliminate the excess image data of InDesign links, perform essential image adjustments and convert image formats. To reduce the job size, LinkOptimizer automatically reduces the image resolution, scales and crops the images in Photoshop according to their dimensions in InDesign and the target resolution specified, and reimports them to InDesign at 100% in their precise position. As a result, users can save gigabytes of disk space and countless hours of optimizing images manually; accelerate document output; reduce job turnaround and cut costs through faster processing.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less 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

Technology

XebiaLabs to Offer Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees

May 8, 2014 flashnewsrelease Leave a comment

XebiaLabs today announced a reseller partnership with CloudBees, the enterprise continuous delivery leader, to market, license, resell and support Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees, the enterprise version of Jenkins CI.

Boston, MA (USA), May 08, 2014 — XebiaLabs, the leading provider of Delivery Automation for the enterprise ( http://www.xebialabs.com ), today announced a reseller partnership with CloudBees, the enterprise continuous delivery leader, to market, license, resell and support Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees, the enterprise version of Jenkins CI. Jenkins CI is the most popular open source continuous integration (CI) server and is used by thousands of organizations around the globe. CloudBees is a major supporter of the Jenkins community and the ecosystem that has sprung up around Jenkins.

XebiaLabs will market and introduce Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees to its roster of global customers in financial services, utilities and manufacturing. Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees is a professional-grade offering, specifically targeted at large organizations. It comprises open source Jenkins with the additional value-add of technical support from CloudBees expert engineers and additional plugins that address more sophisticated requirements typically found within large enterprises.

Jenkins excels at automating and monitoring iterative development processes such as builds and tests. Traditionally known for enabling CI, Jenkins is now being extended into deployment to enable continuous delivery. Built with Java, Jenkins provides more than 900 plugins to support the building and testing of virtually any project with support for a broad range of technologies and applications.

“Our respective companies have always shared a similar mission. And that is to promote the benefits of continuous integration and continuous delivery, to help organizations get their software into production as fast and as efficiently as possible,” said Coert Baart, CEO, XebiaLabs. “We’re looking forward to a long and prosperous partnership with CloudBees, a company that has been close to XebiaLabs for quite some time.”

“We are pleased to deepen our relationship with XebiaLabs, a long-time trusted partner,” said Mike Lambert, Vice President of Sales – Americas, CloudBees. “Having collaborated with XebiaLabs on many fronts, we know their organization to be reputable and staffed with expert professionals. We look forward to enabling our joint customers to benefit from continuous delivery.”

In January, the two companies hosted an event for the Jenkins user community in Boston, led by Jenkins founder Kohsuke Kawaguchi, who is also the chief technology officer at CloudBees.

Most recently, XebiaLabs rolled out 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 and the easy and complete integration with Jenkins Enterprise, please visit http://www.xebialabs.com/products/xl-platform/

About CloudBees:
CloudBees ( http://www.cloudbees.com ) provides a Continuous Delivery Platform that accelerates the development, integration and deployment of web and mobile applications. The CloudBees Continuous Delivery Platform offers a rich set of resources to support continuous delivery, from coding activities to testing, staging and production deployments. By building on the power of Jenkins CI, CloudBees enables you to adopt continuous delivery incrementally or organization-wide, supporting both on-premise and cloud-based development and deployment processes.

CloudBees serves the needs of a wide range of businesses from small startups that need to quickly create new on-line businesses, to large IT organizations that need to rapidly respond to dynamic market opportunities. Follow CloudBees on Twitter (@CloudBees), on Facebook and on Google+. You can also try CloudBees for free. Backed by Matrix Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, CloudBees was founded in 2010 by former JBoss CTO Sacha Labourey and an elite team of middleware and open source technology professionals.

About XebiaLabs:
With customers such as 3M, John Deere, Expedia, GE, and Société Générale, XebiaLabs is a leading provider of delivery automation software that helps organizations deliver business value faster and more efficiently. 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.comi

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XebiaLabs to Publish “The IT Manager’s Guide to Continuous Delivery”

May 8, 2014 flashnewsrelease Leave a comment

Publication explains how organizations can leverage Continuous Delivery concepts to develop production software within days instead of months.

Boston, MA (USA), May 08, 2014 — Turning good ideas into marketable software quickly is now a business imperative for every enterprise. Turning Continuous Delivery – accelerating the software development and release process – has been a top priority for CIOs based on recent surveys conducted with Fortune 1000 companies. Software development objectives such as these set the stage for “The IT Manager’s Guide to Continuous Delivery,” a new book announced today by XebiaLabs ( http://www.xebialabs.com ).

This is one of the only guides of its type that covers the subject of Continuous Delivery. It presents measurable business benefits and is written for non-technical readers, starting with concrete advice on how to get started.

Authored by four Continuous Delivery experts with extensive hands-on experience, the book champions the concept of Continuous Delivery in enabling organizations to build automated software delivery platforms for releasing high-quality applications faster. The book also presents how Continuous Delivery is a set of processes and practices that radically removes waste from the software production process and creates a rapid and effective feedback loop with end users.

“In a competitive economic environment, every organization should consider this game-changing approach,” says co-author Andrew Phillips, who is also Vice President of Product Management at XebiaLabs. “Continuous Delivery helps reduce time-to-market from weeks and months to days or even hours.”

Other authors of book include Xebia IT Architects Principal Consultants Michiel Sens, Adriaan de Jonge, and Mark van Holsteijn. Xebia is an international IT services firm with 400 employees.

David Farley, co-author of “Continuous Delivery,” said, “Continuous Delivery is at the leading edge of software development thinking. Much of the literature and discussion focuses on the technical aspects, but CD is a process that crosses boundaries and helps to make businesses more efficient. This book describes that process.”

To start the path to Continuous Delivery and experience the benefits of delivering business value quickly, a copy of “The Manager’s Guide to Continuous Delivery” can be accessed by visiting http://go.xebialabs.com/IT-Managers-Guide-to-CD.html.

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