Exinda Enters Agreement with immixGroup to Help Support Digital Government Strategy

by OpenView

TORONTO — Exinda today announced an agreement with immixGroup, an Arrow Electronics company, to bring Exinda’s leading network optimization and bandwidth management solutions to the public sector. Federal agencies, as well as state and local governments and education (SLED), will be able to purchase Exinda’s six in one network orchestration solution on multiple contract vehicles to help manage digital government strategies that include the surge in mobile device usage, cloud-based services and the transition to the Internet of Things and open data.

Whether electronic identification, migration to cloud applications or embracing the use of web APIs, the Digital Government Strategy sets out to deliver information and services anytime, anywhere and on any platform. Exinda’s integrated network orchestration solution is designed to proactively monitor, control and prioritize this influx of network traffic to ensure users can always communicate and collaborate with optimal quality of experience.

“As government agencies move to hybrid cloud platforms, there is an immense need for a solution that provides deep visibility and control of the network,” says Michael Sharma, CEO at Exinda. “With the help of immixGroup, the public sector, including federal and SLED, now have a viable solution that delivers the organizational control, application accuracy and network agility required to support unified communications, cloud and big data.”

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About immixGroup
immixGroup, an Arrow company, is a value-added distributor that helps technology companies do business with the government. immixGroup enables IT manufacturers and solution providers to grow their public sector business and accelerate the sales cycle. Government agencies trust immixGroup to provide reliable access to a wide range of enterprise software and hardware products through their preferred contracts and business partners.

About Exinda
Exinda is a leading global supplier of WAN solutions that enable organizations to assure a predictable user experience for strategic business applications through policy-based WAN Orchestration. Exinda solutions intelligently allocate network bandwidth and optimize traffic based on the priorities of the business. The company has helped more than 4,000 organizations in over 80 countries worldwide assure application performance, improve the end-user experience, contain recreational applications and reduce network operating costs for the IT executive.

Governor Cuomo Announces VTS to Create 200 Jobs in Expanded Global Headquarters

by OpenView

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that VTS, a global commercial real estate and asset management company, will create 200 jobs in an expanded global headquarters in New York City. The company will also retain all 86 jobs currently in place at its offices in Midtown Manhattan.

“This is another example of how New York State is thriving for businesses and jobs in the competitive global economy,” said Governor Cuomo. “The state is fully committed to helping the private sector thrive in order to create new opportunities for New Yorkers, and we will continue building on the progress of the past five years to create an even stronger business environment. I congratulate VTS on reaching this important milestone, and I look forward to seeing the company grow and succeed in the years to come.”

In addition to serving as the company’s global headquarters, the expanded space will also be home to the bulk of VTS’s engineering talent, with nearly half the new hires working in that field. The move to West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan will provide VTS with nearly 16,000 square feet of office space, as well as an option to lease additional space in the building in the future.

To encourage VTS to keep its global headquarters in New York and expand here, Empire State Development will provide the company with up to $2 million in Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits. The company will create 200 new jobs over the next five years and retain them through at least 2025, while also retaining all 86 jobs currently located in New York and investing approximately $2.25 million in the new offices. Before deciding to remain in New York, VTS considered relocating to Jersey City, NJ.

Nick Romito, CEO of VTS said, “Seeing the process Empire State Development has put in place to incentivize young companies to grow in New York has been amazing. They made it painless for the entrepreneur, and the end result is an amazing partnership between our company and the state.”

Howard Zemsky, President, CEO & Commissioner of ESD said, “With a strong economy and steady job growth, New York is the perfect place for a technology company like VTS to introduce innovation to the commercial real estate industry. The 200 people VTS hires over the next five years will ultimately help drive much needed efficiencies in our commercial real estate market, making the State an even better place to locate a business and helping to create even more jobs.”

Senator Brad Hoylman said, “Technology companies are booming in my Senate district, including Google, Facebook and Twitter. I’m thrilled to see another addition, VTS, which will be bringing 200 new jobs in the tech sector to their global headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. This is a big win for our local economy and I’m grateful to Governor Cuomo and ESD President and CEO Howard Zemsky for helping make this happen.”

Assembly Member Richard Gottfried said, “We welcome the expansion of the tech sector in Manhattan, and look forward to the positive impact VTS will have on the community as it grows over the next several years. Under Governor Cuomo’s leadership, we continue to benefit from a thriving and diverse economy, marked by consistent job creation.”

About VTS
VTS is the leading leasing and asset management platform built to provide real-time portfolio analytics to the top landlords and brokerage firms in the world. VTS has offices throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, and allows brokers and owners to manage deal activity, identify trends and quantify portfolio performance from their desktop or mobile device. With over 2 billion square feet under management, VTS is the driving force behind the industry’s shift towards real-time data and is quickly becoming the marketplace standard. For more information, visit vts.com.

SwiftStack and VeriStor Partner to Provide Cost Efficient Enterprise Cloud Infrastructures

by OpenView

SAN FRANCISCO & ATLANTA — SwiftStack, the leader in a new breed of object storage, today announced it has partnered with VeriStor, an advanced IT solutions provider specializing in virtual infrastructure and enterprise private, public and hybrid cloud services and solutions. By integrating SwiftStack’s object storage into its enterprise cloud services portfolio, VeriStor is expanding its offerings for easy-to-consume storage with ultra-simplified cloud management that scales seamlessly across multiple data centers.

The customer adoption of object storage is rising with IDC predicting that it will be a $28.3 billion market by 2018. Driving this growth is an overwhelming desire among businesses for a software-centric approach to storage, one that offers the cost-effective scalability of the cloud and avoids vendor and hardware lock-in.

Responding to an increasing need from its medium to large enterprise customers for greater storage agility and efficiency, VeriStor is adding SwiftStack, which is built on an open source engine, to its storage portfolio. This will provide VeriStor customers with software-based enterprise-ready storage that delivers simplicity, pay-as-you-grow licensing and massive scale independent of hardware.

“One of the biggest challenges we’re seeing is the ability for customers to effectively manage both application growth and petabytes of data,” said Don Jaworski, CEO of SwiftStack. “With this new partnership, VeriStor will be able to offer their customers infrastructure for data protection across multiple sites. Especially considering VeriStor’s strong relationship with Commvault, the ability to offer Commvault’s data and information management paired with SwiftStack as software-defined storage for backup data presents customers with an extremely valuable package.”

“We take pride in the fact that our customers receive the best software solutions and services possible, and adding SwiftStack to our portfolio of offerings was an easy decision to make,” said Ashby Lincoln, President and CEO Of VeriStor. “SwiftStack’s Object Storage software allows us to help our customers effectively overcome diverse storage demands, simplifying their management approach in the process.”

About VeriStor

At VeriStor, we design, implement and manage IT solutions that fuel business productivity. As an end-to-end solutions provider, VeriStor specializes in enterprise data storage, virtual infrastructure, public, private and hybrid cloud services, migration, and technology financing. Headquartered in Atlanta, VeriStor delivers solutions nationwide to enterprise and mid-market companies in all industries including financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, education and federal, state and local government. To learn how VeriStor can help you achieve an IT infrastructure that accelerates business growth, improves efficiencies and reduces costs, visit: http://www.veristor.com.

About SwiftStack

SwiftStack innovations power object storage for Enterprises, offering freedom of choice for genuine simplicity and TCO at scale. SwiftStack has perfected the delivery of private cloud object storage within and across data centers for content delivery, active archive, and data-centric workflows. The SwiftStack solution, built on OpenStack Swift at its core, is managed by a unique out-of-band controller and includes scale-out nodes with rolling upgrades as well as a filesystem gateway interface for traditional applications. No object storage solution is as flexible, simple, or open as SwiftStack, which has driven adoption by HP Cloud, eBay, and PAC-12 among many F500 companies. Connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn, or please visit www.swiftstack.com.

Leading With Data, Socrata Brings Police And Communities Together In A New Relationship Of Trust And Collaboration

by OpenView

SEATTLE–Socrata (www.socrata.com), the global leader in software solutions designed exclusively for data-driven digital government, today announced the availability the new Socrata for Public Safety, an open data platform for police departments.

“From the White House to police departments to individual citizens, there is recognition that data-centered police-community relations will better meet the needs of both the police and those they serve,” said Kevin Merritt, CEO and Founder of Socrata. “Transparency is the foundation of trust and ultimately engagement. In the past year we have witnessed a complete shift with many police departments today embracing data transparency as the foundation to enhancing, or in some cases restoring trust.

“Police departments today are scrutinized by the actions of a few bad actors. When shared with context, balance and perspective, crime incident and agency operational data can offer a more accurate view of how a department as a whole is performing; it can make a community much more aware of the good work most police organizations and officers are doing. This is an important element of starting a productive discourse. Data also is incredibly helpful for helping public safety agencies look internally and operate more efficiently.”

Making policing data widely available reinforces community partnerships, equips the public with real-time data, and allows police departments to define and achieve operational goals more effectively. Socrata for Public Safety helps police departments and other organizations:

  • Build trust and engage the community by sharing meaningful information and stories about public service activities
  • Share real-time data in context so that information is not misconstrued or manipulated by others
  • Define metrics and goals that can be measured with real data, not subjective judgments
  • Be accountable externally or internally for departmental progress towards goals

The White House created the Task Force on 21st Century Policing in the wake of rising tension in communities across the country, and identified using data and technology to improve transparency into police activity and build trust as a primary recommendation. To achieve this, the White House launched the Police Data Initiative (PDI) to fill the vacuum of accurate data, build transparency, increase community trust, and improve internal police department accountability and effective data analysis. More than 75% of the cities participating in the White House Police Data Initiative are already working with Socrata.

Tom Manger, Chief of Police, Montgomery Count, MD, added: “Police departments understand that to earn the trust and confidence of the communities that we serve, we need to be accountable and transparent. The more information we put out there, the more opportunity the public has to have that confidence in their police department.”

To learn more about Socrata for Public Safety, visit Socrata for Public Safety. For an example of how police departments are using data, view this video of Chief Manger discussing Montgomery County’s open data perspective.

ABOUT SOCRATA

Socrata is the global leader in software solutions that are designed exclusively for digital government, delivering unprecedented data-driven innovation and cost savings for hundreds of public sector leaders and millions of their constituents around the world. Built on an affordable, cloud-based, Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, Socrata equips governments, public safety and law enforcement agencies and NGOs of every size to rapidly transform outdated and expensive data access models, Web sites and legacy applications into intuitive, visually rich, intelligent consumer-grade apps and user experiences that can now be enriched and sustained by real-time government data, perhaps the most economically powerful public asset in history. To learn more about Socrata, visit www.socrata.com.

OpenView Venture Partners Expands Presence with Two New Hires

by OpenView

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 01, 2016 — OpenView Venture Partners announced today the hire of Jess Dembeck and Kristin McLeod who join the firm as Analyst and Senior Digital Marketing Manager, respectively. Over the last 12 months, OpenView has added more than 10 new hires and is looking to continue to build out its presence in Boston.

“We’re thrilled that Kristin and Jess have joined OpenView,” said Diana Martz, the firm’s Director of Talent. “As we continue to invest in rapidly growing software companies, we’re building out internal resources to support our efforts to both find and grow these companies into leaders. Over the course of 2016, we’ll look to hire across all functional areas of the firm, with a specific focus on our go-to-market and investment practice areas.”

At OpenView, Dembeck will work closely with the firm’s partners to identify and seek out investment opportunities. Prior to joining OpenView, she was an Analyst at Aldrich Capital Partners, a growth equity firm that invests in SaaS companies. During her tenure there, Dembeck was responsible for sourcing investment opportunities and conducting due diligence. She holds a Bachelor in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Finance and Marketing from The George Washington University.

McLeod joins OpenView from Cayan, a payments technology company, where she served as Director of Digital Marketing. As OpenView’s Senior Digital Marketing Manager, McLeod will focus on all aspects of digital marketing, concentrating on traffic acquisition and demand generation via paid, organic, social and affiliate marketing. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology also from The George Washington University.

OpenView actively hires for its own operations and those of its portfolio. Interested parties can learn more about available opportunities and apply here.

About OpenView Venture Partners
OpenView is a venture capital firm with over $700 million in total capital under management that invests in expansion stage software companies. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Boston, MA, OpenView provides its portfolio with value-add services through OpenView Labs. Programs range from recruiting to market research and marketing and sales strategy. For more information, visit openviewpartners.com.

Kareo Hires Drew Hamilton as Chief Sales Officer

by OpenView

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kareo, the leading provider of cloud-based solutions for independent medical practices, today announced that Drew Hamilton has been appointed Chief Sales Officer. Hamilton will be responsible for scaling Kareo’s sales organization to achieve continued revenue growth.

“Under Drew’s leadership, we will focus on advancing sales strategy and expanding our sales force,” said Dan Rodrigues, founder and CEO of Kareo. “We are excited to welcome Drew to the Kareo team. Drew has a proven record of scaling sales organizations within SaaS companies, and that experience will be valuable as Kareo continues its strong momentum in the independent practice market.”

Prior to joining Kareo, Hamilton served as executive vice president and general manager of TeleTrac, an Orange County-based SaaS company. In his tenure at Teletrac he restructured the sales division, eventually expanding its sales force from 20 to 200 representatives. Leveraging nearly 20 years of experience in sales, Hamilton will work cross-functionally with other areas of the company to drive business development, create efficiencies to shorten sales cycles and improve customer communications, ultimately helping Kareo reach its next stage of growth.

“What excites me most about Kareo is the product, the people, the addressable market and the culture,” said Hamilton. “My wife is an independent practice physician and the notion of leveraging technology to allow doctors to ‘Go Practice’ really hits home for me. I look forward to helping such a great company support a fast growing market of independent practices.”

About Kareo

Kareo is the only cloud-based medical office software and services platform purpose-built for small practices. At Kareo, we believe that, with the right tools and support, small practices can do big things. We offer an integrated solution of products and services designed to help physicians get paid faster, find new patients, run their business smarter, and provide better care. Our practice management software, medical billing solution, practice marketing tools and free, award-winning fully certified EHR help more than 30,000 medical providers more efficiently manage the business and clinical sides of their practice. Kareo has received extensive industry recognition, including the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Inc. 500/5000, Red Herring Top 100 Company, and Black Book #1 Integrated EHR, Practice Management and Billing Vendor. Headquartered in Irvine, California, the Kareo mission is to help providers spend their time focused on patients, not paperwork. For more information, visit www.kareo.com.

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HGGC acquires Instantly and merges it with SSI

by OpenView

PALO ALTO, Calif.—January 27, 2016—HGGC, a leading middle market private equity firm, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Instantly, Inc., a provider of online and mobile audiences and insights technology tools. Instantly will be immediately integrated with HGGC portfolio company Survey Sampling International (“SSI”), a leading provider of data solutions and technology for consumer and business-to-business research. Terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.

“Clients will greatly benefit from the integration of Instantly into SSI’s operations and technology portfolio,” said SSI President and CEO Chris Fanning. “This combination will create attractive scale economies and accelerate our industry-leading product development roadmap with respect to online and mobile-driven solutions.”

Instantly marks the fourth add-on investment to the SSI platform since HGGC’s investment in December 2014. SSI added MRops in April 2015, and Australia-based MyOpinions and New Zealand-based SmileCity in July 2015.
“We’re very proud of the progress made over the past 12 months in strengthening SSI’s market position, which is completely aligned with the plan we and management laid out for the business from day one,” said Rich Lawson, CEO and Co-Founder of HGGC, and Chairman of SSI. “Chris Fanning and his team have done a tremendous job integrating these strategic acquisitions and managing significant organic growth, all while augmenting SSI’s capabilities to meet global marketers’ demands for greater sophistication across all channels.”

“Instantly has built a strong reputation among marketers for its end-to-end product insight solutions—especially via the mobile channel,” added Hudson Smith, Managing Director at HGGC. “It’s exciting to bring this talent to SSI, and support them with additional resources that will accelerate innovation and deliver best-in-class market research technology.”

JEGI served as financial advisor to Instantly.

About HGGC
HGGC is a leading middle-market private equity firm with over $2.4 billion in cumulative capital commitments. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., HGGC is distinguished by its “Advantaged Investing” model that enables the firm to source and acquire scalable businesses at attractive multiples through partnerships with management teams, founders and sponsors who reinvest alongside HGGC, creating a strong alignment of interests. Over its history, HGGC has completed nearly 50 transactions, including global platform investments, strategic add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations, and liquidity events with an aggregate value of over $10 billion. More information is available at www.hggc.com

About SSI
SSI is the premier global provider of data solutions and technology for consumer and business-to-business survey research, reaching respondents in 100+ countries via Internet, telephone, mobile/wireless and mixed-access offerings. SSI staff operates from 30 offices in 21countries, offering sample, data collection, CATI, questionnaire design consultation, programming and hosting, online custom reporting and data processing. SSI’s 3,600 employees serve more than 2,500 clients worldwide. Visit SSI at www.surveysampling.com.

About Instantly, Inc.
Instantly™ is the world’s largest audiences and insights platform, providing researchers and marketers with immediate access to consumers and automated insights tools to make faster, better decisions. Instantly is based in Los Angeles, with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Visit Instantly at https://www.instant.ly/

VTS Partners With MRI Software To Offer Fast Integration of Data Across Both Platforms

by OpenView

NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — VTS, the market’s top commercial real estate asset management and leasing platform, has entered into a partnership with MRI Software, a leading provider of innovative software solutions for the global real estate industry. VTS is one of the first asset management and leasing firms to have a formal partnership with the MRI Partner Connect program, providing users of both solutions with a unique opportunity to collaborate and establish a supported framework.

VTS gives brokers, landlords, asset managers and their teams access to their entire portfolios through one centralized platform. Through this comprehensive solution, commercial real estate professionals can view leasing information, market trends and analytics, and share this data across their entire organization.

“Many forward thinking Commercial Real Estate companies have entrusted both MRI Software and VTS with their most valuable leasing data,” said Ryan Masiello, co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer for VTS. “With this new partnership, we are ensuring the fast and secure integration of this data across both platforms. The result will be a more efficient and collaborative solution for their day to day leasing and asset management operations.”

MRI Software’s real estate enterprise solution offers commercial real estate professionals a single database to manage projects, leases, subleases and maintenance. The MRI Partner Connect program gives MRI Software and partner clients the ability to leverage best-of-breed solutions along with MRI’s market leading solutions.

Through this new partnership, users of the VTS and MRI Software platforms have access to a secure, standardized and mutually supported API framework, allowing for easy data transfer from one system to another.

Both companies have dedicated teams to ensure a well-documented functional API that will be tested and validated through standard software practices.

“We’re excited to add VTS to our Partner Connect program, which aims to foster strong relationships and integrations,” said Jackie Bockmuller, Partner Specialist of MRI Software. “VTS is a powerful CRE platform that brings the next-level of data analysis to our mutual clients.”

With today’s partnership announcement and key product enhancements, VTS delivers another key component of its expanding ecosystem, and continues to position itself as a leader in the growing commercial real estate tech industry. More than 10,000 brokers, landlords and asset managers trust the VTS platform with their most important data.

About MRI Software
MRI Software LLC is a leading provider of innovative software solutions for the global real estate industry. MRI delivers a comprehensive and truly configurable solution, from property-level management and accounting to the most complex, long-range financial modeling and analytics for both the commercial and multifamily real estate markets. As a leading provider of real estate enterprise software applications and hosted solutions, MRI leverages over 40 years of business experience to develop long-term successful relationships with its clients. Founded in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., the company has offices in Toronto, London, Sydney, Singapore, and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit www.mrisoftware.com.

About VTS
VTS is the leading leasing and asset management platform built to provide real-time portfolio analytics to the top landlords and brokerage firms in the world. VTS allows brokers and owners to manage deal activity, identify trends and quantify portfolio performance from their desktop or mobile device. With over 2 billion square feet under management, VTS is the driving force behind the industry’s shift towards real-time data and is quickly becoming the marketplace standard. For more information, visit vts.com.

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