Sonian, the pioneer in cloud-powered email archiving, today announced the successful completion of its beta program for Central Archive, a cloud-based email archiving solution for users of the IBM Domino mail platform.

After months of extensive testing, Sonian is now offering this Domino mail archiving solution for general availability.

Cloud archiving is becoming an increasingly popular method of managing the mountain of email communications, preserving that intellectual property and, with Sonian’s fast and accurate search facility, making it actionable in cases of audit, discovery, investigation or litigation. Central Archive employs an easy-to-use on premise collector, which resides on each Domino mail server, and forwards copies of all inbound and outbound email (including all attachments) to the Amazon cloud.

“Sonian has maintained a long partnership with IBM and Central Archive is a natural extension of that relationship. Now Domino users have a secure, affordable, scalable archive which offloads data from Domino servers, and makes it actionable,” said Jack Dempsey, Vice President of Product Management, Sonian. “Among the many pain points Sonian’s solution addresses is enabling Domino server administrators to alleviate on-premises mail storage burdens, including significant hardware and software expenditures and the costs and complexity associated with extensive discovery requests, particularly across large unstructured datasets.”

Today, Sonian archives house more than 8 billion objects for more than 12,000 customers in 40 countries, and those cloud-based archives grow an average of 300 gigabytes each day. Sonian is 100 percent web-based, platform agnostic and can be deployed quickly to get companies up in running in minutes to start realizing the cost savings and peace of mind that come with secure, scalable data preservation.

About Sonian

Sonian’s cloud-powered information archiving platform enables organizations to address early stage discovery needs, achieve regulatory compliance, and reduce IT costs. Sonian’s archiving services can be deployed in minutes, require no hardware or software, and are compatible with all major email platforms. Sonian provides the only archiving offering in the market built from the ground up using advanced cloud computing technologies. Over 12,000 customers benefit from Sonian’s industry-leading security, performance, and usability. Boasting strong partnerships with the world’s leading technology companies, Sonian combines innovative technology with deep archiving expertise to satisfy customers of all sizes and industries. For more information, please visit http://www.sonian.com/.

SOURCE: Sonian

Central Desktop was honored with the Silver Stevie(R) Award for “New Product or Service of the Year – Software – Collaboration/Social Networking Solution” for its SocialBridge(R) cloud-based collaboration platform for marketers.

This award is the third Stevie win in 2013 for Central Desktop. In June, the company was also awarded the Gold Stevie(R) Award in the “Customer Service Team of the Year” category and the Silver Stevie(R) Award in the “Customer Service Department of the Year” category. More than 3,200 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories.

According to Kristy McKnight, Central Desktop’s vice president of products, “We’re thrilled that our SocialBridge collaboration platform was recognized with a Silver Stevie. We’ve spent a lot of time listening to, learning from and working with leading marketing and agency execs, then focusing on creating product enhancements and innovations that directly address the daily demands of their teams. It’s very gratifying to be awarded for making a tangible, headache-easing, cost-saving impact on our clients’ businesses.”

Stevie Award winners were selected by more than 320 executives nationwide who participated in the judging process. Details about The American Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners who were announced on September 16 are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.

In addition to Central Desktop’s recent Stevie wins, the company was also named to the Inc.500|5000 list of America’s fastest growing private companies last month. Central Desktop joins LivingSocial, Edible Arrangements, CDW and Lifelock, among other prominent brands featured on this year’s list.

About Central Desktop

Central Desktop helps people work together in ways they never imagined possible. Our SocialBridge online collaboration platform connects people and information in the cloud, making it possible to share files, combine knowledge, inspire ideas, manage projects and more. Central Desktop serves more than half a million users worldwide. Key Central Desktop customers include CBS, MLB.com, Harvard University, the Humane Society of the United States, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Javelin Marketing Group, Upshot, Engauge, WD-40 and Workday. Founded in 2005, Central Desktop is a privately-held company with headquarters in Pasadena, California. For more information, visit www.centraldesktop.com.

About the Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. A fifth program, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, will debut this year. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

SOURCE: Central Desktop

Exinda, a global provider of next-generation WAN optimization and Network Control solutions, has signed its 3,000th customer brand, further reinforcing its position as a Visionary in the 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN optimization controllers.

The company continues to outpace the market in its key segments including education, manufacturing and retail where it has seen rapid growth.

Exinda’s continued growth in its core segments is a result of changing network conditions and priorities within the mid-market. The company’s uniquely pragmatic approach to WAN optimization and management which focuses on complex IT projects and disruptive applications is well aligned with changing customer needs.

“Our community of customers is increasingly challenged to execute top priority IT projects and deploy strategic applications as a result of growing network and operational complexity,” said Michael Sharma, Chief Executive Officer at Exinda. “Our success is indicative of a growing requirement to go beyond basic optimization and provide purposeful solutions to key IT projects and problems that rely heavily on the WAN.”

The company’s customer growth includes recent customer signings including Detroit Tigers and Precor, two innovative organizations who view the network as a strategic business asset. “With Exinda we have found a technology and visionary partner that will support us for years to come,” said James Darrow, Director of IT for The Detroit Tigers. “Our business initiatives rely more on a predictable network than ever before which makes them a truly strategic partner for us.”

In addition to its customer growth milestone, Exinda has had several other key highlights thus far in 2013 including:

•     Doubled revenues in the manufacturing sector from the same period in 2012
•     Winning the Inc. 500|5000 award for the second consecutive year
•     Distribution expansion in Europe with the partnership signing of Cloud Distribution
•     Opening a new, expanded development center in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
•     General release of its award winning ExOS version 6.4

About Exinda

Exinda is a leading global supplier of WAN optimization and Network Control solutions. Exinda enables organizations to assure a predictable user experience for strategic business applications through policy-based WAN optimization and Network Control that intelligently allocate network bandwidth and optimize traffic based on the priorities of the business. The company has helped more than 3,000 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.

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Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud services for video, today announced that ExactTarget has launched a new video portal with a full library of video assets using the Brightcove Video Cloud online video platform.

With Video Cloud, ExactTarget, a global digital marketing leader, is able to deliver engaging, high-quality video to audiences on every platform and device.

“As digital marketers, we recognize the importance of video in engaging our customers, building our brand and helping to keep visitors on our site for longer periods of time,” said Daniel Incandela, director of global interactive marketing at ExactTarget. “We constantly strive to develop robust experiences that best engage our online users. With Brightcove Video Cloud’s diverse functionality, we are able to seamlessly manage a site-wide video strategy and a standalone portal with both live and on-demand video content and deliver a high-quality viewing experience on every screen.”

With Video Cloud, ExactTarget has access to the most advanced features for publishing and distributing video content to audiences on every screen. ExactTarget previously relied upon Video Cloud to publish and manage contextual video content across its Web and mobile properties. With the launch of its new standalone video portal, ExactTarget is taking advantage of Video Cloud’s range of capabilities to deliver a fully branded, customized video experience that works across desktops, smartphones and tablets with built-in social sharing features to encourage community-building and engagement. ExactTarget will also benefit from Video Cloud’s advanced analytics to understand how its video content is performing across all platforms, as well as audience viewing behavior.

Additionally, at ExactTarget’s Connections 2013 event, taking place September 17-19, 2013 in Indianapolis, the Brightcove Video Cloud Live module will empower ExactTarget to reach beyond its expected in-person audience to share its digital marketing expertise with a global audience. ExactTarget will deliver conference keynotes, sessions and other video content via live stream on its responsive website. Interested parties will also have the option to access the live stream through the Connections mobile app available on iOS, Android and Windows platforms.

“ExactTarget is a great example of a marketer that understands the power of video and content marketing in driving awareness, generating leads and converting sales,” said Jeff Whatcott, chief marketing officer at Brightcove. “We are thrilled to partner with ExactTarget and to support the company’s efforts to deliver fully branded, engaging live and on-demand video to its core audiences online and via mobile devices.”

About Brightcove

Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud services for video, offers a family of products used to revolutionize the way organizations deliver video experiences. The company’s products include Video Cloud, the market-leading online video platform and Zencoder, a leading cloud-based media processing service and HTML5 video player technology. Brightcove has more than 6,300 customers in over 65 countries that rely on Brightcove cloud content services to build and operate video experiences across PCs, smartphones, tablets and connected TVs. For more information, visit http://www.brightcove.com.

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SOURCE: Brightcove Inc.
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Balihoo (http://www.balihoo.com), the premier provider of Local Marketing Automation (LMA) technology and services to national brands with local marketing needs, announced today that the company closed the first half of 2013 with strong customer growth.

Following its strong showing for the first half of 2013, last week Balihoo announced $5 million in new funding from OpenView Venture Partners to fuel continued business growth and product innovation.

The company welcomed new customers across industries and sectors, including financial services, retail, consumer brands, home goods, and home improvement. Control 4 and Behr Process Corporation are among the new additions in the first half of 2013 to join Balihoo’s growing base of national brand customers.

Control 4 is a leading provider of personalized automation and control systems for homeowners. Behr Process Corporation, founded in 1947, is one of the largest suppliers of architectural paint and exterior wood care products to the United States and Canadian do-it-yourself channel.

“Local marketing continues to grow in importance for national brands seeking new ways to activate customer engagement,” said Pete Gombert, CEO of Balihoo. “Digital channels such as local web sites and localized social media are particularly effective for reaching the “always on” consumer at every stage of the buying process.”

Additional first half highlights include:

New Product Features

• Localized Social Media – Balihoo’s new Localized Social Media Module allows brands with a corporate Facebook page to complement their national content with locally provided and relevant content viewable only by Facebook users in the appropriate markets. The new capability enables local affiliates to post relevant status updates to their brand’s national page. Fans of the corporate site see all of the national content plus only the local content targeting their area. The new feature offers national brands control and approvals of all affiliate status updates and comment content.

•  Content Delivery – Balihoo’s new Content Delivery feature enables customized content from local affiliates to be published on local sites that are managed by the national brand. The affiliates select, customize, and schedule publication of content for appropriate sections of their local web site, and upon completion, the files are packaged and delivered to an FTP site where they are consumed by the brand’s content management system.

Industry Thought Leadership

• Brand Automation for Local Activation – Balihoo partnered with the CMO Council to underwrite the “Brand Automation for Local Activation” study looking at the challenges and opportunities faced today by national brands with local marketing needs. The report revealed national brand marketers are aware of the growing importance of local marketing but lack the tools and insight for executing effective marketing programs through local channels.

• Leading in Local – Balihoo’s CMO spoke at BIA/Kelsey’s Leading in Local Conference in Boston, sharing top level results from the CMO Council report and actionable insights for improving the performance of local marketing programs.

• Local Search Rankings Factor Study – Balihoo was one of 35 SEO experts asked to participate in this annual survey considered to be one of the most important studies of Local Search Engine Optimization.

• Local Marketing Infographics and Video Series – Balihoo produced a series of infographics and videos outlining how national brands can overcome local marketing obstacles. All content is available online by visiting Balihoo’s Local Marketing Resource Center at http://balihoo.com/local-marketing-resources.

Awards

• Balihoo continues to attract top talent at all levels with its award-winning office culture, entrepreneurial spirit, and emphasis on professional development that encompasses a healthy work-life balance. Award recognition for Balihoo’s commitment to a dynamic work environment, include the following:

• Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work in 2013 – Celebrating the innovative companies setting a new standard for a healthy work-life balance. Balihoo ranked 50 out of the Top 100.

• Best Places to Work in Idaho – Balihoo placed in the top 20 in the annual ranking by the Idaho Business Review.

About Balihoo

Balihoo is the premier provider of Local Marketing Automation (LMA) technology and services to national brands with local marketing needs. By automating local marketing, Balihoo gives national brands unprecedented control over local marketing execution and the ability to control the customer experience closer to the point of purchase. Additional information about Balihoo is available at http://www.balihoo.com.

NextDocs, the global leader in regulated content management and compliance solutions for the life sciences industry, today announced that the company has been recognized as Microsoft’s Life Sciences Partner of the Year for 2013.

The award recognizes NextDocs’ excellence and achievement in delivering innovative solutions for the life sciences industry which are built to work with Microsoft technology.  This is the fourth consecutive year NextDocs has received this award.

“The life sciences industry has been undergoing a major technology platform shift.  The leaders in the industry are rapidly turning to regulated content management solutions based on open standards to streamline business processes and drive compliance,” said Zikria Syed, Chief Executive Officer of NextDocs, Inc.  “NextDocs, working closely with Microsoft and relying on its technology, has helped more than 100 leading life sciences companies transition from legacy systems to modern solutions to manage regulated content.”

According to the research report, The State of SharePoint in Life Sciences 2013, nearly 37 percent of life sciences companies reported scaling back or replacing their legacy systems, such as EMC Documentum, over the past three years.  Nearly 65 percent of life sciences companies say they have already shifted or plan to shift to a Microsoft SharePoint-based platform.

NextDocs regulated content management and compliance solutions are built on the dynamic Microsoft SharePoint platform – and extend SharePoint’s functionality to satisfy the unique business needs of life sciences companies.

“Life sciences companies actively seek solutions that provide greater flexibility and capability for their business; solutions that take advantage of their increasingly global, mobile and connected business environment; solutions that connect health professionals and empower them to increase productivity, save money and improve care,” said Andrea McGonigle, Managing Director, Life Sciences, at Microsoft. “Year in and year out, NextDocs has helped these companies transform their operations and drive compliance.”

Winners and finalists were selected by Microsoft’s Life Sciences team.  NextDocs also participates in the Microsoft Global ISV Innovators Partner Program.

The Microsoft Partner Program is designed for all partners who develop and market solutions based on Microsoft platforms, provide consulting or technical services on Microsoft systems, or recommend Microsoft technology purchases.  Microsoft partners include consulting services providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), independent hardware vendors, large account resellers (LARs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), support providers, system integrators, system builders, training providers, value-added resellers, and value-added providers.

For more information on NextDocs, visit www.nextdocs.com.
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NextDocs, a leading provider of regulated content management and compliance solutions, announced today that the company has received a $13.5 million round of investments and funding commitments.  The funding round was led by OpenView Venture Partners with participation by Eastward Capital and Bridgebank Capital.

“Since its inception, NextDocs has primarily funded its operations and growth through revenue generation.  Of course, this has only been possible because of the extremely strong reception our solutions have received in the market,” said Zikria Syed, Chief Executive Officer of NextDocs. “These additional equity investments and funding commitments will allow us to escalate the investment in our solutions, services and global organization – positioning the company to capture even greater market share.”

A major technology platform shift in the life sciences industry is accelerating the demand for the regulated content management solutions which NextDocs sells. Nearly 37 percent of life sciences companies have reported replacing or beginning to replace their legacy document management technologies in favor of regulated content management software – and research shows that trend accelerating.

With more than 100 life sciences companies already relying on NextDocs solutions, including 5 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and two of the largest Clinical Research Organizations (CROs), the NextDocs platform is well on track to become the new industry standard.

“OpenView decided to lead this second round of investment in NextDocs because we are bullish on the company,” said Firas Raouf, Venture Partner at OpenView Venture Partners.  “NextDocs continues to take significant market share from the large incumbents in the market, while also expanding into adjacent and more greenfield markets.  We see NextDocs growing aggressively and becoming a much larger company over the next few years.”

NextDocs is already an Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 50 company.  OpenView Venture Partners is the company’s largest investor and also its first institutional investor, having provided a $10 million Series A round of investment in 2011.

Last month, NextDocs announced the appointment of William Levering as Chief Financial Officer and the appointment of Robert Steinkrauss and George Riedel as members of its board of directors. Levering brings more than 30 years of financial management experience to NextDocs, including more than a dozen years’ experience as a CFO at both public and private technology companies.

About NextDocs Corporation

NextDocs is the global leader in providing compliance software solutions including quality management software, regulatory document management, and clinical portals. NextDocs solutions enable businesses in regulated industries to achieve compliance with FDA and other regulations while automating processes, improving efficiency, and dramatically reducing costs. NextDocs’ customers include pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, medical device companies, and CROs. For more information on NextDocs Corporation and its software solutions, visit www.nextdocs.com.

About OpenView Venture Partners

OpenView Venture Partners (openviewpartners.com) is an expansion-stage venture capital fund based in Boston that is focused on high-growth software, Internet, and technology-enabled companies. Through its staff of seasoned operating executives, who collectively bring several decades of technology and management experience to the firm, OpenView is able to help portfolio companies quickly optimize their product, go-to-market, and organizational and operational functions. Founded in 2006, the firm invests globally and has approximately $445 million in total capital under management.

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Sonian, the pioneer in cloud-powered email archiving, today announced the launch of its migration tool for Postini users.

In an effort to alleviate the many migration headaches caused by Postini’s pending end of life, Sonian has developed a turnkey migration tool to easily move users messaging data into a Sonian cloud archive, making it searchable and therefore actionable. It is available immediately.

Since Google announced the end-of-life for the Postini mail and archive platform, many longtime users have struggled to find a way to easily migrate their data to another platform. While Google is providing a migration to their Vault product, users unhappy with that option are left with few simple export tools. Google limits the size of exports and the date ranges for the requisite searches; overwrites successive export files; does not offer telephone support to Postini users; and the service has suffered repeated and prolonged outages this year with “slow search” being a frequent complaint and a major gating factor in constructing export files. Sonian’s tool provides a more simple and effective way to export and migrate all Postini data.

“Mail migration has always been a big part of Sonian’s core offering.” said Jenn McAuliffe, vice president of sales at Sonian. “Postini implementations do come with their own well-documented peculiarities, and our Product Development group was able to quickly build this simple migration tool which we believe will help thousands of users easily move their valuable data.”

Today, Sonian archives house more than 8 billion objects for more than 12,000 customers in 40 countries, and those cloud-based archives grow an average of 300 gigabytes each day. Sonian is 100 percent web-based, platform agnostic and can be deployed quickly to get companies up and running in minutes to start realizing the cost savings and peace of mind that come with actionable data preservation.

About Sonian

Sonian’s cloud-powered archiving platform enables organizations to address discovery needs, improve compliance postures, ease email migrations and reduce IT expenses. Sonian’s archiving services can be deployed in minutes, require no hardware or software, and are compatible with all of the world’s most popular email messaging systems. Sonian provides the only archiving offering in the market built from the ground up using advanced cloud computing technologies. Over 12,000 customers in 40 countries benefit from Sonian’s industry-leading fast and accurate search and superior usability. Boasting strong partnerships with the world’s leading technology companies, Sonian combines innovative technology and archiving expertise to satisfy customers of all sizes and industries. For more information, please visit http://www.sonian.com

SOURCE: Sonian