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datango wins in terms of customer satisfaction and receives a trophy as "Vendor of the Year"
Customers vote goes to datango: datango's tool for authoring wins the award "eLearningCHECK 2010"
datango has the most satisfied customers - this is the result of the competition "eLearningCHECK 2010”. The tool of the specialist in eLearning and Electronic Performance Support Systems was found to be the best.
Read the full press release here (in German).
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Combining BPM, SAP, and User Research: One proven formula to propel innovation and to maximize efficiency in real-life corporate IT environments
H&D International Group and D-LABS GmbH are jointly organizing this exciting conference about new business technologies.
Since 2006 D-LABS has excelled in bringing the value of thorough User Research to complex software and requirements analysis projects. Through its comprehensive consulting services D-LABS enables its corporate clients to innovate and to produce real results with real business benefits. On the other hand, Hönigsberg & Düvel Datentechnik GmbH is an IT service provider with a widespread portfolio. The company offers comprehensive, individual and integrated solutions for the various requirements of modern IT.
The event will take place at Hasso Plattner Ventures, August-Bebel-Str. 88, 14482 Potsdam, Germany; on Friday, April 16th 2010 from 13:00 to 17:00.
This technology conference will address the question on how to diligently introduce Business Process Management (BPM) solutions, based on SAP technology, to a business organization.
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2010_02_09_D-LABS_conference_with_H_D_international_group.pdf (Filesize:124 K)
MyHeritage.com, the company that connects families to their past and to one another, announced a significant expansion of its global family network through the acquisition of the Hamburg-based OSN Group.
Also known as Verwandt.de (Germany), Moikrewni.pl (Poland) or Dynastree.com (USA) to cite only few domain names among 10 market-leading family sites, the OSN’s website group has been among the fastest growing family networks worldwide in the last two years.
Since launching in November 2005 MyHeritage.com has become the world’s leading international online network for families and the second largest family history website.
"We’re really excited to be able to combine the best of OSN and MyHeritage.com’s services to bring even more value to our members” said Daniel Grözinger, co-founder of OSN. "Since 2007, we have built our services into market leaders in key European and Latin American markets and we’re excited to work with Gilad (founder and CEO of MyHeritage.com) and his team to make it easier for families to keep in touch and bridge gaps of geography, language and time".
Read here the full press releases in English, German, French and Polish.
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Max Bögl Group the First German Company to Use New 5D Software Solution of RIB.
The Max Bögl Group, Germany’s largest privately owned construction company, has decided to use the new software generation iTWO from RIB. By purchasing a company licence, the Group has set the course for the consistent switchover from RIB CSuite to the new software generation iTWO.
Wolfgang Herrmann, CIO and member of the extended Management Board: "So far there was no 5D software anywhere in the world specifically for the construction industry that we could use for end-to-end sustained support of our processes. In iTWO we have now found an integrated solution that meets all our requirements of model-based project management software. We are convinced that the integrated support of model-based work processes offered by iTWO will help us to significantly improve our competitiveness."
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With the new VIOSO software, every presentation becomes a show. The program puts an end to boring PowerPoint slides.
At the "Integrated Systems Europe" (ISE) trade fair, VIOSO GmbH is unveiling a change in philosophy in presentation software. As a presenter, you want to convey a clear message to your audience through a nice interface. Your presentation is also a chance for you to stand apart from your competitors and the other presenters. VIOSO Presenter is just the solution you need!
With VIOSO Presenter, you will enjoy more than the basic safety and error correction management, you will significantly increase the visual quality of your presentations. The speaker will be able to make “sexy” presentations, offer the audience a real show, and set himself apart from the previous speaker.
VIOSO Presenter can gather all conceivable file formats; form PowerPoint presentations to pictures or videos. The advanced software offers a selection of spectacular 3D and picture-in-picture effects.
All these features can be very easily and quickly set up. Thanks to VIOSO Presenter, you can offer a real show to your audience even at the last minute!
About the ISE:
The ISE is the largest European trade fair for audio-visual media and is being held from the 2nd to the 4th of February 2010 at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam. VIOSO is represented hall 11 (stand number 11/29). VIOSO Presenter Pro will also be on display, which is geared towards the professional AV market with functions such as unlimited warping and projection onto unusual shaped and<span lang="EN-GB"> coloured</span> surfaces.
Read the full press release here.
Free download version, VIOSO Presenter Free, along with more information, can be found at VIOSO!
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BrightView Systems unveiled on January the 19th the InSight M Series, the world’s first in-line process control and optimization tool developed specifically to address the challenges faced by thin-film solar cell manufacturers. The Wide Area Metrology (WAM) system provides continuous monitoring and whole-panel mapping of critical material and process parameters at full production throughput and for 100% of manufactured panels.
With its innovative True CellTM technology, the InSight is able to measure and map critical layers on-the-fly within the actual product stack, providing continuous process fingerprinting that drives production improvement, excursion detection and line productivity. The methodology provides customers with 24/7 visibility into their manufacturing process, allowing them to realize the value of in-line monitoring within days of InSight installation.
“Thin-film manufacturers are now able to differentiate their products, and optimize their production lines in order to boost productivity, and profitability,” said Benny Shoham, CEO of BrightView Systems.
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On Thursday the 21st of January, Hasso Plattner Ventures and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced they have made a minority co-investment in RIB Software AG (RIB).
With over 12,000 customers worldwide, RIB is a leading software provider for the construction industry, which is one of the most important worldwide industrial segments. This exhibits excellent growth potential for RIB and SAP. RIB offers solutions that cover the entire value creation chain in the construction, plant engineering and infrastructure sectors. At the same time, RIB software forms the link between computer-aided design applications (CAD) and ERP.
The investment underscores SAP’s commitment to fuel the development of innovative solutions built on the integration of RIB iTWO and SAP® software. This investment round will help deliver co-innovated solutions for the construction industry aimed at improving efficiencies, reducing costs and increasing business processes.
“Hasso Plattner Ventures has a clear vision in its goal to help promising IT and Cleantech companies pave their way to becoming global leaders,” said Eran Davidson, CEO of Hasso Plattner Ventures. “We are confident that with our experience, RIB will further strengthen its leading position in the construction industries on a global scale within the next years.”
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After eZ Systems successfully passed the pre-selection, the company is now announced as winner of the Red Herring’s Global 100 award.
Red Herring is a media company whose mission is to cover innovation, technology, financing and entrepreneurial activity. Its staff of award-winning journalists tell readers what is first, what matters and most importantly, why.
Red Herring recognizes that innovation primarily comes from entrepreneurs, but that success comes from a combination of innovation, management, money, strategy and execution. They take all these factors into consideration when evaluating the potential of companies and technologies to succeed.
To decide on the 100 most promising companies, the Red Herring editorial team diligently surveys entrepreneurship around the globe. Technology industry executives, investors, and observers regard the Red Herring 100 lists as invaluable instruments to discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation.
eZ Systems considers that being selected as a Red Herring 100 winner is a mark of distinction and high honor. Only 200 companies are chosen as finalists out of a pool of thousands. Of those finalists Red Herring selected 100 companies as winners.
Past award winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube.
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datango AG begins the new year with its participation at LEARNTEC, taking place from the 2nd to the 4th of February in Karlsruhe. The company uses the international trade fair for education, learning and IT to present the "datango performance suite 2010”. The Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS) matches perfectly the topic of the event "an effective and time-independent learning". It is used by companies as an all-in-one solution in the areas of field training, e-learning and knowledge management.
Read the full press release here (German)
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The entire HPV team is happy to welcome Yaron Valler in the villa as of the 1st of January 2010.
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