April 2011
Sprint Launches BodyMedia ID Pack on Android Devices
Sprint is offering BodyMedia's ID pack, a customized bundle of widgets, applications, wallpapers, ringtones and other content for Android Devices for Sprint customers to access their calorie input vs. output, understand their calorie balance and create personalized workouts. The BodyMedia ID enables Sprint customers to get access to BodyMedia FIT Armbands for health and fitness applications by clicking the BodyMedia ID icon on their device. Learn more about BodyMedia's wearable body monitoring and weight management systems at www.bodymedia.com.
Apr 28 | Permalink
TOA Helps Companies Help the Environment
Companies that use TOA Technologies SaaS software solutions have drastically reduced their carbon footprints, while saving operational expenses and enhancing the customer experience. TOA's web-based routing and scheduling module optimizes more than 50 million appointments around the globe annually. The company's customers typically save an average of $18,000 per mobile employee per year using ETAdirect. Yuval Brisker, CEO of TOA believes, "Going green is about making the right choices, with the comfort of knowing that these can ultimately also save companies money." Learn more at www.toatech.com.
Apr 21 | Permalink
Med BioGene Shareholders Approve Precision Therapeutics Agreement
On April 12, 2011, the shareholders of MedBioGene approved the commercialization, license and research reimbursement agreement with Precision Therapeutics. The agreement provides Precision exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize MBI's lead test, LungExpress Dx. Learn more about personalized cancer therapy at www.precisiontherapeutics.com.
Apr 14 | Permalink
Plan4Demand Plays Key Role at JDA Focus Conference
Plan4Demand is serving as a Silver Sponsor of the JDA Focus 2011 Conference, and will co-present with Stanley Black & Decker, Energizer and Mars. The presentations will highlight various ways to leverage supply chain effectiveness combining process knowledge from Plan4Demand using JDA technology. Plan4Demand helps companies in an array of industries create distinctive competitive advantages through better planning. Learn more about supply chain consulting service provider, Plan4Demand at www.plan4demand.com.
Apr 14 | Permalink
Carnegie Learning Awarded "Next Generation Learning Challenges" Grant
Carnegie Learning has been awarded a $750,000 grant from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), a new initiative focused on identifying and scaling technology-enabled approaches to improve college readiness and completion, especially for low-income young adults. The grant will fund The Mathematics Fluency Data Collaborative, a partnership project to improve perfromance in developmental math courses. Carnegie Learning is one of 29 grantees selected from a field of more than 600 pre-proposals and 50 finalists. Learn more at www.carnegielearning.com.
Apr 14 | Permalink
Precision Therapeutics Launches BioSpeciFx
BioSpeciFx(R), a new product line from Precision Therapeutics, uses well-validated and clinically-useful biomarker tests that identify critical molecular targets within a patient's cell. By using the information generated by BioSpeciFx in combination with the comapny's drug response marker, ChemoFx, physicians may gain a more complete understanding of a patient's tumor, further personalizing cancer treatments. Learn more about personalized cancer treatment options at www.precsiontherapeutics.com.
Apr 14 | Permalink
OnShift New Release Increases Operational Efficiencies
OnShift's staff scheduling and shift managment software offers staffing compliance capabilities that enable long-term care providers to more easily meet staffing level mandates and regulations. Mark Woodka, CEO of OnShift states, "OnShift helps [long-term care] providers to protect themselves and their residents by preventing shortages before they occur. Gaining control of staffing and maintaining compliance [is] the only way to drive cost efficiencies, mitigate risk and deliver high quality care" . OnShift is delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) which minimizes on-site deployment and costs, and is available in both Enterprise and Professional Editions. For more information, please visit www.onshift.com.
Apr 12 | Permalink
