Karlsbad, Germany, 22nd August 2014 – From August 4 to 6, 2014, translators, interpreters, and terminologists from more than 70 countries came together for the world congress of the International Federation of Translators (FIT) in Berlin, Germany. Under the motto, "Man vs. Machine", the opportunities and risks of machine translation (MT) and computer-aided translation (CAT) were discussed in numerous lectures and workshops. Across Systems, manufacturer of a leading translation management system, had its own booth at the accompanying trade exhibition and participated in the lecture program.

"The FIT World Congress, which is held every three years, provides us with an ideal setting for enhancing our understanding of the requirements of the translators for a computer-aided translation system. This is a unique opportunity for personal dialog with translators from the world over", says Tanja Wendling, Head of Marketing and Lead Management at Across Systems. At the congress, 1,600 attendees were able to engage in professional exchange with colleagues and tool providers. There was also plenty of time for networking, e.g. at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the translators' federation. "After three days of exciting conversations and lectures, we had a lot to take along – what's going on in the industry, what do translators expect from a CAT tool, and where is the machine translation trend headed? Whatever the answers to these questions may be, the conference has clearly shown that although machines will change the practical work of the translator in the long run, they should be viewed as a support option, not as a threat."

The next FIT World Congress will be organized by the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators in 2017 and will be held in Brisbane, Australia.

For further information please contact:
Across Systems GmbH
Anja Bergemann
Tel: +49 7248 925-412
Fax: +49 7248 925-444
abergemann[at]across[dot]net
www.across.net
 
good news! GmbH
Nicole Körber
Tel: +49 451 88199-12
Fax: +49 451 88199-29
across[at]goodnews[dot]de
www.goodnews.de
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London, UK, 21st August 2014 – Across Systems GmbH, manufacturer of a leading translation management system, will participate in this year's Brand2Global Conference in London, UK, on October 1 and 2, 2014 as sponsor and lecturer. The event mainly addresses international marketing executives and focuses on the challenges in the global business.

The implementation of the Brand2Global Conference will be handled by the Localization Institute in Wisconsin, USA, as the main organizer, with the support of sponsors like Across Systems. The software manufacturer is familiar with the challenges of international market communication and assists businesses in making a significant contribution to the corporate identity by means of more efficient localization of product information. Apart from representatives of renowned enterprises like Google, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft, Christian Weih, Chief Sales Officer at Across Systems, will also have a part in the lecture program. Together with Julio Leal, Head of Localization at Ciena, he will talk about "The Global Customer Experience – The Importance of Content Quality" on October 2 from 9 a.m.

About Across Systems:
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company’s Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.

For further information please contact:
Across Systems GmbH
Anja Bergemann
Tel: +49 7248 925-412
Fax: +49 7248 925-444
abergemann[at]across[dot]net
www.across.net
 
good news! GmbH
Nicole Körber
Tel: +49 451 88199-12
Fax: +49 451 88199-29
across[at]goodnews[dot]de
www.goodnews.de
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Siegen, Germany, 19th August 2014 –  The Archive Edition of PoINT Storage Manager is available from now on. By this new and easy to use edition primary storage can be employed more efficiently by archiving inactive data to secondary storage systems. Thus the higher archiving requirements are fulfilled and at the same time high investment costs can be avoided. By supporting versatile storage technologies the software manufacturer, PoINT Software & Systems GmbH, ensures the independence from specific hardware manufacturers. In addition consistent usage of standards provides an investment protection.

The extreme growth of unstructured data leads to an increasing challenge for companies. Due to economical or corresponding technical reasons this cannot be solved by only extending primary storage systems. As an alternative companies are able to archive inactive data (so called cold data) and data to be archived to secondary storage systems especially designed for long-term archival by implementing PoINT Storage Manager - Archive Edition. The archiving process can be automated on basis of pre-defined policies or manually by a protected web client.

PoINT Storage Manager - Archive Edition offers three archiving methods: Copy Mode, Data Mover Mode and HSM Mode to archive files transparently to secondary storage. Access to archived files is possible at any time through standard operating system primitives.

Depending on different requirements multiple storage technologies, like hard disk, tape and optical, can be applied to use their particular strength optimally. There is no need for additional software as the PoINT Storage Manager - Archive Edition supports these storage technologies natively.

Furthermore by the Archive Edition of PoINT Storage Manager files can be replicated in an automated manner to storage systems of the same or a different storage technology.

About PoINT:
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH is specialized in the development of software products and systems solutions for storage and management of data using all available mass storage technologies like optical, hard disk, tape, cloud and object store. Close collaboration with leading hardware manufacturers enables an early support of innovative storage technologies. Besides these complete solutions PoINT also offers its know-how as Toolkits, which can be easily integrated in other applications by a programming interface. Furthermore PoINT projects entire storage solutions and provides consultancy with its long-term and versatile experience.
PoINT products are distributed by our partners in more than 25 countries worldwide and have been installed successfully in more than 2 million installations. PoINT customers range from end users expecting a compact and secure solution to large corporations, which meet with our solutions their complex demands by providing the necessary reliability and perfection.

For further information please contact:
Carmen Kölsch
Public Relations
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
Eiserfelder Str. 316, 57080 Siegen
tel.: +49 271 3841-159
fax: +49 271 3841-151 m
[email protected]
http://www.point.de
 
Nicole Körber
good news! GmbH
Kolberger Str. 36, 23617 Stockelsdorf
tel.: +49 451 88199-12
fax: +49 451 88199-29
[email protected]
http://www.goodnews.de
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Karlsbad, Germany, 13th August 2014 – Based on the technical improvements of the current version 6 of its translation management system, Across Systems GmbH plans to focus on the translation environment in the development of the successor version. To accommodate the requirements and experiences of users even more effectively, a technology round table will be held for the first time on August 27, 2014, allowing experienced translators to discuss possible and necessary further developments with the Across team.

The workshop will concentrate particularly on the optimization of the Across Personal Edition, the Across edition that is especially designed for translators. The most important agenda items will be determined directly by the participating translators. "The objective of the technology round table is to gain an even better understanding of the needs of our users through direct dialog and to find concrete solution approaches for the further development of the Personal Edition", explains Stefan Kreckwitz, Chief Technology Officer at Across Systems. "With our corporate and LSP advisory board, we are already engaged in ongoing dialog with Across users. In the future, we plan to intensify our collaboration with translators with respect to the product development. Depending on the outcome of the first round table, this form of exchange could even develop into a regular event. Of course, this will not result in any change to our product strategy for the time being: The Across Personal Edition will remain free of charge for freelancers and students."

Further information on the Across Personal Edition is available at www.my-across.net.

About Across Systems:
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company’s Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.

For further information please contact:
Across Systems GmbH
Anja Bergemann
Tel: +49 7248 925-412
Fax: +49 7248 925-444
[email protected]
www.across.net
 
good news! GmbH
Nicole Körber
Tel: +49 451 88199-12
Fax: +49 451 88199-29
[email protected]
www.goodnews.de
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Karlsbad, Germany, 30th July 2014. – Shortly after the release of the latest version of the Across Language Server, Across Systems GmbH publishes a fully revised website. Like the translation management system, the revised website also reflects the software manufacturer's user-oriented strategy. The clear, modern design and fully revised content structure are to facilitate the navigation and retrieval of information.

"When creating the concept for the new Across website, our main objective was to present all information related to Across – from the description of all product components and services to the support – in a well-structured, comprehensible manner. The new structure and the modern design will help our existing and prospective customers to quickly find what they are looking for", says Tanja Wendling, Head of Marketing and Lead Management at Across. "We are very proud of the result of the design and implementation phase, which took several months, as the new, easy-to-use website underlines the service orientation of Across. Of course we are also looking forward to the feedback of our users."

Following the relaunch of the main website www.across.net, the website www.my-across.net for translators will also be revised. This is also associated with an optimization of the translator search, which is temporarily available on www.my-across.net only.

Across reader contact:
Tel: +49 7248 925-425
[email protected]


About Across Systems
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company’s Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.


For further information please contact:
Across Systems GmbH Anja Bergemann Tel: +49 7248 925-412 Fax: +49 7248 925-444 [email protected] www.across.net
good news! GmbH Nicole Körber Tel: +49 451 88199-12 Fax: +49 451 88199-29 [email protected] www.goodnews.de
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Southampton, UK, 22nd July 2014 - Innovative start-ups from the SETsquared partnership had a unique opportunity to pitch their technologies to one of the world’s leading banking institutions, Barclays, this month (July).

Six companies from across SETsquared's incubator programme were selected to showcase their innovative business propositions to a large group of senior business and technology directors at Barclays’ global headquarters at Canary Wharf in London

The opportunity is part of SETsquared’s Open Innovation programme, which aims to help corporate organisations access new technologies, solutions and innovations by brokering relationships with SETsquared’s start-up companies, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs.

It is a mutually beneficial partnership, with the corporates finding new technologies and products and the start-ups getting the chance to pitch to business giants they’d never usually be able to access.

SETsquared and Barclays worked closely together to identify Barclays’ interests. The joint team then identified and selected a wide range of innovative companies across the SETsquared incubator programme that appealed to the bank. Through a series of rigorous reviews and presentations six candidates companies were selected to present at a prestigious event at Canary Wharf.


The event was a huge success with each company stimulating significant interest and opening the doors to further discussion about their products and services. Each company has received feedback from a 35 strong panel of representatives from Barclays, including Corporate Banking, Digital and Mobile services, Wealth Management and group technology.

Simon Bond, Innovation Director at SETsquared, said: “In the past there have been barriers to this kind of collaborative innovation, both on the side of the corporate and the start-up.

“Previously there hasn’t been a platform for corporates to go to where they can find enough solid, relevant start-ups in one place. It made for a laborious and risky process, with no guarantee of finding the right technologies at the end. Similarly, start-ups find it almost impossible to engage with the right people in major corporate organisations. Our Open Innovation programme, which was launched with support from the Intellectual Property Office, is now able to address this.”

“We have been really impressed with the commitment Barclays has made at the most senior levels to reaching out to our innovators and start ups. This is an example of how the right corporate values can be key to exploiting the benefits of UK innovation for the whole of the British economy.”

Adrian Cottington, Director in Global Technology and Infrastructure Services at Barclays agrees: “The Open Innovation programme, with SETsquared acting as the intermediary, has given us the opportunity to access to a pool of cherry-picked talent, all in one place. We’ve been very impressed with the quality of technology companies that SETsquared have presented to us and are looking forward to talking further with the companies.”

ENDS

For more information, images or interviews please contact:
Laura Downton at Carswell Gould
T: 023 80 238001
E: [email protected]

About SETsquared
SETsquared is a partnership between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which specialises in growing high tech start-ups through its incubation programme and other acceleration services.

It provides mentoring, access to investors and corporates and a wide range of industry experts through its network and training programmes.

Its business incubation programme is ranked the best in Europe and second in the world and over the last decade it has developed over 1,000 high tech start-ups that have generated some £1bn in investment.

It provides services from its innovation centres at the five universities but also supports companies virtually, giving every member access to the world leading business support.

Find out more at www.setsquared.co.uk
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Oxford, UK, 22nd July 2014. – John Benjamins Publishing Company and long-time partner Publishing Technology announce the launch of a new online home for the independent Dutch company’s diverse range of academic publications.

The new jbe-platform.com site, built on the pub2web platform, brings together John Benjamins’ multiple content formats in one single digital resource for the first time. Users now have seamless access to over 2,500 books and 65 journals.

All of John Benjamins’ titles are now discoverable through the site’s specialised search, browse, faceting and filtering options. The enhanced jbe-platform.com portal, featuring agile and responsive pub2web functionality, also enables John Benjamins to repackage its content and create and sell e-collections. Current collections include back volume sets per subject or series, and front list collections per year.

Features designed for end users include:
• Self-service tools for librarians to control access rights, branding and retrieve COUNTER usage statistics
• Flexible licensing models, including trials, open access, gracing and consortia
• Compliance with key industry standards and partners, including CrossRef, OpenURL, Library discovery services, COUNTER, Athens, Shibboleth and Google
• Personalisation settings, such as email and RSS alerting, as well as saved and keyword search

Key site features allow John Benjamins to capture information about its users and explore innovative ways to support them:
• Self-serve toolkits, including content management and website editing, license administration and user management tools
• Comprehensive discovery options, such as semantic enrichment, search optimization with faceted and federated search
• State-of-the-art ecommerce and granular product management tools allowing John Benjamins to sell their content in a number of unique ways
• Statistical data to support sales analysis and strategies
• Standards compliance and industry integration, allowing metadata to be exported to subscription agents, abstracting & indexing databases and citation managers

Jan Reijer Groesbeek, Director of Publishing at John Benjamins, commented: “Our partnership with Publishing Technology dates back to over 13 years ago when we first started hosting our journals on ingentaconnect. This relationship has strengthened with time and we are very pleased to go live with jbe-platform.com and are delighted with the sophisticated look, feel and functionality of the new site.”

He continued: “In addition to helping us evolve as a publisher, become more flexible with our content and offer a range of new services to our customers, the new platform will also be user-centric and will transform discoverability of our content online.”

Michael Cairns, CEO, Publishing Technology, said: “John Benjamins is a strong and independent academic publisher with an incredibly rich heritage, yet it has always been aware of the need to develop its online strategy. The new platform hosted on pub2web will integrate the wealth of John Benjamins’s content in a way that is fully accessible to the user, while the publisher will be in a position to explore a range of new business models and revenue streams. It’s incredibly rewarding to feel that we have been integral to that process and we look forward to working with John Benjamins for many years to come.”

-ENDS-

Notes to Editors:
For more information, please contact:
Emily Taylor Gregory, Publishing Technology plc
Tel: +44 1865 397973
Email: [email protected]

Publishing Technology plc:
Publishing Technology is the world-leading provider of content solutions that transform business. We cover the publishing process from end to end with content systems, audience development and content delivery software and services. Combining our unmatched publishing knowledge, global operations and perpetual support model with our advance enterprise system, ingentaconnect scholarly portal, pub2web custom hosting platform and PCG (Publishers Communication Group) sales and marketing consultancy, we offer the industry’s only full spectrum of solutions to help publishers move their content forward. Listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, the company operates jointly from Europe (Oxford) and North America (Boston and New Jersey), with local offices in Brazil, India, China and Australia. Assisting 400 trade and scholarly publishers for over thirty years, Publishing Technology solves the fundamental issues content providers face.

Visit www.publishingtechnology.com, follow on Twitter @publishingtech, or connect on LinkedIn.

John Benjamins:
John Benjamins Publishing Company is an independent, family-owned academic publisher headquartered in Amsterdam. Founded over 40 years ago the company publishes extensively in the fields of Linguistics and Translation Studies, as well as Cognitive Science, Psychology, Information Design, Terminology, Philosophy, Literary Studies, and Art History. In the past decade, JB has built a significant list of print and electronic publications, including the Bibliography of Pragmatics, the Translation Studies Bibliography, the Bibliography of Metaphor and Metonymy, the Handbook of Pragmatics Online and the Handbook of Translation Studies. In 2013 JB published over 150 new book titles and 60 journals by and for academic researchers and trainers, with a backlist of over 3,000 titles. For more information, please see jbe-platform.com.

For further information please contact:
Emily Taylor Gregory, Publishing Technology plc Tel: +44 1865 397973 Email: [email protected]
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Montpellier, France and Suwon-City, Korea, 22nd July 2014. – Cortus, a technology leader in low power, silicon efficient, 32-bit processor IP, and IMAGIS, a specialised touch and haptic solution product provider, announce that they are working together to offer touchscreen designs based on Cortus’ APS1 processor core.

Cortus S.A.S. licenses a range of low power 32-bit processor cores for intelligent connected devices. The cores provide licensees with a scalable choice in embedded computational performance and silicon area to meet a wide variety of application needs.

“The Cortus APS1 is very competitive in performance and power consumption” says Jinkug Lee, Chief Technology Officer of IMAGIS, “In addition, the core is cost effective because of its small size.” He adds, “We have been pleased to work locally with the support of the Cortus Korea office”.

“We are convinced that APS1 is ideal for many touchscreen controller applications”, says Michael Chapman, CEO and President of Cortus, “We have therefore been very pleased that IMAGIS has selected Cortus’ APS1”.

The Cortus family of APS processors starts with the world’s smallest 32-bit core, the APS1, and goes up to the floating point FPS6. All cores interface to Cortus’ peripherals including Ethernet 10/100 MAC, USB 2.0 Device and USB 2.0 OTG via the efficient APS bus. They also share the simple vectored interrupt structure which ensures rapid, real time interrupt response, with low software overhead.

The APS toolchain and IDE (for C and C++) is available to licensees free of charge, and which can be customised and branded for final customer use. Ports of various RTOSs are available such as FreeRTOS, Micrium uC/OSII.

To date, well over 500 million devices have been manufactured containing Cortus processor cores.

About Cortus S.A.S.:
Cortus S.A.S. is a technology enabler for rapidly growing applications including Internet of Things (IoT), wearable electronic devices, smart sensors and security. It has specialised in 32-bit processor cores which can significantly reduce manufacturing costs while achieving computational performance and power constraints. Integrated circuits containing Cortus cores have been manufactured in high volumes for a wide range of applications including automotive, CMOS imaging, M2M controllers, secure execution, sensors, SIM cards, PayTV cards, smart metering and wireless.

http://www.cortus.com
Cortus S.A.S. Contact:
Roddy Urquhart, +44 753 158 7023
[email protected]

About IMAGIS
IMAGIS Co. Ltd. is specialised touch and haptic solution product provider specialising in system-on-chips for user interface applications. The company is based in Suwon-City, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
http://www.imagis.co.kr
IMAGIS Contact:
Mr. Jinkug Lee, +82-31-888-5273

For further information please contact:
Cortus S.A.S. Contact: Roddy Urquhart, +44 753 158 7023 [email protected] IMAGIS Contact: Mr. Jinkug Lee, +82-31-888-5273
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Karlsbad, Germany, 15th July 2014 – On June 24, Across Systems GmbH held its yearly LSP Day. More than 80 participants from 16 countries attended the first international Across user conference for translation companies. At the conference, specialized lectures mainly conveyed practical knowledge in connection with the use of the translation management system. A special highlight was the presentation of Across Language Server version 6 with its new functions and extensions.

To give international language service providers the opportunity to participate in the conference, this year's lectures were all held in English. After a keynote speech by Gabriele Vollmar, Chairwoman of the German Society for Knowledge Management (GfWM), the new features of the recently released Across version 6 were presented. With its fundamental changes in terms of functionality, performance optimization, and redesign, v6 is an important milestone for Across. The product presentation was followed by further lectures on topics such as the process assistance provided by Across, support as the basis for a good partnership, and a discussion on quality management in the translation process. Alexandros Zekakis of nlg GmbH delivered an interesting case report entitled "From Single Cell to Ecosystem: The Evolution of Across at nlg".

The audience greatly appreciated the colorful program and the opportunity to meet members of the Across team and other participants. "The first international Across LSP conference was a very interesting and productive event I would strongly suggest to anyone interested in learning more about Across. The number of participants, representing 16 different countries allowed also for successful networking, discussions, and knowledge transfer. Across representatives came well prepared with LSP-oriented topics, ranging from technical information and new feature presentations up to consulting. Overall a well-organized event, which we will definitely attend again in the future", says Alexandros Zekakis, Director, Production & Strategic Solutions at nlg GmbH.

Across reader contact:
Tel: +49 7248 925-425
info[at]across[dot]net

About Across Systems:
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company’s Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.


For further information please contact:
Across Systems GmbH
Anja Bergemann
Tel: +49 7248 925-412
Fax: +49 7248 925-444
abergemann[at]across[dot]net
www.across.net
 
good news! GmbH
Nicole Körber
Tel: +49 451 88199-12
Fax: +49 451 88199-29
across[at]goodnews[dot]de
www.goodnews.de
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Coventry, UK, 11th July 2014 – Worldview Learning has won the Innovation of the Year at the 2degrees Champions Awards held at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday. Worldview Learning’s Discover platform is designed to deliver an energy reducing behavioural change programme across any organisation cost effectively and consistently. The awards - the only ones entirely voted for by industry peers - attracted a total of 240 entries and 7,473 votes were cast to decide the final 14 winners.

“Discover” is a cloud-based engagement platform designed to drive down energy consumption and carbon within any organisation. The platform consists of all the major elements needed to interact with employees throughout any organisation.
These include: 3D visualisation, customizable information hotspots, energy efficiency eLearning modules and quizzes, virtual suggestion boxes, social media integration, the Carbon Promise (where users have free choice to ‘do something different tomorrow’) and individual and group tracking of quiz scores and promises made.

Dan Saxton, Director, Worldview Learning commented: “We’re absolutely thrilled to receive this award for a couple of reasons. Firstly, as this Innovation of the Year Award is voted for by people from the industry, it underlines that other people believe, as we do, that we have market leading product. Secondly, it recognises that employee engagement and behavioural change are key to reducing carbon in an organisation”.

Martin Chilcott, CEO, 2degrees said: “This year’s award shortlisted nominees are an incredible collection of individuals and companies who have changed the way we think about sustainable business. Worldview Learning’s award represents years of commitment to thinking afresh, tackling inefficiencies and trailblazing ground-breaking solutions which have a positive impact on society. The 2degrees network provides businesses with an opportunity to showcase best practice, build relationships on and offline, and inspire others to start their sustainable journey.”

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About Worldview Learning: (http://www.worldview-learning.com)
Worldview Learning provides high quality energy awareness campaigns and 3D interactive eLearning. Developed around our 'discover' eLearning platform and sold as a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution.
The full awareness campaign 'in a box' is designed to help organisations save time, resources and ultimately energy and carbon by combining regular learning, reporting and configurable content together in one, cloud-based solution.
It became obvious, after spending many years in the energy management service industry, that even the biggest organisations were struggling to find the means to deliver a comprehensive and interactive campaign.
Since 2010 Worldview Learning has worked to provide organisations the means to easily engage employees in energy awareness initiatives and helping towards driving savings in energy consumption and carbon.

About 2degrees: www.2degreesnetwork.co.uk
2degrees helps major corporations cut costs, reduce risk and achieve smarter growth by being more sustainable. It does this by helping them transform out-dated business practices, using fully-linked collaboration to make it simple and efficient for them to work closely and at scale with suppliers, internal operations and customers.
It also manages an online collaboration platform with more than 40,000 professional members which acts as an important facilitator, helping to engage, inform and enable companies in a value chain to work together to realise the benefits of being more sustainable.

About the 2degrees Champions Awards:
7,473 votes were cast by 2degrees members over six weeks. Members voted by assessing entries, which were published on the 2degrees platform. The aim of the awards programme is to showcase the individuals and teams behind the initiatives, best practice and pioneering sustainable business ideas that are providing real value.
To find out more about each winner, visit https://www.2degreesnetwork.com/awards
Or follow the conversation on Twitter using #2degreesAwards.

For further information please contact:
Dan Saxton
Phone : +44 (0) 24 7615 8410
Mobile: +44 (0) 7401 669917
Email: dan[at]worldview-learning[dot]com
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Karlsbad, Germany, 10th July 2014. – Berlin-based text & form and Ghent-based Yamagata Europe have furnished evidence of their Across competence and have qualified for the "Across Certified" label. Since the start of the certification program, 16 language service providers have already successfully completed the one-week training in the fields of project management, terminology work, translation, and system management in the Across translation management system.

Yamagata Europe has obtained certification as a location-independent Across Competence Center. Dries Moerloose, Account Manager at Yamagata Europe, says: "More and more clients use Across Translation Management Software, so it is important we have the knowledge and expertise to support them."

The training sessions, which are available in English and German, take place in small groups that are intensively coached in order to ensure high training quality.

For more information on the certification program, visit the Across Systems site.

About Across Systems
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company’s Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.

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Berlin, Germany, 8th July 2014 – PDF Association has significantly expanded its board of directors. The now ten-member-strong committee is composed of representatives from leading forces within the PDF industry, five from Europe and five from North America, increasing the PDF Association’s clout as an international specialist association for PDF standards. Olaf Drümmer and Duff Johnson have been confirmed as the chairman and vice-chairman of the board respectively.

“Our newly-elected board brings together ten of the world’s leading minds in the field of PDF technology, most of whom are also active on a global scale within and alongside their companies. This puts us in the best possible position to once again significantly expand our activities in Europe and especially in North America”, said Olaf Drümmer.

The PDF Association board in detail:
• Olaf Drümmer, callas software GmbH and axaio software GmbH
• Duff Johnson, project head of the ISO working group for the PDF standard
• Nora Calvillo, Adobe Systems Inc.
• Peter Duff, Adlib Information Systems Inc.
• François Fernandes, levigo solutions GmbH
• Carsten Heiermann, LuraTech Europe GmbH
• Andrew Holmes, Nitro Software Inc.
• Hans-Joachim Hübner, Satz-Rechen-Zentrum (SRZ)
• Matt Kuznicki, Datalogics Inc.
• Dr. Bernd Wild, intarsys consulting GmbH

About the PDF Association:
First established as the PDF/A Competence Center in 2006, today, the PDF Association is an international organization promoting awareness and adoption of open standards in digital document applications using PDF technology.
The association facilitates education, networking and communication, and the sharing of expertise and experience with interested parties worldwide. The current membership includes over 100 enterprises and numerous individual subject-matter experts from more than 20 countries.

The management board includes industry leaders from Adlib Information Systems Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., callas software GmbH, Datalogics Inc., intarsys consulting GmbH, levigo solutions GmbH, LuraTech Europe GmbH, Nitro Software Inc. und Satz-Rechen-Zentrum (SRZ). The association’s chairman is Olaf Drümmer, CEO of callas software GmbH. Duff Johnson, ISO Project Leader for ISO 32000, the PDF Standard, is the association’s vice-chairman.

For further information please contact:
PDF Association
Thomas Zellmann
Neue Kantstr. 14
D-14057 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 39 40 50 - 0
Fax: +49 30 39 40 50 - 99
info[at]pdfa[dot]org
www.pdfa.org
 
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Siegen, Germany, 8th July 2014 – PoINT Software & Systems GmbH has released version 5.0 of PoINT Storage Manager. This new release includes various novelties by which companies can face the challenges of data growth, administration of inactive data and long-term storage efficiently. From now on also authorized users are able to archive data independently. Furthermore PoINT Software & Systems had extended the list of supported storage systems considerably. Version 5.0 supports now also the operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 and contains an optimized integration of Blu-ray Disc libraries by PoINT Jukebox Manager.

For facing the growth of unstructured data storage concepts are necessary to keep investments for storage extensions and for additional back-up licenses respectively capacities at a minimum. Normally up to 80% of data is unstructured, whereof nearly 70% do not need to be accessible directly. Inactive data stresses increasingly the primary storage capacity and the back-up of primary storage cannot be carried out without problems due to the huge data volumes.
A file-tiering- and archiving software is a solution for companies to purge inactive data from expensive primary storage to cost-efficient secondary storage for archival, but retain transparent data access. PoINT Storage Manager applies the file tiering approach consequently and thus creates more free capacity on the primary storage as well as savings in additional back-up costs.

PoINT Software & Systems GmbH has integrated additional functions addressing the main market requirements of the storage sector. The policy-based file archiving function had been extended by a user driven archiving functionality by which authorized users can purge and archive files independently. For this purpose PoINT Storage Manager 5.0 offers a web client which is available network-wide and can be used without a decided software installation.

Furthermore PoINT Software & Systems has extended the list of supported storage systems considerably. For the integration of object store systems, which are becoming more and more important in the market, now also connectors for Caringo CAStor and HDS HCP (Hitachi Content Platform) are available. Additionally Blu-ray Disc libraries can be integrated for long-term storage and archiving by the established PoINT Jukebox Manager resulting in an advanced functionality. Also the operating system Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported by the new version. For ensuring the server failover the Microsoft Cluster Manager is implied.

About PoINT:
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH is specialized in the development of software products and systems solutions for storage and management of data using all available mass storage technologies like hard disks, magnetic tapes and optical media. Close collaboration with leading hardware manufacturers enables an early support of innovative storage technologies. Besides these complete solutions PoINT also offers its know-how as Toolkits, which can be easily integrated in other applications by the programming interface. Furthermore PoINT projects entire storage solutions and provides consultancy with his long-term and versatile experience.
PoINT products are distributed by 50 partners in more than 25 countries world-wide and have been installed successfully in more than 2 million installations. PoINT customers range from end users expecting a compact and secure solution to large corporations, which comply with our solutions their complex demands by providing the necessary reliability and perfection.

For further information please contact:
Carmen Kölsch
Public Relations
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
Eiserfelder Str. 316, 57080 Siegen
tel.: +49 271 3841-159
fax: +49 271 3841-151
marcom[at]point[dot]de
http://www.point.de

Nicole Körber
good news! GmbH
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fax: +49 451 88199-29
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Berlin, Cologne, Germany , 4th July 2014 – The PDF Association has successfully brought to life a new user-focused event in the form of the “PDF Days Europe 2014”. In mid-June, 160 participants came to Cologne to seize the opportunity to learn everything there is to know about the different PDF standards, their advantages and their uses. The first day focused on sharing knowledge, allowing visitors to assemble their own personal information package out of three parallel series of developer-neutral presentations. The second day, the “practical day”, was all about the practical and successful implementation of PDF projects using specific solutions. Participants especially praised the practically-minded selection of subjects, the structure of the conference with its three parallel series of presentations, and the many opportunities to speak to suppliers and other users. With this overwhelmingly positive feedback in mind, the PDF Association plans to continue the “PDF Days Europe” next year.

“The PDF Days Europe 2014 offered visitors the unique opportunity to learn everything they needed to know about the PDF standards and the latest news and developments in the world of PDF technology, and all in just two days”, explained Olaf Drümmer, chairman of the PDF Association board. “In particular, the practically-minded nature of the presentations on the second day, which was very strongly focused on projects and solutions, proved to offer significant added value to participants.”

To begin the conference, six proven experts had seven minutes each to introduce one PDF standard, providing a good overview of PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/UA, PDF/VT, PDF/X and PDF itself.
On the first day of the event, presentations on the use of the PDF format on mobile devices were met with particularly significant interest. These included case studies for scanning with smartphones, clearing invoices, legally signing PDF documents and options for optimising PDF display on mobile devices.

Presentations on e-invoicing with the now officially approved ZUGFeRD data model were also very popular, as were those on the new technical guidelines for replacement scanning, TR-RESISCAN.

Contributing providers began the practical day: each had a closely-measured five minute slot to introduce their product or solution. This brief, fast-paced overview made it easier for participants to decide which questions or solutions they wished to focus on out of the available options. One key issue here was converting scanned and digital documents, and particularly emails, to PDF – and not just to PDF/A for long-term archiving. Both the introduction to and the workshop on universally-accessible PDFs in the form of PDF/UA were very popular with visitors. All in all, the many lively discussions in the presentations showed just how critical the issues presented were to participants.

Interested parties who missed the PDF Days Europe 2014 can view video recordings of the presentations at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfGR40SWnakjyWjfnmFOz-nsmf3_ap_Ec.

About the PDF Association:
The PDF Association pursues the goal of promoting open-standards-based PDF applications for digital documents. This international association works to actively share knowledge and exchange know-how and experience between all interested parties worldwide. Currently over 100 companies are members of the PDF Association, including many experts from over 20 different countries.

The PDF Association board is made up of the leadership of the firms Adlib Information Systems Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., callas software GmbH, Datalogics Inc., intarsys consulting GmbH, levigo solutions GmbH, LuraTech Europe GmbH, Nitro Software Inc. and Satz-Rechen-Zentrum (SRZ). The chairman of the board is Olaf Drümmer, president of callas software GmbH. Duff Johnson, the project leader for the ISO working group for the PDF standard, is the board’s vice-chairman.

For further information please contact:
PDF Association
Thomas Zellmann
Neue Kantstr. 14
D-14057 Berlin
Telefon: +49 30 394050-0
Telefax: +49 30 394050-99
info[at]pdfa[dot]org
www.pdfa.org
 
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Nicole Körber
Kolberger Str. 36
D-23617 Stockelsdorf
Telefon: +49 451 88199-12
Telefax: +49 451 88199-29
pdfa[at]goodnews[dot]de
http://www.goodnews.de
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