OnMobile unveils innovative Ringback Tone application in Spain

OnMobile Global Limited (OnMobile), a leading provider of mobile music offerings, is proud to announce that it has launched a new Ringback Tone (RBT) application. The app, which is now “live” in Spain, showcases a series of ‘firsts’ and a great design and provides a truly compelling user experience. This new product is currently available on Android and will soon be introduced on iOS.

“The launch of this new application represents a major milestone for OnMobile as it further exemplifies the company’s global dominance in RBT as well as the appeal of this product for mobile customers worldwide,” said Florent Stroppa, Senior Vice President – Products, OnMobile. “We view the 8-10 second time lapse during which a caller waits for the call to be picked up, as a shared communication space to be used creatively by subscribers wishing to express their identity and connect with their contacts before actually being connected. OnMobile’s team is mobilized to leverage the company’s platform to deliver other such innovative and meaningful products to mobile users worldwide.”

This app introduces several new features designed to increase user awareness of and engagement with this product. Because it is subscription-based, the application gives users the freedom to change the songs assigned to their contacts as often as they like. And thanks to access to an unlimited catalog of songs from some of the world’s major music labels, users can now customize the calling experience of their contacts by setting the mood for their interactions and creating multiple playlists.

Building on the successful “Press * to copy” feature pioneered by OnMobile on the traditional voice channel, the app has a “Press * to favour” which allows mobile subscribers to add their favorite tracks with one simple click. Powered by OnMobile’s platform, the new product introduces cutting-edge technical capabilities including near real-time notifications, some of which allow subscribers to know which track is being heard by callers in real time. An enhanced call log showcases the complete history of songs played, greatly improving music discovery.

For more details on the app, please click here.

About OnMobile

OnMobile [NSE India: ONMOBILE], headquartered in Bangalore, India, and with offices in all regions of the world, delivers millions of music plays daily to mobile customers worldwide. Based on current deployments, OnMobile has the potential to reach more than 1.1 billion mobile users across several geographies. For further information, please visit www.onmobile.com.

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Source:
Srividhya Parthasarathy
srividhya.parthasarathy@onmobile.com

OnMobile reports Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2015 Results

OnMobile Global Limited (“OnMobile”) today announced the results for Fourth Quarter FY2015 ended March 31, 2015. The revenues for the fiscal quarter declined by 5.6% q-o-q and 4.9% y-o-y. Excluding forex fluctuation and Voxmobili business, the revenue for Q4 2015 declined by 2.0% q-o-q and increased by 11% y-o-y. EBITDA margin is at 15.3% in Q4 as compared to 20.5% in Q3 and 11.4% in Q4 of FY2014. The Proforma EBITDA without the forex impact is INR 471 million at 21.2% and the operating profit is INR 113 million at 5.1%. For the full year FY2015, the revenue was INR 8,319 million (excluding Voxmobili business) – a growth of 5.7% over FY2014.

Mr. Rajiv Pancholy, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, OnMobile Global said, “Despite the obvious impact of adverse currency movement diluting our quarter over quarter performance, we are buoyed by the fact that we continue to seize new opportunities, and are increasing the effort on new product development and initiatives. Some of these new initiatives are planned to be deployed with our customers in this financial year.

“On a KPI basis, we were able to achieve the EBITDA margin guidance that we had provided for the year. However the forex impact has put us back by a few margin points and with the currencies retreating partially, we expect some recovery in near future”, said Mr. Praveen Kumar, Chief Financial Officer, OnMobile Global.

Q4 FY2015 Business highlights:

International business (76% of total revenues):

• Revenues down by 7.5% q-o-q to INR 1,621 million and grew 13.6% on a y-o-y basis, normalized for Voxmobili business
• Proforma growth in international business excluding the currency depreciation in Q4 is negative 2.8% q-o-q and 5.8% y-o-y (19% excluding Voxmobili business)

Developed markets:

• Europe recorded a revenue decline of 7.8% q-o-q and grew by 52.9% y-o-y (and 92% excluding Voxmobili business) to INR 734 million. Normalized for the euro depreciation in Q4, the revenue grew 0.1% q-o-q and 109% y-o-y excluding the Voxmobili revenue.
• Launched innovative Ringback Tone application in Spain. New, evolved features give users the ability to personalize the calling experience of their friends, family and contacts like never before.

Other Emerging markets:

• Revenues down by 4.0% and grew by 3.9% respectively for q-o-q and y-o-y to INR 355 million
• We launched RBT and Football services in one of our customers in Mozambique

Latin America:

• We have successfully launched RBT services at Oi, Brazil in January giving us close to 50% market coverage in the fourth largest mobile market in the world
• Revenues went down by 9.0% for q-o-q and 8.9% for y-o-y to Rs. 445 million. Normalized for the BRL depreciation in Q4, the revenue declined by 4.9% q-o-q and 4.8% y-o-y.

Q4 FY2015 Financial performance:

• Revenue is down by 5.6% q-o-q and 4.9% y-o-y to INR 2,140 million. Excluding Forex fluctuation and normalized for Voxmobili, revenue is down by 2.0% and grew by 11% y-o-y
• Manpower cost reduced by INR 32 million q-o-q, representing the residual impact of cost rationalization undertaken in the earlier quarters and in Q4
• EBITDA margin is at 15.3% in Q4 as compared to 20.5% in Q3 and 11.4% in Q4 of FY 2014
• Other opex includes the Mark to Market (MTM) impact of all foreign currency fluctuation amounting to INR 120 million and hence EBITDA is lower to this extent. Further, the impact of Euro and BRL on various line items of the Profit and Loss statement is INR 26 million on the EBITDA and INR 22 million on Earnings Before Taxation. The Proforma EBITDA without the FX impact mentioned above is INR 471 million at 21.2% and the Operating Profit is INR 113 million at 5.1%.
• Other income also includes a part of the MTM impact amounting to INR 28 million. Excluding all the MTM and forex impact mentioned above, the profit before tax would have been INR 149 Mn as against INR 134 Mn in Q3, representing a growth of 11%
• Tax expense includes a one-time impact of INR 41 million relating to forex movement in one of our European subsidiary

About OnMobile

OnMobile [NSE India: ONMOBILE], headquartered in Bangalore, India, and with offices in all regions of the world, delivers millions of music plays daily to mobile customers worldwide. Based on current deployments, OnMobile has the potential to reach more than 1.1 billion mobile users across several geographies. For further information, please visit www.onmobile.com

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Source:
Srividhya Parthasarathy
srividhya.parthasarathy@onmobile.com

Le Groupe Stingray Digital Inc. annonce la fixation du prix du premier appel public à l’épargne

Le Groupe Stingray Digital Inc. (« Stingray ») a annoncé aujourd’hui la conclusion d’une convention de prise ferme pour le premier appel public à l’épargne (le « placement ») visant un total de 22 400 000 actions à droit de vote subalterne et actions à droit de vote subalterne variable de Stingray (collectivement, les « actions placées ») au prix de 6,25 $ par action, pour un produit brut total de 140 millions de dollars.

Le placement consiste en un placement d’actions sur le capital autorisé visant 13 287 100 actions placées réalisé par Stingray pour un produit brut total d’environ 83 millions de dollars et en un placement secondaire d’un total de 9 112 900 actions placées réalisé par des fonds du secteur de la technologie de Novacap et par Télésystème Ltée (collectivement, les « actionnaires vendeurs ») pour un produit brut total d’environ 57 millions de dollars pour les actionnaires vendeurs.

Compte tenu du prix d’offre du premier appel public à l’épargne, la capitalisation boursière avant dilution de Stingray sera d’environ 296 millions de dollars.

En outre, au moment de la clôture du placement, les actionnaires vendeurs et d’autres actionnaires de Stingray vendront, dans le cadre d’un placement privé, un total de 2 936 000 actions à droit de vote multiple de Stingray au prix de 6,25 $ par action pour un produit brut total de 18,35 millions de dollars.

Le placement est effectué par l’entremise d’un syndicat de preneurs fermes codirigé par Financière Banque Nationale Inc., GMP Valeurs Mobilières S.E.C. et BMO Marchés des capitaux, et comprenant Marchés mondiaux CIBC Inc., Valeurs Mobilières TD Inc. et RBC Dominion valeurs mobilières Inc. (collectivement, les « preneurs fermes »).

Stingray a attribué aux preneurs fermes une option de surallocation leur permettant d’acheter auprès de Stingray jusqu’à concurrence de 3 360 000 actions placées supplémentaires au prix de 6,25 $ par action, ce qui représente un produit brut supplémentaire de 21 millions de dollars si l’option est exercée intégralement. L’option de surallocation peut être exercée dans les 30 jours suivant la date de clôture.

La clôture du placement est prévue pour le 3 juin 2015 et est assujettie aux conditions de clôture usuelles. On pourra consulter le prospectus définitif de Stingray sur le site Internet de SEDAR, au www.sedar.com.

Aucune autorité en valeurs mobilières n’a approuvé ni désapprouvé le contenu du présent communiqué. Le présent communiqué ne constitue ni une offre de vente ni la sollicitation d’une offre d’achat visant les titres de Groupe Stingray Digital Inc. dans un territoire où une telle offre, sollicitation ou vente serait illégale. Ces titres n’ont pas été ni ne seront inscrits en vertu de la loi des États-Unis intitulée Securities Act of 1933, dans sa version modifiée (la « Loi de 1933 »), ni de la législation en valeurs mobilières de quelque État, et ils ne peuvent être offerts ni vendus aux États-Unis ou à une personne des États-Unis ou pour le compte ou au profit d’une telle personne, sauf conformément aux exigences d’inscription de la Loi de 1933 et des lois sur les valeurs mobilières étatiques applicables ou aux termes d’une dispense de ces exigences.

À propos de Stingray

Stingray est un important fournisseur de services musicaux multiplateformes et de solutions multimédias en magasin interentreprises qui exerce des activités à l’échelle mondiale. Elle rejoint environ 110 millions d’abonnés de la télévision payante (ou ménages) dans 111 pays. S’adressant aux personnes comme aux entreprises, les produits de Stingray comprennent les services de musique et de vidéos numériques Stingray Musique, Stingray Concerts, Stingray Vidéoclips, Stingray Lite TV, Stingray Ambiance et Stingray Karaoke. Stingray propose également diverses solutions d’affaires, dont les produits musicaux et d’affichage numérique offerts par l’entremise de sa division Stingray Affaires. Propriété de Télésystème, de Novacap et de Corporation d’investissements Boyko, Stingray a son siège social à Montréal et compte présentement plus de 235 employés dans le monde, y compris à Miami, à Londres, à Amsterdam et à Tel-Aviv. Stingray a été finaliste au palmarès Technologie Fast 50MC de Deloitte en 2013 et 2014, et a été nommée parmi les entreprises canadiennes connaissant la croissance la plus rapide par le magazine PROFIT. Pour en savoir davantage, visitez www.stingray.com.

Le présent communiqué est censé être diffusé au Canada uniquement. Il ne doit pas être remis à une agence de transmission des États-unis ni diffusé aux États-unis.

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Renseignements :
Mathieu Peloquin
Vice-président principal, Marketing et communications
Groupe Stingray Digital Inc.
514-664-1244, poste 2362
mpeloquin@stingray.com

Stingray vise 156 M$ pour son entrée en bourse

iPerceptions launches Universal Code to empower marketers to conduct voice of customer research with greater agility

iPerceptions, the leader in digital customer research, today announced the release of its Universal Code to all users of its Active Research Platform. The Universal Code centralizes all of iPerceptions’ Voice of the Customer research projects into one code, which empowers marketers to create, launch, edit and manage multiple research projects with almost no reliance on IT resources. Once the script is on all pages of a website, marketers gain the speed and agility to control their own research via the Active Research platform.

The iPerceptions Universal Code also provides the ability to address different business objectives by targeting specific audiences for feedback. Marketers can now trigger their surveys and comment cards only to visitors that meet certain conditions including URL, page views, language, cookie, device type, and many others.

“With consumer preferences changing with stunning velocity, the need for speed and agility to understand different customer behaviors is critical,” said Derek Zakaib, VP of Marketing and Product at iPerceptions. “With iPerceptions Universal Code, marketers have the agility and flexibility to engage with targeted customer segments and collect their intent, needs and experiences across digital touch points with ease.”

iPerceptions Universal Code includes a number of additional features, including enterprise-level security that is built into the script, locking projects to pre-determined URL domains to protect clients’ data from third-party manipulation. Universal Code further accelerates the deployment of ’Perceptions’ Active Recognition Technology (ART), a patent-pending machine learning technology that recognizes visitors’ intent and experiences in real-time. A specialized iPerceptions’ Universal Code is also available for in-app projects, which allows marketers to gather insights into the in-app experience.

Availability and Pricing

The Universal Code is available to all users of the iPerceptions Active Research™ Platform. Advanced features are available as of the Enterprise plan. For more details about the Universal Code or Enterprise Plan please contact us.

About iPerceptions

iPerceptions is a leading digital customer research company that enriches marketing technologies with the Voice of the Customer. The company’s solutions are powered by the Active Research™ SaaS Platform, which captures visitors’ intent, needs, and experiences in the moment of truth using advanced engagement technologies. iPerceptions is revolutionizing market research with Active Recognition™ which recognizes the intent of anonymous website visitors in real-time to provide personalized experiences. With over 20M visitor intent datapoints collected every year across 1,200 brands and in 35 languages, iPerceptions is the trusted research solution of customer centric organizations. Improve your customer experience and bottom line today, visit iperceptions.com.

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Media contact:
Barbara Reichert
Reichert Communications, LLC
650-548-1002
barbara@reichertcom.com

Le Groupe Stingray Digital Inc. dépose un prospectus provisoire dans le cadre d’un premier appel public à l’épargne

Le Groupe Stingray Digital Inc. (« Stingray ») a déposé aujourd’hui un prospectus provisoire auprès de l’autorité en valeurs mobilières de chacune des provinces et de chacun des territoires du Canada relativement au premier appel public à l’épargne projeté visant ses actions à droit de vote subalterne et ses actions à droit de vote subalterne variable (le « placement »). On peut consulter le prospectus provisoire sur le site Internet de SEDAR, au www.sedar.com.

Le placement est fait par l’entremise d’un syndicat de preneurs fermes codirigé par Financière Banque Nationale Inc., GMP Valeurs Mobilières S.E.C. et BMO Marchés des capitaux, et comprenant Marchés mondiaux CIBC Inc. et Valeurs Mobilières TD Inc.

Aucune autorité en valeurs mobilières n’a approuvé ni désapprouvé le contenu du présent communiqué. Le présent communiqué ne constitue ni une offre de vente ni la sollicitation d’une offre d’achat visant les titres de Groupe Stingray Digital Inc. dans un territoire où une telle offre, sollicitation ou vente serait illégale. Ces titres n’ont pas été ni ne seront inscrits en vertu de la loi des États-Unis intitulée Securities Act of 1933, dans sa version modifiée (la « Loi de 1933 »), ni de la législation en valeurs mobilières de quelque État, et ils ne peuvent être offerts ni vendus aux États-Unis ou à une personne des États-Unis ou pour le compte ou au profit d’une telle personne, sauf conformément aux exigences d’inscription de la Loi de 1933 et des lois sur les valeurs mobilières étatiques applicables ou à une dispense de ces exigences.

À propos de Stingray

Stingray est un important fournisseur de services musicaux multiplateformes et de solutions multimédias en magasin interentreprises qui exerce des activités à l’échelle mondiale. Elle rejoint environ 110 millions d’abonnés de la télévision payante (ou ménages) dans 111 pays. S’adressant aux personnes comme aux entreprises, les produits de Stingray comprennent les services de musique et de vidéos numériques Stingray Musique, Stingray Concerts, Stingray Vidéoclips, Stingray Lite TV, Stingray Ambiance et Stingray Karaoke. Stingray propose également diverses solutions d’affaires, dont les produits musicaux et d’affichage numérique offerts par l’entremise de sa division Stingray Affaires. Propriété de Télésystème, de Novacap et de Corporation d’investissements Boyko, Stingray a son siège social à Montréal et compte présentement plus de 225 employés dans le monde, y compris à Miami, à Londres, à Amsterdam et à Tel-Aviv. Stingray a été finaliste au palmarès Technologie Fast 50MC de Deloitte en 2013 et 2014, et a été nommée parmi les entreprises canadiennes connaissant la croissance la plus rapide par le magazine PROFIT. Pour en savoir davantage, visitez le site www.stingray.com.

Le présent communiqué est censé être diffusé au Canada uniquement. Il ne doit pas être remis à une agence de transmission des États-Unis ni diffusé aux États-Unis.

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Renseignements :
Mathieu Péloquin
Vice-président principal, Marketing et communications
Groupe Stingray Digital Inc.
514-664-1244, poste 2362
mpeloquin@stingray.com

Interset to demonstrate how advanced behavioral analytics can detect advanced cyber attacks with New Interset 3 Release at RSA Conference 2015

Threat detection leader Interset will demonstrate at the RSA 2015 Conference today how its behavioral analytics technology, combined with metadata collected from endpoints, directories and application logs, can better detect advanced threats that have penetrated perimeter defense, such as account takeovers, one of the most prevalent forms of cyber attack.  The demo will be the first public showing of Interset 3, the Advanced Threat Detection Platform from Interset that features:

• Lightweight sensors and connectors which assemble extensive event metadata from across the enterprise to provide unparalleled visibility to risks and threats
• Advanced behavioral analytics to reduce noise, prioritize risks and focus resources on the greatest threats
• An intuitive, graphical interface that quickly and accurately visualizes the stages of advanced threats and provides forensic data so threats can be isolated and stopped.

Interset’s approach to detecting account takeovers using advanced behavioral analytics is just one use case being featured at the RSA 2015 Conference under the company’s #CoverYourAssets showcase, a presentation of outside and inside attacks that have been detected and prevented at real Interset customer sites.

“Once a cyber-attack has penetrated the perimeter defenses of a company and is expanding across the organization, it becomes very difficult to detect, with the attack hiding in user accounts and normal network traffic,” said Interset CTO Stephan Jou. “Most companies today cannot see when their perimeter has been breached by a targeted attack, nor can they see an insider who is stealing data.  With the release of Interset 3, behavioral analytics becomes an intelligent interior line of defense, giving organizations both the proactive visibility and detection capability needed to quickly and accurately surface cyber-attacks and insider attacks as they are occurring, and stop them before data is compromised.”

20 For 20 Promotion at RSA 2015

Qualified RSA 2015 Conference attendees who pre-register for a sneak preview of Interset 3 and view a 20 minute demo at the show will receive their choice of a $20 gift card to Amazon, Google or iTunes while supplies last. Register at https://www.interset.com/coveryourassets/

Interset, a winner of the annual Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) 16 Innovators competition sponsored by the Dept. of Homeland Security, specializes in providing actionable and prioritized views of the real threats facing organizations with sensitive data to protect.

“The interest in behavioral analytics as a means of detecting and measuring anomalous events that predict both cyber or insider attacks has skyrocketed in the past year as organizations search for accurate and effective threat detection technologies,” said Dale Quayle, Interset CEO. “Our approach at RSA 2015 is to highlight our customers best use cases — based on first hand, real-world experience — so that security professionals in charge of preventing these attacks can come away with an understanding of how powerful our Interset 3 platform is and how it can be deployed to cover the use cases specific to their organization.”

Interset #CoverYourAssets Case Study Showcase – Proven Ways to Detect Attacks

At RSA 2015, Interset will present five case studies each day highlighting how customers use Interset to detect advanced threats and prevent sensitive data from being stolen.  If you are unable to attend the RSA Conference and are interested in seeing demonstrations of these cases studies please contact Interset at https://www.interset.com/schedule-a-demo/  to schedule a meeting with us.  At RSA 2015, the case study showcase will include the following stories:

• Insider Threat –Employee Leaving Organization Interset can detect indicators that an employee is planning to leave and alert if the employee is stealing sensitive data.
• Insider Threat – Privileged Users Interset will recognize and surface improper and high risk behaviors carried out by IT Admins and other privileged users that other tools cannot see.
• Insider Threat – Espionage & Collusion Interset’s ability to correlate activity means it is effective in detecting and surfacing attacks where more than one employee is involved or where employees are knowingly staying below threshold alert levels.
• Cyber Attack – Account Takeover By collecting and correlating endpoint and directory data, Interset can associate authentication attempts with lateral movement anomalies to detect accurately detect accounts that have been compromised
• Cyber Attack – Internal Line of Defense If multiple accounts or machines have been compromised in an APT attack, Interset will detect the mid and late stages of the attack, acting as an internal line of defense and alert before the attack can compromise data.

About Interset

Interset provides a highly intelligent and accurate insider and targeted outsider threat detection solution that unlocks the power of behavioral analytics, machine learning and big data to provide the fastest, most flexible and affordable way for IT teams of all sizes to operationalize a data protection program. Utilizing agentless data collectors, lightweight endpoint sensors, advanced behavioral analytics and an intuitive user interface; Interset provides unparalleled visibility over sensitive data, enabling early attack detection and actionable forensic intelligence with reduced false positives and noise.  Interset solutions are deployed to protect critical data across the manufacturing, life sciences, hi-tech, finance, government, aerospace & defense and securities brokerage industries.

For more information, visit  https://www.interset.com/and follow us on twitter @intersetca.

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Contact:
Betsy Kosheff
Kosheff Communications
413-232-7057
bkosheff@interset.com

Zone3 s’allie à un partenaire international

Stingray accueille Stephen Tapp comme vice-président principal, développement des affaires

Stingray, le premier fournisseur mondial de produits et services musicaux, a annoncé aujourd’hui la nomination de Stephen Tapp au poste de vice-président principal, développement des affaires. M. Tapp apporte à Stingray plus de 25 années d’expérience en création et en gestion d’entreprises avec des modèles d’affaires publicitaires et par abonnements, en développement de partenariats de marque pour la création de chaînes et ententes de contenu sous licence.

M. Tapp sera responsable d’entretenir les relations avec les distributeurs de contenu et les maisons de disques, en plus d’assurer le développement des affaires à l’échelle nationale et internationale.

« Nous sommes enchantés d’accueillir Stephen au sein de notre équipe de gestion, a déclaré Eric Boyko, président et chef de la direction de Stingray. Sa vaste expertise dans l’industrie des médias et du divertissement, sa réputation et sa feuille de route impressionnante joueront un rôle primordial dans notre plan de développement international. »

« Quelle période stimulante pour joindre l’équipe de Stingray, a pour sa part affirmé Stephen Tapp. Grâce à ses ententes avec certains des plus grands joueurs de l’industrie, à son vaste porte-folio de produits et à ses technologies novatrices, Stingray est idéalement positionnée pour une croissance internationale. Je suis impatient de travailler de concert avec les employés et gestionnaires de Stingray à bâtir des stratégies de développement qui s’appuient sur ces forces. »

Avant sa nomination à Stingray, M. Tapp a joué un rôle primordial dans le lancement d’entreprises médiatiques performantes telles que XM Satellite Radio Canada, Viewers Choice Canada, Pay Per View et TSN/RDS. De plus, il a supervisé les partenariats de distribution internationaux pour City TV et Much Music. Plus récemment, il a fondé Hercules Media Group Inc., une entreprise spécialisée en service-conseil  et en investissement dans les domaines de la télévision numérique, des médias numériques et en ligne, ainsi que du marketing.

À propos de Stingray

Plus important fournisseur de services musicaux multiplateformes au monde, Stingray compte aujourd’hui plus de 110 millions d’abonnés dans 111 pays. S’adressant aux particuliers comme aux entreprises, ses entités commerciales comprennent les services de musique et de vidéos numériques Stingray Musique, Stingray Concerts, Stingray Vidéoclips, Stingray Lite TV, Stingray Ambiance et Stingray Karaoke. L’entreprise propose également un vaste éventail de solutions d’affaires, dont les produitsmusicaux et d’affichage numérique offerts par l’entremise de sa division Stingray Affaires.

Détenue par Telesystem, Novacap et Boyko Investment Corporation, Stingray est établie à Montréal et compte présentement plus de 200 employés dans ses bureaux au Canada, en plus d’avoir pignon sur rue à Los Angeles, Miami, Londres, Amsterdam, Toronto et Tel-Aviv. Stingray a été reconnue au palmarès Technologie Fast 50MC de Deloitte en 2013 et 2014, et a été nommée parmi les entreprises canadiennes connaissant la plus forte croissance par le magazine PROFIT. Pour en savoir davantage, visitez le www.stingray.com.

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Source:
Mathieu Péloquin
Vice-président principal, marketing et communications
Stingray
514 664-1244, poste 2362
mpeloquin@stingray.com

Averna s’associe à Tandem Expansion et étend ses activités au niveau local et international

C’est avec fierté qu’Averna, chef de file mondial en développement de solutions de tests pour les fabricants d’appareils électroniques et de communications à travers le monde, annonce que le fonds Tandem Expansion, un des principaux investisseurs en capital de croissance canadiens, est maintenant actionnaire majoritaire dans l’entreprise. Avec cette transaction, Averna bénéficiera des ressources financières dont elle a besoin pour dynamiser sa croissance organique et stratégique et accroître sa présence sur les marchés internationaux.

Fondée en 1999, Averna, chef de file en ingénierie de test, offre des solutions et une expertise de test innovatrices à des clients prestigieux du monde entier dans les domaines comme l’aérospatiale, la défense, les télécommunications, l’automobile et le transport, les appareils électroniques et les sciences de la vie. Averna emploie plus de 300 personnes réparties dans 5 pays.

« Ce sera un nouveau chapitre pour Averna et nous sommes fiers de pouvoir compter sur le soutien de partenaires respectés et stratégiques qui partagent la même vision et les mêmes valeurs que nous », d’affirmer le président et chef de la direction d’Averna, André Gareau. « Averna est l’histoire d’une réussite montréalaise et nous avons à cœur de continuer à embaucher les gens talentueux d’ici. Cet investissement contribuera à renforcer notre position de force dans nos marchés traditionnels ainsi que d’étendre nos activités au niveau local et mondial ».

« L’expertise unique qu’Averna possède en ingénierie de tests, sa clientèle mondiale sans cesse grandissante, son équipe de gestion de premier calibre et son excellent portefeuille de solutions positionneront l’entreprise au premier rang des tests électroniques axés sur la qualité », a déclaré André Gauthier, associé directeur chez Tandem Expansion. « Grâce à cet investissement, Tandem apporte un appui solide à Averna alors qu’elle entame la deuxième phase de son développement ».

À propos d’Averna

Averna est un des principaux fournisseurs mondiaux de solutions de fabrication pour les dispositifs électroniques et de communication, et contribue à faire vivre une meilleure expérience à l’utilisateur final du produit. Les principaux clients d’Averna dans les industries des communications, de l’aérospatiale, de la défense, de l’automobile, de l’électronique et des appareils médicaux utilisent les solutions de test pour accélérer la mise en marché de leurs produits, réduire les coûts de production, garantir une qualité supérieure tout au long du cycle de vie des produits et résoudre les problèmes de chaîne d’approvisionnement.

Averna compte de nombreux bureaux de ventes et distributeurs un peu partout sur le globe comme JOT Automation, Keysight Technologies et National Instruments. Fondée en 1999, l’entreprise a remporté plusieurs prix dont le « Best in Test Award » et celui d’entreprise québécoise de l’année® d’Ernst & Young. Averna a été désignée parmi les 500 entreprises enregistrant la croissance la plus rapide en Amérique du Nord, selon Deloitte. www.averna.com

À propos de Tandem Expansion

Tandem Expansion est un fonds de capital de croissance privé qui s’efforce d’investir dans de petites et moyennes entreprises canadiennes œuvrant dans une variété de secteurs technologique. Tandem sert de catalyseur de croissance et d’expansion en réalisant des investissements dans des entreprises établies qui ont un grand potentiel de croissance et qui peuvent compter sur de solides équipes de direction. En plus de fournir des capitaux, l’équipe de Tandem contribue activement en apportant son expérience en matière de développement des entreprises et d’établissement de relations à l’échelle mondiale, ainsi que sa capacité éprouvée à créer de la valeur. Chez Tandem, l’intégrité, la confiance, la franchise et les relations à long terme sont les valeurs de base.

Tandem Expansion devient actionnaire majoritaire d’Averna

OnMobile announces the successful deployment of its Ringback Tone product at Brazil-based Oi

OnMobile Global Limited (OnMobile), a leading provider of mobile music offerings, is proud to announce that it has successfully deployed its signature Ringback Tone product (RBT) for Oi in Brazil. OnMobile was selected by Oi, a prominent telecommunications player that serves 75 million Brazilians, as its official RBT partner in that country.

“We are delighted to bring to Oi’s mobile customers the ability to personalize the calling experience of their friends, family and contacts thanks to our RBT product,” said Mr. Sanjay Bhambri, Chief Commercial Officer, OnMobile. “This partnership has increased our market share in Brazil significantly and strengthened our already strong presence in Latin America – a key market for OnMobile.  It also bears testimony to our proven track record in executing and managing comprehensive, fully-managed RBT offerings globally.”   Through this partnership, Oi will benefit from OnMobile’s relationships with key content providers in the music space as well as its strong in-house analytics capabilities and tools, consumer research, and multi-channel campaign management capabilities.

“Oi is continuously on the lookout for ways to enhance the mobile experience of its customers. Thanks to innovative products such as OnMobile’s RBT solution, we are able to further engage our subscribers by giving them access to a wider range of features that include music search and discovery capabilities”, explained Mr. Roberto Guenzburger, Director, Products, Oi. “OnMobile’s global RBT expertise and best practices coupled with its customized product offerings, robust technological platforms and committed team were instrumental in our decision to select this company as our partner of choice. These key strengths enable Oi to cater to consumer preferences while ensuring optimal utilization of technical hardware and resources, and seamless migrations.”

This partnership is an outcome of OnMobile’s previous accomplishments in Brazil and the overall Latin American market. It further strengthens the Company’s global dominance in RBT as exemplified by its recent record milestone of 500 million music plays delivered daily and 60 million RBT mobile consumers reached worldwide.

About OnMobile

OnMobile [NSE India: ONMOBILE], headquartered in Bangalore, India, and with offices in all regions of the world, delivers millions of music plays daily to mobile customers worldwide. Based on current deployments, OnMobile has the potential to reach more than 1.1 billion mobile users across several geographies. For further information, please visit www.onmobile.com.

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Source:
Srividhya Parthasarathy
srividhya.parthasarathy@onmobile.com

3i unifies collective knowledge with Coveo Search to support fast and accurate decision-making

Coveo today announced that 3i, a leading international investment manager focused on mid-market private equity, infrastructure and debt management, is using Coveo Enterprise Search technology to increase the speed of access to deal-related knowledge by 90% and reduce the staff and resources required to respond to compliance requests by 20%. Employee response to the new way of working with Coveo was immediate and positive, with one finance professional saying, « It has revolutionized my life. »

Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1994 with almost £13 billion of assets under management, 3i is part of the FTSE 100 and has 270 employees working out of 9 offices across Europe, Asia, and North America. To support its global business, 3i had developed an IT infrastructure anchored by a broad portfolio of systems and infrastructure, including Microsoft SharePoint and Enterprise Vault, Microsoft Exchange, File Shares, Active Directory and several databases.

The systems contain a wide array of information about past and current transactions, including deal sites hosted on SharePoint, email communications residing in MS Exchange, the firm’s archived content residing in Symantec Enterprise Vault, and a wide variety of documents and presentations in 3i’s corporate file share. Over time, the volume of content in these systems proliferated, with file share content and email volume growing at 27% and 17% per year, respectively, making it challenging for employees to find relevant information across multiple systems.

« We decided we needed to upgrade the search experience to ensure that our investment professionals and employees could swiftly find the information and content they needed to improve analysis and decision-making, » says Jon Page, Global IT Applications Manager at 3i.

3i went to market for an enterprise search solution with several key capabilities in mind, including:

• An interface editor that enables search interfaces to be easily integrated in multiple systems
• Enterprise-class security to honor user and document-level security across all systems
• Text analytics to automatically add metadata to content to make it more findable by end users
• Actionable usage analytics to understand user search behavior, content gaps and results relevance

The team selected Coveo Enterprise Search after considering FAST Search for SharePoint and the Google Search Appliance. « Coveo’s speed of deployment was superior to its competitors, » Page said. « We were amazed at how things could be done in hours instead of days or weeks. For example, we were surprised at how quickly it was to implement the indexes, search interfaces and customer refiners that we wanted with Coveo. »

Coveo Enterprise Search provides organizations with a unified indexing solution that securely consolidates corporate data and knowledge assets and delivers contextually relevant results to end users via a single search interface. Via unified knowledge access in any enterprise application or device, the Coveo Enterprise Search platform allows businesses to harness disparate information stored throughout their information ecosystem to transform businesses by upskilling people at the point-of-need.

90% improvement in the time to find relevant information supports fast and accurate decision-making

Today, 3i staff members use Coveo to instantly find relevant information using either a browser-based interface or integrated search interface within SharePoint from across 3.6 million file share documents, 6.3 million Exchange emails, 897,000 SharePoint items and documents and 107 million Enterprise Vault records. With Coveo, the speed of access to deal-related knowledge has increased by 90% for staff members and compliance team has seen a 20% reduction in the staff and resources required to respond to compliance requests.

In addition, 3i’s compliance team used the Coveo JavaScript UI Interface Editor to build a customized interface that enables them to search and correlate content from across 3i’s entire dataset. As content is indexed in near real time, users have access to up-to-date search results. « The moment you receive an email, it appears in Coveo’s search results instantly, » Page says. To provide users with the most relevant search results, Page utilizes insights gathered from Coveo’s Usage Analytics Cloud Service to continually fine-tune relevance and boost popular content.

« Coveo is now top of mind, » Page says. « It has become an essential tool in everyone’s day. »

About Coveo

Recognized as the Most Visionary Leader in Enterprise Search by Gartner, Coveo transforms the world of work for millions of people across more than 1000 enterprise activations in 35 countries. Coveo’s highly advanced enterprise search & relevance technology adds the value of rich content and insights to CRM, customer service applications, intranets and websites. Coveo securely connects with most legacy and cloud systems, consolidates organizations’ full ecosystems of record in real-time, and provides unified search, dynamic 360-degree views of information, and contextual, proactive recommendations of relevant content and experts using powerful analytics.

Coveo is a strategic partner of several large application providers such as Salesforce.com, and is used by leading organizations worldwide to enable the on-demand skills and knowledge required by constantly evolving digital workplaces. For more information, please visit www.coveo.com, and follow us on the Coveo blog, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

About 3i

3i is a leading international investment manager focused on mid-market private equity, infrastructure and debt management across Europe, Asia and North America. For further information, please visit: www.3i.com.

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Information:
Colin Beasty
Manager, Media Relations
Coveo
418-263-1111 x2246
cbeasty@coveo.com

Coveo announces new connectors to unify customer information in cloud and on-premise systems

Coveo today announced the availability of several new and version-update Connectors for its leading Enterprise Search Platform. The Coveo Connectors further expand the opportunity for support organizations to leverage all of the rich, customer-relevant knowledge and information fragmented among multiple cloud and enterprise applications. Unified, contextual knowledge and data can now be unified across cloud and on-premise systems with Coveo Connectors for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Lithium Online Communities, Oracle Knowledge, YouTube, Atlassian Confluence and JIRA.

Coveo Connectors are pre-built, production-ready integrations that enable indexing, or virtual unification, of unstructured and structured content from both cloud and enterprise applications. Coveo Connectors provide the scalability and real-time refresh capabilities for dynamic information mashups while respecting the security and permissions of each indexed system, ensuring that users see only information they have permission to view. Coveo Connectors virtually unify disparate, fragmented data into the Coveo unified index, where it is automatically enriched and can be unified with related information from vastly different systems and injected into the point of need.

Customer service organizations using Coveo Enterprise Search-powered applications, such as Coveo for Salesforce Service Cloud and Communities Editions or other Coveo customer service applications, can now securely unify data and knowledge stored within these applications with content from Salesforce and other cloud and on-premise applications to unify and present relevant customer, product and issue resolution information in context. With Coveo, support interactions become more relevant and effortless for customers and support agents alike.

• The Coveo Dynamics CRM Connector unifies valuable sales, marketing and customer service data stored within Microsoft’s flagship CRM offering, with the rest of an organization’s fragmented data. With the Dynamics CRM Connector, a wide array of Dynamics CRM entities, including account, lead, opportunity, marketing campaign, product and service case information, can now be unified by Coveo Enterprise Search applications.
• The Coveo Oracle Knowledge (formerly Inquira) Connector brings the rich knowledge stored within an Oracle Knowledge instance, including content records, information on discussion boards and forums, and topics and messages, into the Coveo unified index, where it can be enriched and connected virtually with related information. The connector supports the Oracle Knowledge security model by indexing item permissions alongside the content, so users searching Oracle Knowledge retrieve only content that they have permission to see.
• The Coveo Lithium Connector allows users to search and consolidate customer-facing knowledge and information from this cloud-based, social and community platform. The updated Connector can unify a wide range of Lithium content types, including communities, discussions, threads, categories, topics, comments, reviews and more.
• The Coveo YouTube Connector brings together knowledge assets, such as product training videos, with all relevant customer and product data, vastly simplifying self-service interactions and powering support agents with preferred media. With this Connector, video content becomes part of the broad range of relevant information delivered by Coveo in the context of customer support interactions across multiple channels.

In addition, Coveo has also made significant enhancements to its existing Atlassian Confluence and JIRA Connectors. The Confluence Connector is now supported in the cloud, allowing Coveo for Salesforce customers to index and consolidate information from these data sources and make it available to customer service agents and customers. The Coveo Atlassian JIRA V2 Connector allows Coveo to index JIRA instances and unify content and knowledge, including items such as projects, issues, comments, attachments and more, allowing customer service organizations to access relevant bug tracking information.

“Broad connectivity is a hallmark of the Coveo platform and applications,” says Laurent Simoneau, president and CTO of Coveo. “The new and updated Coveo-built Connectors further broaden our ability to securely unify the entire ‘ecosystem of record’ for mid to large organizations, delivering contextual customer knowledge and information within the service channel of choice.”

Coveo has also introduced a series of new and updated connectors in support of its Enterprise Search Platform, including new Connectors for PTC Windchill, Dropbox and RSS feeds and updates to its existing SharePoint Connector. These Connectors add to the company’s existing library of connectors for enterprise systems.

About Coveo

Recognized as the Most Visionary Leader in Enterprise Search by Gartner, Coveo transforms the world of work for millions of people across more than 1,000 enterprise activations in 35 countries. Coveo’s highly advanced enterprise search technology adds the value of rich content and insights to CRM, customer service applications, intranets and websites. Coveo securely connects with most legacy and cloud systems, consolidates organizations’ full ecosystems of record in real-time, and provides unified search, dynamic 360-degree views of information, and contextual, proactive recommendations of relevant content and experts using powerful analytics.

Coveo is a strategic partner of several large application providers such as Salesforce, and is used by leading organizations worldwide to enable the on-demand skills and knowledge required by constantly evolving digital workplaces. For more information, please visit www.coveo.com, and follow us on the Coveo blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Source:
Colin Beasty
Manager, Media Relations
418-263-1111 x2264
cbeasty@coveo.com

Transat Tours Canada selects iPerceptions to measure their digital customer experience

iPerceptions, the leader in digital customer research, today announced that Transat Tours Canada has chosen iPerceptions as its digital customer experience solution. Powered by iPerceptions technology, Transat Tours Canada will engage with its visitors to collect a representative view of their intent, needs and expectations. This data will help Transat Tours Canada continuously track and monitor the customer experience across their digital properties.

“Providing the best customer experience possible is an imperative for us,” said Bruno Leclaire, Vice-President, e-Commerce and Chief Digital Officer at Transat Tours Canada Inc. “We are excited to be working with iPerceptions and using their Active Research platform to help better understand the voice of our customers to create a superior customer experience.”

« Today being customer centric is essential and a real competitive advantage,” said Duff Anderson, Co-founder and Senior Vice President at iPerceptions. “Transat Tours Canada understands this and we are delighted that iPerceptions can provide the technology and expertise required to measure and track the overall visitor experience.”

Transat Tours Canada selected iPerceptions for their sophisticated intercept survey technologies built for online, mobile and tablet that put the respondent experience at the forefront.

About iPerceptions

iPerceptions (www.iperceptions.com) is a leading digital customer research company that extends the value of Voice of the Customer beyond measuring the past, to recognizing visitors’ intentions in real-time for personalized experiences. The company’s solutions are powered by the Active Research™ SaaS Platform, which captures visitors’ intent, needs, and experiences in the moment of truth using advanced engagement technologies. iPerceptions is revolutionizing market research with Active Recognition which recognizes the intent of anonymous website visitors in real-time to provide personalized experiences. With over 100M voice of customer datapoints collected every year across 3,500 brands and in 35 languages in over 80 countries, iPerceptions is the trusted research solution of customer centric organizations.

About Transat Tours Canada

A specialist in holiday travel to every continent, Transat Tours Canada develops and commercializes a vast array of products, from beach vacations to guided tours to cruises, under the Air Transat, Transat Holidays, Nolitours, Transat Discoveries and TMR Holidays brands. Transat Tours Canada is a business unit of Transat A.T. Inc., one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world.

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Source:
Barbara Reichert
Reichert Communications, LLC
650-548-1002
barbara@reichertcom.com

Stingray Musique prend son envol avec le système de divertissement à bord enRoute d’Air Canada

Stingray est fière et emballée d’annoncer un nouveau partenariat avec Air Canada et Spafax, qui fera de Stingray le principal fournisseur de contenu musical du système de divertissement à bord enRoute d’Air Canada.

« En tant qu’entreprise canadienne, Stingray est enchantée de faire son entrée dans l’industrie du divertissement en vol en collaboration avec Air Canada, le plus important transporteur aérien au pays », a affirmé Eric Boyko, président et chef de la direction de Stingray. « En procurant aux clients d’Air Canada un contenu musical de la plus grande qualité, nous serons également en mesure de faire la promotion des artistes d’ici. »

Depuis février 2015, les clients d’Air Canada ont accès gratuitement au contenu musical sur demande sélectionné par des experts qui fait la renommée de Stingray à l’échelle mondiale, soit :

• Des listes de lecture musicales thématiques
• Des listes de lecture musicales par style
• Des listes de lecture  de vidéoclips
• Des concerts vidéo et des documentaires musicaux

« Air Canada est particulièrement fière de soutenir le talent d’ici grâce à ce nouveau partenariat avec Stingray, qui nous permettra d’offrir à nos clients un contenu canadien de qualité plus important que jamais auparavant », affirme Calin Rovinescu, président et chef de la direction chez Air Canada.

« Nous sommes heureux  d’offrir une plus grande sélection et de pouvoir ajouter davantage de contenu de formats diversifiés à la programmation musicale gratuite dont profitent des millions de clients d’Air Canada chaque mois à bord de nos vols nationaux et internationaux », a pour sa part déclaré Craig Landry, vice-président Marketing chez Air Canada.

Cette première incursion de Stingray dans le marché du divertissement en vol a été menée en coordination avec Spafax, l’agence de marketing de contenu officielle d’Air Canada. Ce nouveau partenariat s’inscrit dans l’objectif de Stingray de fournir la meilleure expérience musicale aux auditeurs du monde entier et de diversifier son éventail de services.

À propos de Stingray

Plus important fournisseur de services musicaux multiplateformes au monde, Stingray compte aujourd’hui plus de 110 millions d’abonnés dans 111 pays. S’adressant aux particuliers comme aux entreprises, ses entités commerciales comprennent les services de musique et de vidéos numériques Stingray Musique, Stingray Concerts, Stingray Vidéoclips, Stingray Lite TV, Stingray Ambiance et Stingray Karaoke. L’entreprise propose également un vaste éventail de solutions d’affaires, dont les produits

musicaux et d’affichage numérique offerts par l’entremise de sa division Stingray Affaires. Détenue par Telesystem, Novacap et Boyko Investment Corporation, Stingray est établie à Montréal et compte présentement plus de 200 employés dans ses bureaux au Canada, en plus d’avoir pignon sur rue à Los Angeles, Miami, Londres, Amsterdam et Tel-Aviv. Stingray a été reconnue au palmarès Technologie Fast 50MC de Deloitte en 2013 et 2014, et a été nommée parmi les entreprises canadiennes connaissant la plus forte croissance par le magazine PROFIT. Pour en savoir davantage, visitez www.stingray.com.

À propos du système de divertissement à bord enRoute d’Air Canada

Le système de divertissements à bord enRoute d’Air Canada (http://enroute.aircanada.com/) offre plus de 600 heures de divertissement sur demande disponible gratuitement et accessible du bout des doigts. Sa programmation disponible porte-à-porte comprend jusqu’à 150 films de tous genres, incluant les plus récents longs métrages d’Hollywood et des films indépendants produits ici comme ailleurs et offerts dans plus de 20 langues; jusqu’à 200 émissions de télé incluant les séries les plus populaires, d’intéressants documentaires et notre propre chaîne ACTV; plus de 100 albums de musique et listes de lecture de toutes catégories; et plusieurs livres audio et balados divertissants et informatifs. Le système de divertissements à bord enRoute d’Air Canada est programmé par Spafax, l’un des chefs de file mondiaux du marketing de contenu et de la fourniture de médias en vol. Spafax a des bureaux dans 15 villes à travers le monde, et fait partie de la division des communications spécialisées de WPP.

À propos d’Air Canada

Air Canada est le plus important transporteur aérien du Canada à proposer des services intérieurs et internationaux, desservant plus de 190 destinations sur 5 continents. Le transporteur national du Canada compte parmi les 20 plus importantes sociétés aériennes à l’échelle mondiale, et il a accueilli plus de 38 millions de clients en 2014. Air Canada fournit des services passagers réguliers directs sur 64 villes au Canada, 52 aux États-Unis et 78 en Europe, au Moyen-Orient, en Asie, en Australie, aux Antilles, au Mexique, en Amérique centrale et en Amérique du Sud. Air Canada est un membre fondateur du réseau Star Alliance, le plus vaste regroupement de transporteurs aériens du monde, qui dessert 1 321 aéroports dans 193 pays.  Air Canada est le seul transporteur réseau international quatre étoiles en Amérique du Nord selon la firme de recherche indépendante britannique Skytrax. En 2014, cette firme a classé Air Canada, pour une cinquième année consécutive, meilleur transporteur aérien en Amérique du Nord dans le cadre d’un sondage réalisé à l’échelle mondiale auprès de plus de 18 millions de voyageurs aériens. Pour en savoir plus, consultez www.aircanada.com.

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Source :
Mathieu Péloquin
Vice-président principal, marketing et communications
Stingray
514 664-1244, poste 2362
mpeloquin@stingray.com

Coveo named winner in CRM Watchlist Award

Coveo has been named a winner of the annual CRM Watchlist Award. More than 140 companies entered the award program, and Coveo was named a winner among several other leading technology providers that positively impact the CRM marketplace.

According to Paul Greenberg, president of The 56 Group and founder of the CRM Watchlist Award, solution providers were judged across 12 different areas: corporate overview; financial overview; management; vision and mission; technology; customers; partnerships; marketing strategy; outreach; market impact; thought leadership and culture.

“The CRM Watchlist Award highlights companies that are making an impact in the CRM marketplace,” said Greenberg. “Winners are vendors that are well-rounded in company management, product and service offerings, partner ecosystem and company culture, and as a result, showing beyond a shadow of a doubt that they’re changing and/or strengthening the CRM marketplace with their presence.”

“We’re honored to be recognized as a CRM Watchlist Winner for the impact Coveo is making on the CRM marketplace with our advanced enterprise search platform,” said Diane Berry, senior vice president of market strategy at Coveo. “By delivering contextually relevant content and knowledge at the point of interaction across service channels, Coveo helps organizations deliver a more meaningful, personalized experience for today’s more digitally competent customer, whether via self-service or agent assisted.”

Coveo powers the customer experience via self-service and agent-assisted support, creating consistently effortless experiences regardless of the channel customers choose. Coveo virtually unifies an organization’s broad ecosystem of record (both cloud and enterprise applications) to inject relevant information and experts directly into the point of customer interaction. Customers can solve both simple and more complex challenges, and agents are able to solve more cases in less time, with greater accuracy.

Coveo for Salesforce Service Cloud and Community Editions are enable a knowledge revolution within Salesforce by bringing contextually relevant knowledge and customer information from on-premise, cloud and social systems directly into view for service agents and customers.

About Coveo

Recognized as the Most Visionary Leader in Enterprise Search by Gartner, Coveo transforms the world of work for millions of people across more than 1,000 enterprise activations in 35 countries. Coveo’s highly advanced enterprise search technology adds the value of rich content and insights to CRM, customer service applications, intranets and websites. Coveo securely connects with most legacy and cloud systems, consolidates organizations’ full ecosystems of record in real-time, and provides unified search, dynamic 360-degree views of information, and contextual, proactive recommendations of relevant content and experts using powerful analytics.

Coveo is a strategic partner of several large application providers such as Salesforce, and is used by leading organizations worldwide to enable the on-demand skills and knowledge required by constantly evolving digital workplaces. For more information, please visit www.coveo.com, and follow us on the Coveo blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Source:
Colin Beasty
Manager, Media Relations
418-263-1111 x2264
cbeasty@coveo.com

Interset closes $10M in funding to expand Advanced Threat Detection Platform

Advanced threat detection innovator Interset has closed a $10M round to expand the capabilities and accelerate adoption of its advanced threat detection platform, the company announced today.  Interset’s platform enables IP driven companies to deliver an effective defense against targeted attacks and data breaches in industries such as manufacturing, defense, technology, energy and pharmaceuticals.  New investors include lead investor Toba Capital, and Informatica, (Nasdaq:INFA), the world’s number one independent provider of data integration software. Continued support from existing investors Anthem Venture Partners and Telesystem Ltd. completed the round.

Interset addresses the most critical problem facing enterprises today: how to quickly and accurately detect real threats to intellectual property and other sensitive data and have enough information about the threats to stop them before data is stolen. Headlines are painful warnings of how unsuccessful companies are in detecting attacks. Most security teams struggle across the same two extremes – either they have no visibility to potential attacks or they are overwhelmed with thousands of security events, some important, but most just noise.  In most cases, the attack is detected weeks or months later, after data is compromised.

The Interset Advanced Threat Detection Platform creates an actionable and prioritized view of the real threats facing organizations. It works by connecting big data feeds from previously siloed repositories and data sources including application and operating system logs, identity repositories, existing security tools and endpoints —  the places where critical threat data resides.  The Interset platform correlates millions of these events, connecting the interrelated activities of identities, machines and assets. The data is delivered to Interset’s patent-pending behavioral analytics engine, which applies multiple mathematical frameworks to effectively identify and compute threats from either a single dataset, or corroborating events across multiple datasets, to rapidly identify threat actors and other high-risk entities.

The funding round will be used to expand the capabilities of Interset’s platform, accelerate adoption among new customers and develop Interset OEM partnerships, such as the recently announced source code threat protection solution with Perforce Software.

One customer deploying Interset is Surescripts, the nation’s largest health information network. According to Paul Calatayud, CISO at SureScripts, “The value is being able to monitor all data exits, including electronic transfers, screen captures, prints, and unauthorized or authorized data shares for data exfiltration. I am especially interested in watching source code, PHI & HIPPA regulated data, and clinical data files.  Interset gives me the visibility I need across all those data assets, while helping greatly reduce the noise created by the massive amounts of data events we collect.  This allows my team to focus in on what is important and take action to prevent misuse. ”

Interset is the second monitoring and analytics software company led by president and CEO

Dale Quayle, a 25-year veteran of enterprise software who was previously CEO of Integrien, sold to VMware in 2010. Integrien analytics software enabled IT managers to analyze the performance of their IT infrastructure and predict faults and failures.

Michael Coffman, Partner at Toba Capital, said, “I’m pleased to be working with Dale Quayle and the team at Interset. Not only does Interset represent the ideal combination of an experienced and visionary executive team in an important and challenging market, but they’ve determined how to deploy an easy to use data protection solution that is aimed straight at the biggest challenge facing their customers — detecting and surfacing targeted insider and outsider attacks while eliminating the growing “noise” problem that is paralyzing security teams today.”

Interset, a winner of the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) 16 Innovators competition supported by the Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate, is aggressively building out new threat visualizations to make it easier for security teams to understand how attacks are unfolding and how to defend against them. Central to this approach is a new multidimensional kill-chain view to be showcased at the RSA Conference 2015 April 20-24 in San Francisco.

According to Interset’s Quayle, “Many people are looking to analytics to solve the threat detection challenge, but few companies are delivering a platform that is mature enough to actually cover the required use cases. Customers tell us the Interset platform combines the right mix of probabilistic math and critical datasets required to effectively detect and surface the real risks and threats they face today. Our engineers and data scientists have built an extremely flexible, powerful and scalable threat detection solution. By adding new, experienced and knowledgeable investors who understand the security challenge, and with the influx of fresh capital, Interset is set for an exciting period of rapid innovation and growth.”

About Interset

Interset provides a highly intelligent and accurate insider and targeted outsider threat detection solution that unlocks the power of behavioral analytics, machine learning and big data to provide the fastest, most flexible and affordable way for IT teams of all sizes to operationalize a data protection program. Utilizing agentless data collectors, lightweight endpoint sensors, advanced behavioral analytics and an intuitive user interface; Interset provides unparalleled visibility over sensitive data, enabling early attack detection and actionable forensic intelligence without false positives or white noise.  Interset solutions are deployed to protect critical data across the manufacturing, life sciences, hi-tech, finance, government, aerospace & defense and securities brokerage industries.

For more information, visit www.interset.com or follow us on twitter@intersetca.

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Contact:
Betsy Kosheff
Kosheff Communications
413-232-7057
bkosheff@interset.com

Q&A with Stingray’s Eric Boyko

Stingray dévoile sa nouvelle identité visuelle et son application mobile en Europe

Stingray, le plus important fournisseur de services musicaux multiplateformes destinés aux sociétés de télédistribution à l’échelle internationale, dévoile aujourd’hui sa nouvelle identité de marque et son logo qui illustrent tous ses services offerts en Europe. Ce lancement permet à la dynamique entreprise de Montréal de regrouper son offre complète sous une nouvelle marque unifiée; une initiative qui lui permettra d’obtenir une meilleure visibilité à l’échelle mondiale.

Cette nouvelle identité de marque coïncide également avec le lancement de la toute nouvelle application mobile Stingray Musique en Europe qui fournira aux utilisateurs un accès à portée de main à la meilleure musique, partout, en tout temps. Pour la première fois, tous les Canadiens ayant accès aux chaînes de Stingray Musique via leur téléviseur pourront gratuitement utiliser l’application interactive Stingray Musique en s’identifiant à l’aide d’une nouvelle technologie d’empreinte audio évolutive, une première mondiale.

Stingray Musique : votre meilleure musique, partout, en tout temps

En collaboration avec l’agence Sid Lee, Stingray a revisité sa vision, sa mission, en plus des principes directeurs de son identité de marque et propose aujourd’hui un logo mis à jour, fidèle à sa mission et arborant de nouvelles couleurs. Ce logo représente deux silhouettes superposées de raies et met de l’avant l’allure énergique et contemporaine de l’entreprise ainsi que le dynamisme de l’éventail de ses services.

Tous les services de l’entreprise seront désormais regroupés sous une dénomination commune, Stingray. Cette nouvelle identité sera déployée graduellement à partir du 1er avril : les  services musicaux Music Choice Europe et XLnt Radio seront dorénavant connus sous le nom de Stingray Musique et Lite TV sera renommé Stingray Lite TV. Concert TV et The Karaoke Channel suivront à une date ultérieure.

« Voilà sept ans que Stingray a été fondée et au cours de ces années, plusieurs acquisitions stratégiques sont venues ponctuer notre parcours. Ainsi, avec un portfolio très cohérent en termes d’expérience et de qualité, il allait de soi qu’il fallait offrir à nos clients tous nos services sous une même marque qui saura leur parler. Nous entendons accélérer le développement de produits novateurs pour permettre à nos clients d’avoir le meilleur de la musique en tout temps avec eux », affirme Éric Boyko, président et chef de la direction de Stingray.

À partir du 1er avril 2015, plusieurs des nouveaux éléments visuels de la marque seront graduellement implantés et dévoilés afin d’insuffler une nouvelle énergie et de refléter les valeurs sur toutes les plateformes en Europe. Vous pouvez dès maintenant visiter le nouveau site web au stingray.com et admirer la nouvelle facture visuelle de la marque sur l’application mobile Stingray Musique.

Une nouvelle application mobile gratuite pour plus de musique et de fonctionnalités pour tous abonnés ayant accès à Stingray Musique via leur abonnement télé

La nouvelle application mobile Stingray Musique vous offre tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour une expérience musicale parfaitement adaptée à la mobilité. C’est VOTRE musique, emmenez-la avec vous !

• Illimité : accédez à toutes vos chaînes de musique et plus encore.
• Simple : identifiez-vous automatiquement par reconnaissance du signal audio ou avec les accès uniques de votre télédistributeur.
• Social : inscrivez-vous en utilisant votre compte Facebook.

L’application mobile Stingray Musique vous offre toujours une diffusion en continu illimitée, une sonorité numérique de la plus haute qualité, des chaînes de musique conçues par des experts du monde entier, ainsi que l’accès aux nouveautés et aux artistes en tête des palmarès. Sans publicités, sans interruption. Que de la bonne musique.

L’application sera d’abord introduite à l’échelle nationale aux Pays-Bas le 1er avril, un marché où Stingray Musique est déjà offert sur toutes les plateformes, suivi de l’Allemagne en mai. D’autres lancements en Europe suivront.

« Le lancement de l’application mobile Stingray Musique ouvre un univers illimité d’options pour nos clients et la possibilité de vivre une expérience sur mesure à la hauteur des attentes de notre clientèle. Gratuite avec un abonnement télé chez l’un de nos partenaires, l’application Stingray Musique sera le partenaire idéal de toutes vos activités », a conclu M. Boyko.

À propos de Stingray

Stingray est le plus important fournisseur de services musicaux multiplateformes dans le monde. L’entreprise compte aujourd’hui plus de 110 millions d’abonnés dans 113 pays. Elle est propriétaire d’entités commerciales destinées aux particuliers et aux entreprises dont les services de musique et vidéos numériques Stingray Musique, Stingray Concerts, Stingray Vidéoclips, Stingray Karaoke. De plus, l’entreprise offre aussi des solutions d’affaires, qu’il s’agisse de solutions de musique ou d’affichage numérique par l’entremise de sa division Stingray Affaires.

Détenue majoritairement par Telesystem, Novacap et Boyko Investment Corporation, Stingray est établie à Montréal et compte plus de 200 employés dans ses bureaux au Canada, en plus d’avoir pignon sur rue à Los Angeles, Miami, Londres, Amsterdam, Tel-Aviv et Francfort. Elle s’est classée au quinzième rang du Palmarès Technologie Fast 50MC 2013 de Deloitte, en plus d’être reconnue comme l’une des entreprises canadiennes ayant la plus forte croissance en 2013 par le magazine PROFIT. Pour en savoir davantage, veuillez consulter www.stingray.com.

Diffusion

Les produits Stingray suivants sont actuellement disponibles en Europe sur diverses plateformes : Stingray Musique (anciennement Music Choice et XLnt Radio), Concerts TV, Stingray Lite TV (anciennement Lite TV), The Karaoke Channel et 100% NL TV (offert exclusivement sur le marché néerlandais).

Le large éventail de services Stingray rejoint maintenant des millions clients dans 9 pays européens: L’Austriche (upc cablecom et Liwest), la Belgique (Telenet et Proximus TV), la Finlande (Anvia), l’Allemagne (Kabelkiosk, UnitymediaKabelBW, Deutsche Glasfaser et Kabel Deutschland KDG), la Norvège (Get), l’Islande (Skjarinn /Simminn de Iceland Telekom), la Suisse (upc cablecom et DCG), les Pays-Bas (UPC, Ziggo, KPN, Delta, CAIWay, CAI Harderwijk, Cambrium, Compenz, Fiber, Glashart Media (KPN), Kabel Noord, Kabeltex, Solcon, Pijnacker, Stipte, Unet et Vodafone TV), et le Royaume-Uni (Virgin Media, BT Vision et TalkTalk).

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Source :
Mathieu Péloquin
Vice-président principal, Marketing et Communications
Stingray

514-664-1244, poste 2362

mpeloquin@stingray.com

Coveo releases new enterprise search connectors to unify organizations’ broad ecosystems of record

Coveo today announced the availability of several new and updated Connectors for third-party cloud storage, product lifecycle and social media feeds for its leading Enterprise Search Platform. The Coveo Connectors further expand the opportunity for organizations to leverage all of the rich, relevant knowledge and information fragmented among multiple cloud and enterprise applications. Unified, contextual knowledge and data can now be unified with Coveo Connectors for PTC Windchill, Dropbox, YouTube and RSS feeds and improved connectors for SharePoint and JIRA.

Coveo Connectors are production-ready integrations that enable indexing of unstructured and structured content from both cloud and enterprise applications. Coveo Connectors provide the scalability and real-time refresh capabilities for dynamic information mashups while respecting the complex security and permissions for each indexed systems. Connectors bring facsimiles of disparate, fragmented data into the Coveo unified index, where it is automatically enriched and can be unified with related information from vastly different systems and injected at the point of need.

« Coveo is committed to building and maintaining connectors for the most prevalent enterprise systems, both cloud and on-premise, to provide the unification of data that is required by the digital workplace, » said Laurent Simoneau, president and CTO of Coveo. « Bringing highly relevant content and experts from such key applications directly into the context of employees, customers and partners helps everyone gain new skills at the moment of need to transform operations. »

• The Coveo PTC Windchill Connector allows engineering and product management teams leveraging Coveo Enterprise Search to securely search and consolidate information from PTC Windchill. This includes indexing content such as libraries, organizations, products, parts, documents and CAD documents.
• The Coveo Dropbox Connector allows users to retrieve folder and file information from Dropbox accounts, including Dropbox folders, files and revisions. The Connector supports incremental refresh to periodically query Dropbox for the latest updates, and keep indexed content up-to-date.
• The Coveo RSS Connector allows users to bring RSS feed content into the Coveo unified index to make it easily searchable by end users. This includes retrieving and indexing RSS feeds, channels and items, and supports automatic refresh to maintain up-to-date information for new, changed or deleted RSS feed items. This allows organizations that rely on RSS feeds for timely content, such as financial services firms for market analysis and news, to make better and more accurate decisions.
• The Coveo YouTube Connector brings video content often used in training programs directly into the context of employees at the moment of need. With video as part of the unified index companies can serve the real-time needs of employees to gain new skills in the flow of work rather than asking employees to view video content for potential future use.

Coveo has also made a number of enhancements to its SharePoint and Atlassian JIRA Connectors. The new version of the Coveo SharePoint Connector improves Coveo’s ability to unify information from SharePoint environments operating within large-scale data centers. Coveo Enterprise Search Platform now allows users to index information from one or multiple SharePoint farms into the unified index to provide end users with easy access to content. The enhanced connector allows IT organizations to crawl and index either a complete SharePoint farm or specific sections, such as Web applications, site collections website lists or document libraries.

The Coveo Atlassian JIRA Connector allows indexes JIRA instances and unifies content and knowledge, including items such as projects, issues, comments, attachments and more, allowing key employees across development, product management, marketing, sales and support to access relevant bug tracking information.

Coveo has also introduced a series of new and updated connectors in support of customer service operations, including connectors for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Oracle Knowledge, and Lithium Communities. These Connectors add to the company’s already broad library of connectors for enterprise systems.

About Coveo

Recognized as the Most Visionary Leader in Enterprise Search by Gartner, Coveo transforms the world of work for millions of people across more than 1000 enterprise activations in 35 countries. Coveo’s highly advanced enterprise search & relevance technology adds the value of rich content and insights to CRM, customer service applications, intranets and websites. Coveo securely connects with most legacy and cloud systems, consolidates organizations’ full ecosystems of record in real-time, and provides unified search, dynamic 360-degree views of information, and contextual, proactive recommendations of relevant content and experts using powerful analytics.

Coveo is a strategic partner of several large application providers such as Salesforce.com, and is used by leading organizations worldwide to enable the on-demand skills and knowledge required by constantly evolving digital workplaces. For more information, please visit www.coveo.com, and follow us on the Coveo blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Contact information:
Colin Beasty
Manager, Media Relations
Coveo
418-263-1111 x2246
cbeasty@coveo.com

Perforce and Interset deliver industry’s first intellectual property threat detection integrated with source code and content management

Perforce Software and Interset today announced Perforce Helix Threat Detection, a security solution for the Perforce Helix source code management (SCM) and content collaboration platform. The jointly developed solution quickly and accurately identifies internal and external security risks related to intellectual property managed in Perforce Helix.

Helix Threat Detection uses sophisticated behavioral analytics patented by Interset to monitor interactions with source code, product designs and related assets managed in Perforce Helix. Interactions receive a risk score, generating alerts that indicate high-risk activities, users, machines, projects, and data.

“Source code, product design and similar intellectual property are a company’s most valuable assets,” said Perforce founder and CEO Christopher Seiwald. “Government research estimates that more than $300 billion is lost annually to theft of these assets in the U.S. alone, a loss that can be dramatically reduced by the protection provided by Helix Threat Detection.”

Early customers have demonstrated the ROI of Perforce Helix Threat Detection. Examples include detection of attempts to steal source code by employees in the process of leaving a company; detection of contractors attempting to access unauthorized projects and data; and detection of external agents using compromised accounts to access internal files.

“A longtime gap in the security market has been the lack of understanding of threats across critical IP repositories,” said Interset CEO and President Dale Quayle.  “Most companies, even those with mature SIEM deployments, have little to no visibility into what risks exist in these critical data stores. Through our work with Perforce, we have delivered an important new approach to threat detection that uses data science to analyze the millions of events captured in Perforce logs and surface the high-risk events that define insider theft and targeted attacks.”

Helix Threat Detection eliminates reliance on rules-based thresholds and simplifies configuration and deployment. A plain-language user interface enables IT, engineering and security teams to quickly understand their greatest IP risks and why, all with minimal training.

Helix Threat Detection is sold and supported by Perforce and is available immediately as part of Helix Enterprise.

About Perforce Perforce Software helps companies build complex products more collaboratively, securely, and efficiently. Perforce Helix is a source code management (SCM) and content collaboration platform trusted by the world’s most innovative brands, including Samsung, NVIDIA, SAP, Pixar, National Instruments, Salesforce.com and the New York Stock Exchange. According to an independent study, companies that migrate to Perforce improve developer productivity by 15% and release their products 25% faster. The company is headquartered in Alameda, California, with offices in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, and sales partners around the globe. For more information, please visit www.perforce.com

About Interset Interset provides a highly intelligent and accurate insider and targeted outsider threat detection solution that unlocks the power of behavioral analytics, machine learning and big data to provide the fastest, most flexible and affordable way for IT teams of all sizes to operationalize a data protection program. Utilizing agentless data collectors, lightweight endpoint sensors, advanced behavioral analytics and an intuitive user interface; Interset provides unparalleled visibility over sensitive data, enabling early attack detection and actionable forensic intelligence without false positives or white noise.  Interset solutions are deployed to protect critical data across the manufacturing, life sciences, hi-tech, finance, government, aerospace & defense and securities brokerage industries.

For more information, visit https://www.interset.com/.

Follow us on twitter @intersetca.

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Media contact:
Betsy Kosheff
Kosheff Communications
413-232-7057
betsykosheff@msn.com

Coveo named winner in CRM Watchlist Award

Coveo has been named a winner of the annual CRM Watchlist Award. More than 140 companies entered the award program, and Coveo was named a winner among several other leading technology providers that positively impact the CRM marketplace.

According to Paul Greenberg, president of The 56 Group and founder of the CRM Watchlist Award, solution providers were judged across 12 different areas: corporate overview; financial overview; management; vision and mission; technology; customers; partnerships; marketing strategy; outreach; market impact; thought leadership and culture.

« The CRM Watchlist Award highlights companies that are making an impact in the CRM marketplace, » said Greenberg. « Winners are vendors that are well-rounded in company management, product and service offerings, partner ecosystem and company culture, and as a result, showing beyond a shadow of a doubt that they’re changing and/or strengthening the CRM marketplace with their presence. »

« We’re honored to be recognized as a CRM Watchlist Winner for the impact Coveo is making on the CRM marketplace with our advanced enterprise search platform, » said Diane Berry, senior vice president of market strategy at Coveo. « By delivering contextually relevant content and knowledge at the point of interaction across service channels, Coveo helps organizations deliver a more meaningful, personalized experience for today’s more digitally competent customer, whether via self-service or agent assisted. »

Coveo powers the customer experience via self-service and agent-assisted support, creating consistently effortless experiences regardless of the channel customers choose. Coveo virtually unifies an organization’s broad ecosystem of record (both cloud and enterprise applications) to inject relevant information and experts directly into the point of customer interaction. Customers can solve both simple and more complex challenges, and agents are able to solve more cases in less time, with greater accuracy.

Coveo for Salesforce Service Cloud and Community Editions are enable a knowledge revolution within Salesforce by bringing contextually relevant knowledge and customer information from on-premise, cloud and social systems directly into view for service agents and customers.

About Coveo

Recognized as the Most Visionary Leader in Enterprise Search by Gartner, Coveo transforms the world of work for millions of people across more than 1,000 enterprise activations in 35 countries. Coveo’s highly advanced enterprise search & relevance technology adds the value of rich content and insights to CRM, customer service applications, intranets and websites. Coveo securely connects with most legacy and cloud systems, consolidates organizations’ full ecosystems of record in real-time, and provides unified search, dynamic 360-degree views of information, and contextual, proactive recommendations of relevant content and experts using powerful analytics.

Coveo is a strategic partner of several large application providers such as Salesforce, and is used by leading organizations worldwide to enable the on-demand skills and knowledge required by constantly evolving digital workplaces. For more information, please visit www.coveo.com, and follow us on the Coveo blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Source:
Colin Beasty
Manager, Media Relations
Coveo
418-263-1111 x2264
cbeasty@coveo.com

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