“Organizations are adopting virtualization and cloud computing for a variety of reasons, including more cost-effective hardware utilization, reduced power consumption, simpler disaster recovery, and faster, more flexible provisioning,” said Heroix VP of Product Development Dick Levin. “While this trend holds great promise, it also leaves many IT organizations scrambling to ensure – and document – that end users continue to receive the expected levels of service from critical applications once they have ‘moved into the cloud.’”

Longitude Cloud Edition provides a single pane of glass view into cloud environments by integrating three key monitoring perspectives: End user experience, Key performance & infrastructure metrics, and Service levels (SLAs). First, Longitude Cloud Edition emulates the experience of an end user by recording web transactions of interest, and then replaying them synthetically to assess the availability and response of the application, as well as the content of the site. If the end user’s experience indicates a problem, the next step is to drill into the virtual environment and physical infrastructure to pinpoint the root cause. Longitude provides out-of-the-box monitoring for Windows, Red Hat, SUSE, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, VMware and Network Devices. Longitude proactively monitors key performance metrics to diagnose issues and reveal underlying causes of service degradations.

Longitude also provides pre-configured, on-demand reports and graphs of key performance metrics to help IT staff understand developing trends and ensure maximum availability. In addition, Longitude checks the availability and responsiveness of the infrastructure components that support critical applications, such as DNS resolution, file existence and content, HTTP connections and content, ping, process existence, SQL queries, and more.

Longitude’s Service Level Agreements (SLAs) integrate the end user experience and performance & infrastructure metrics, to provide a holistic view of how critical applications are functioning across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. A Longitude SLA groups together all the disparate components that work to support multi-tiered applications that underlie critical business processes, and monitors for degradations in performance or availability of the service as a whole.

For example, suppose a mission critical application depends on a web server in the cloud, a virtualized application server, a back end database housed on a non-virtualized server, and network connectivity. A Longitude service level agreement that represents the convergence of all these underlying operational components, plus the response experienced by the end user, keeps IT personnel apprised of the overall service level being provided by this application.

Pricing and Availability:

Longitude Cloud Edition is available now. Annual subscriptions start at $299 and Perpetual licenses start at $999 for 10 managed devices. A 2-week Longitude Cloud Edition free trial is available to download from Heroix (http://www.heroix.com/aspscript/demo_longitude_cloud.asp).

More Resources:

Monitoring Cloud Environments: www.heroix.com/agentless/cloud_monitoring.htm
Watch Longitude Quick Tour (5-minute video): http://screencast.com/t/Njc1ZGQyYT

About Heroix
Heroix (www.heroix.com) delivers award-winning software products that help organizations optimize the availability and performance of applications, databases, systems, and IT infrastructure running across multiple platforms. Today, with a presence in over 40 countries, Heroix has delivered performance management solutions to over 1,000 organizations worldwide, including Fallon Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Honeywell, Tembec, Motorola, Inc., and Young Broadcasting.

Heroix and Longitude are registered trademarks of Heroix. All other company and product names mentioned are used only for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

In an effort to support the wildlife impacted by the catastrophe, KC Tees will be donating 20% of the proceeds from every “Unity” (Fuerza en la Unidad) and “Peace” tee sold now through December 31^st to the National Wildlife Federation.

“Seeing the heart-wrenching images of all the oil soaked birds and mammals as a result of this catastrophic oil spill was unfathomable,” said Karen Crawford, CEO and Founder of KC Tees.  “An avid supporter of animal rights, I wanted to bring more attention to this crisis and encourage KC Tees customers to do the same.”

To help support this effort and to purchase “Unity” (Fuerza en la Unidad) or “Peace” tee, please visit www.KCTees.com or www.KCLosAngeles.com.  The tees retail for $25 and are available for “free shipping”, now thru December 31, 2010.

About KC Tees

KC Tees is a line of Latina-themed graphic tees that are stylish and inspirational, featuring messages in both English and Spanish.

Created in an effort to inspire integrity, respect and self-esteem with messages we can all embrace, KC Tees promote universal themes and messages, some of which include: Paz (Peace). Amor (Love), Fe (Faith) and more!

To check out KC Tees, please visit www.KCTees.com.

Barcode verifiers include the hand-held and wide-throat versions of the Axicon PC6000 range. They operate to ISO/CEN/ANSI systems, can scan storage and replay, and include text file storage (Std and CSV). Datalogic’s range of hand-held barcode scanners is currently available at discounted prices. This includes entry-level scanners, general-purpose corded hand-held linear scanners, laser scanners, linear-image barcode scanners, and industrial laser scanners. Although SEL provides a full range of Datalogic and Opticon scanners as well as accessories, customers can also consult SEL’s expert team for more specific needs.

Customers looking for bespoke labels can rely on the vast range that SEL has to offer. From the basics of inkjet and laser printer paper labels to fun bubble badges and a capable barcode printer, SEL will be more than able to meet customer needs. With more than 2,000 materials and 200 sizes to choose from, SEL is the most comprehensive outlet for labelling needs. They manufacture and supply labels, ribbons, label printers, security and asset-tracking labels, scanners and verifiers.

SEL also makes a variety of tamperproof labels made of non-transferable materials, making it difficult to remove and easy to check if they have been fiddled with. The labels can be printed with barcodes, the company logo and other details. Some of the materials are suitable for in-house thermal transfer printing as well. Using high-quality plain labels on rolls, SEL manufactures a vast range of sizes that can be put through thermal transfer or thermal direct printers. This has enabled them to become certified suppliers for industrial giants such as Toshiba Tec, Zebra, Intermec, Datamax, Sato and more.

SEL also supplies ribbons for printers, recommending Toshiba ribbons for Toshiba printers, as well as suggesting compatible products for other brands. A team of experts at SEL is always ready to help with customer requests and is also there to advise on specific needs and requirements.

About South East Labels:

SEL has been supplying labels and labelling systems for 20 years. They are known for their quick turnaround time and continuity of supply. SEL offers multiple varieties of labels, printers and accessories. If the customer does not find a product listed on the website, SEL will try and source the product.

For most companies, a new Unified Communications system is a major decision that affects every aspect of the organization. Verteks Consulting and ShoreTel’s record of industry-leading customer satisfaction made the decision easier for United Franchise Group. “From the very beginning planning stages to the actual installation, you proved that your company was different. It wasn’t just a bunch of sales fluff, you really know what you are doing and were able to execute the plan without a hitch. You guaranteed we would be 100% satisfied, and we are!” said Jim Lehfeldt, Network Operations Manager for United Franchise Group.

“Organizations like United Franchise Group (UFG) that need easy to use, yet powerful call center systems to closely collaborate and communicate are great candidates for a ShoreTel system. On this project we were able to prove how ShoreTel’s unique design and capabilities provide practical business benefits like reduced operating costs, lower support costs – and better customer service to UFG’s clients.” said Gulling.

About Verteks Consulting, Inc.

Over the past 14 years, Verteks Consulting has become a market leader in Florida providing fast, reliable and secure voice and data networks for business and government clients. With a focus on Unified Communications and advanced networking solutions that improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase competitiveness, and improve customer service, Verteks Consulting is uniquely qualified to help its business and government clients confront the challenges of today’s dynamic marketplace. Verteks Consulting provides complete solutions that include project planning, installation, on-site training and 24×7 support services – including our leading-edge proactive support solution called ‘Total System Care’.

About United Franchise Group

The United Franchise Group consists of a number of award-winning business-to-business brands and franchise development services including some of the world’s largest industry-leading names. The experts at UFG have used their over 30 years of franchising experience to grow the franchising giant into a $500 million dollar success story with approx. 1400 franchise locations in 50 countries. The company includes franchise industry giants SIGNARAMA, the world’s largest sign franchise; EmbroidMe, the world’s largest embroidery franchise; Billboard Connection, an incredibly successful out-of-home advertising franchise; FranchiseMart / Biz1Brokers, a retail (or executive office) location for people to research business opportunities before investing and Plan Ahead Events, a home-based corporate event planning franchise.

With the combination of award-winning, industry-leading brands and unique development services, United Franchise Group is a leader in the franchise industry.

Loren Bucklin, President of ConnectedSign, has been the lead behind the billboard operation. The bright and crystal clear billboard pictured features dual sides which can operate together or independently of each other. These two screens measure 21 feet wide by approximately 13 feet high. ConnectedSign teamed up with MGN Outdoor to create the assembled sign which features a reel of six Ads per side that rotate throughout the day. The combination of the two sides, the large dimensions of the screen, and the Ad rotation attracts over 14,000 views a day. With Digital Signage technology, hardware, and specified content any billboard advertiser can enhance their exposure and broaden their advertising opportunities.

If you’d like more information about billboard signage, or would like to visit the Digital Signage showroom, please call ConnectedSign at 866-833-2723 or e-mail Loren at lbucklin@connectedsign.com

Filanthropists.com was founded to be the online hub through which partner charities, nonprofit organizations, and independent merchants engage in e-commerce fundraising, which is defined as: “The sale of a product from which a portion of the revenue is donated to charity.” For its merchants, Filanthropists.com serves as a fundraising vehicle. For individual members, known as “Filanthropists,” the site provides the opportunity for the socially–conscious consumer to support their chosen charities and causes through their purchases.

Filanthropists.com serves its members through a variety of features and services that include:

• Variable searches by charity or cause name, cause type, product category, and product name.
• An Intranet that allows merchants to upload product images, descriptions, and prices at will.

• Profile creation that allows merchants and individual Filanthropists to upload their photo/logo and statement as to why they support the charities they do. Member profiles are randomly spotlighted throughout the web site.
• A changing message ticker at the top of the page delivers a variety of messages that include: a welcome to new members, promotion of a member’s fundraising event, and awareness raising.
• A forum, the “Unite” section, that allows merchants and charities/non-profits to find like-minded partners with whom to explore partnership opportunities to create and sell their own cause-related merchandise.
• Assistance in developing and bringing proprietary cause-related merchandise to market. Our talented and dedicated team of professionals can help nonprofit organizations develop proprietary products.

Filomena Laforgia, Founder/CEO of Filanthropists.com, said: “When I started to develop the idea that would later become Filanthropists.com, I had originally intended to benefit a specific charity—Autism—the condition my son has. It wasn’t until I started to research cause-related products that I saw how much good my idea could do on a larger scale.”

Ms. Laforgia, continues: “The pre-launch response to our merchant recruitment efforts has been enthusiastically positive. Potential merchants we approached either immediately registered or requested more information, only to sign up shortly after the materials had been sent. It’s my hope that based on the level of response from our initial partners that Filanthropists.com can become a welcome and valuable part of any charitable and nonprofit organization’s fundraising efforts.”

About Filanthropists.com
Founded in 2006, Filanthropists.com is an online shopping mall offering cause-related merchandise. The organization serves as a voice in the marketplace for charities, nonprofit organizations, and independent vendors who engage in e-commerce fundraising, which is defined as: “The sale of a product from which a portion of the revenue is donated to charity.”
Current merchants include: Alison Ashley Formento, American Forests, Autism Speaks, Born Free USA, Broadway Cares, Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs (CoMeD), Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, Fourth Lloyd Productions, Heart and Stone Jewelry, KC Tees, Mountain & Sackett, PJ Publications and Gifts, SafeMinds, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), and Until There’s A Cure.

For more information visit Filanthropists.com online at www.filanthropists.com. For media inquiries, contact Filomena Laforgia at: fil@filanthropists.com. To become a merchant, contact us at merchants@filanthropists.com. To develop a product for sale, contact us at: development@filanthropists.com. Visit us on Facebook page at filanthropists. Follow us on Twitter at filanthropists.

PenserSC’s humble beginnings trace back to 1908, when Augustus O’Dell, SR., started working with Peninsular Warehouse Company in the downtown area. He officially acquired the company in 1912. The company expanded into transportation services in 1966, mainly focusing on the Florida marketplace. Today, PenserSC is one of the southeast region’s leading logistics companies providing warehousing and transportation, as well as knowledgeable consultation for customized services, storage and distribution. The primary areas of focus are the pharmaceutical, food, industrial, retail, health and beauty and paper industries.

Russell O’Dell, current chief operating officer, represents fourth-generation of family ownership in the growing company. O’Dell imagines his great-grandfather would be “extremely proud” of what the company has become.

“I hope that he would be proud to know he planted the seeds that helped several generations…not just his own family. Through the years, we’ve been blessed to put many people to work and a lot of food on the table,” O’Dell said.

In the course of the last three years, the company has made significant changes to its business model. Many of the changes were brought about by current CEO, Shawn Barnett.

“When I came on board, in March 2007, PenserSC was predominately a public warehouse company with a transportation division. We have worked tirelessly to improve our service offerings and become the complete 3PL we are today,” said Shawn Barnett, CEO, PenserSC.

“This award solidifies the fact that we are one of the fastest growing logistics companies in the region,” Barnett said. “We have certainly increased our business over the last two years and expect to continue to increase our logistics capacity.”

Overall, PenserSC was the 25th fastest growing company and the only 3PL in the area to make the list.

About PenserSC

PenserSC provides Southeast warehousing, transportation, LTL, truckload, Florida logistics, port, import/export, rail services or just fresh ideas from the logistics team of experts. PenserSC operates more than 1 million square feet of dry and temperature-controlled warehouse space in Jacksonville, Orlando and Miami. Trucking includes distribution services to all points in the Southeast, both dry and temperature controlled, and a unique food delivery consolidation program.

More information regarding this award can be found at the Jacksonville Business Journal website or at our logistics news page.

Such a platform is becoming increasingly vital as the identity management space shifts to meet new demands, such as federation, Identity as a Service, and the cloud. According to Bob Blakley, VP and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner IT1 Identity and Privacy, virtualization of both identity and context will play a vital role in the new identity infrastructure.

As Blakley notes in his report, The Emerging Architecture of Identity Management, published April 16, 2010, “In the first phase, production of identities will be separated from consumption of identities through the introduction of a virtual directory interface. In the second phase, applications will externalize authorization to policy decision points…which can use contextual authorization to request attributes in real time.”

Security Focus: Support for XACML and Partnership with Axiomatics

As part of its new release, Radiant has strengthened its security offering, announcing a partnership with Axiomatics to provide a state-of-the-art solution for authorization based on the XACML standard. By externalizing context through virtualization of data and application silos, Radiant Logic enables Axiomatics to consume these contextual attributes inside XACML-based policies, providing a complete standards-based solution for customers.

“Relying on a virtual directory to aggregate attribute sources is extremely powerful and efficient for XACML policy servers. Beyond attributes, context information and context-enriched services are becoming increasingly important when integrating with sophisticated business applications,” said Gerry Gebel, President, Axiomatics Americas. “Radiant Logic is recognized as an innovator in the field of context representation and this partnership will enable us to address the demanding requirements of advanced application scenarios.”

“Axiomatics has one of the best XACML policy servers on the market, and this is a key enabler for the effective deployment of modern authorization,” said Michel Prompt, Founder and CEO, Radiant Logic. “This alliance allows us to externalize contextual information that is buried in different applications silos, package it with the right policy, and deliver the best of both XACML and virtualization to our customers.”

Data Management Focus: Enhanced Support for SQL

The new VDS 5.3 further extends RadiantOne beyond the security space, expanding its longstanding data management functionality with updates and improvements in its identity and context layer, as well as enhanced support for SQL. With more flexibility and scalability in its database views, VDS 5.3 now makes directory data more easily available for mission-critical services and applications that only consume SQL.

“More and more we are seeing the need for integrated identity from different data silos through virtualization. However, this need is not limited to security and LDAP protocols,” said Dieter Schuller, Vice President of Business Development, Radiant Logic. “Many of our customers would like to have full SQL capabilities to integrate their virtualization layer with the rest of the data management stack, which VDS 5.3 provides.”

Provisioning Focus: Support for SPML 2.0

New support for SPML 2.0 also allows Radiant Logic to extend its Identity and Context Virtualization Platform beyond LDAP and SQL clients. SPML clients can now issue provisioning requests directly to the VDS 5.3, which routes them to the appropriate sources. VDS 5.3 also simplifies existing architectures by abstracting and connecting to multiple provisioning end-points.

“The incorporation of SPML capability is excellent news for us,” said Bob White, CEO, eB2Bcom, Radiant Logic’s reseller in the Asia Pacific region. “We are working with large identity management prospects who are adopting a service oriented architecture model for which SPML functionality is important. We believe that this market is growing rapidly in our region and this adds to our offering with RadiantOne.”

For SPML clients, Radiant Logic’s VDS 5.3 acts as a provisioning service provider that supports both DSML and XSD formats. This enables virtualized backend sources to become provisioning targets. VDS 5.3 can hook into existing provisioning solutions, such as SailPoint, providing the benefit of workflow and business logic with the added bonus of a one-stop connection to a virtual source.

“Radiant Logic’s use of the SPML 2.0 standard helps make their VDS more lightweight to deploy. That allows our next-generation provisioning customers to benefit from flexible options to address provisioning’s ‘last mile,’” said Darran Rolls, Chief Technology Officer, SailPoint.

Radiant Logic is providing demos of RadiantOne VDS Context Edition 5.3 at the Burton Group Catalyst Conference taking place July 26-30, 2010. To request a demo or for more information on Radiant Logic and its products, please contact info@radiantlogic.com.

About Radiant Logic
Radiant Logic, Inc is the market-leading provider of virtual directory solutions for identity management and enterprise information integration. The RadiantOne Identity and Context Virtualization Platform is deployed by global enterprises to provide unified, secure access to identity and contextual views built from heterogeneous applications and data sources. RadiantOne is a key enabler for authentication, authorization, profile management, and personalization initiatives.

For more information, visit www.radiantlogic.com or download a 45-day free trial. Subscribe to the Radiant Logic blog. Follow Radiant Logic on Twitter and on LinkedIn. Fan us on Facebook.

According to Finders, the international probate genealogy firm, the Health Secretary’s comments demonstrate the growing social-economic pressures resulting from the UK’s aging population. This includes an increase in cases where people do not make appropriate provisions for a will before they die. In these cases the estate will eventually handed over to the State unless an heir can be traced.

Commenting, Daniel Curran, Finders’ Managing Director, said:

“The Health Secretary’s announcement clearly demonstrates the societal pressures arising from an aging population. There is a significant problem in how individual’s estates are increasingly being swallowed up by the need to pay for their care in old age, and we welcome the Government’s move to examine in detail the current systems of funding for long-term care.

“Equally, as probate genealogists we frequently encounter estates where individuals die without making provision for a will, and this is set to increase as a result of the aging population. In cases of intestacy, where a will is not present, the task of distributing an estate can become a particularly difficult affair, especially if there is no known next of kin.

“In such cases of intestacy professional probate genealogists such as Finders provide a valuable service in identifying and tracing heirs, including working to locate people who may be beneficiaries. We are frequently instructed by solicitors, executors or administrators and trustees, or may act directly for the beneficiaries. By working with professional probate genealogists, solicitors can potentially avoid incurring unnecessary costs and diminish the risk of claims from overlooked beneficiaries, which is of course all in the client’s interest, as well as ensuring heirs are united with their rightful inheritance”.

1. To find out more about Finders please visit the Finders website at www.findersuk.com
2. Please direct any queries to Samina Ansari on 020 7067 0325 or sansari@webershandwick.com

Most recently the company has diverted its attention at aiming to supply quality swimming aids to the thousands of swimming schools, clubs and teachers throughout the UK by showing their website to the British Swimming Association, who have quickly come on board by supplying lists of all their members, something which Discount Swimming Aids has taken great confidence from.

Owner Kevin Thomas said `we have realized over the past 12 months that the most important aspect of web ordering for our customers is value for money and speed of delivery. We are addressing this by constantly comparing our prices with those of our competitors, which enables us to back up our name, Discount Swimming Aids. We are also using Fedex for our deliveries, a company which we have found to be the most flexible at delivering products during the day when customers may be away from their home address.

Customers using Discount Swimming Aids should find that new products from some of the industries leading suppliers are constantly being updated the website, which should mean that you need not search anywhere else for equipment or fixtures required by your pool or club.

You can purchase goods at www.discountswimmingaids.co.uk or by phoning the sales team on 0800 0181227 or by emailing sales@thomassports.com