Arnel Capili, Send Word Now's Dedicated AsiaPac Regional Sales Manager, Elected to Vice President of IAEM Asia Council

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 7, 2012) - Send Word Now, the leading worldwide provider of emergency notification and incident management services, announced today that Arnel Capili, the company's dedicated sales representative for the Asia-Pacific region, has been elected to the role of Vice President of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Asia Council.

The International Association of Emergency Managers is a non-profit educational organization that promotes emergency management principles by representing professionals who work in the industry and providing them with information, development resources, and networking opportunities.

Since entering the field of emergency management over thirteen years ago, Arnel Capili has presided over one of the largest emergency response operations in the Bicol region of the Philippines, has developed and tested emergency plans for the city government of Dubai, and has served as the Emergency Services Officer for the Asian Development Bank.

Additionally, Capili takes pride in being the first Philippine national to receive the distinction of being a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), the highest professional recognition in the field of emergency management. He holds a Masters in Development Administration degree from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, and a Bachelors in Public Administration degree from the University of the Philippines.

"We are very proud to have Arnel as a member of the Send Word Now team," said Tony Schmitz, President and CEO of Send Word Now. "Arnel's new leadership role within the IAEM, along with his dedication, professionalism, and readiness to serve our customers and prospective clients, demonstrates his strong commitment to the AsiaPac region, and we look forward to his continued success there."

 

About Send Word Now

 Send Word Now is the leading provider of on-demand alerting and incident management services for both routine and emergency communication. The easy-to-use, web-based emergency notification service is used by government agencies, municipalities, universities, non-profit organizations and businesses, including many Fortune 500 companies, to ensure fast, effective, two-way communication in real-time. Send Word Now's Alert Tracer® provides a full audit trail of messages sent and received for after-action reporting and follow-up. Designed to reach anyone, anywhere, anytime, with any device over any type of connection, Send Word Now's mass notification system is capable of transmitting hundreds of thousands of voice and text messages in minutes. The company is headquartered in New York City. Visit Send Word Now on the web at http://www.sendwordnow.com or email us at info@sendwordnow.com. Follow Send Word Now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sendwordnow and check out our new blog for industry news and insights at http://www.sendwordnow.com/Company/Blog.

 

Marketing Contact:
Sheri Ann Laza-Schmitz
Send Word Now
(212) 379 - 4937
 slaza-schmitz@sendwordnow.com

 

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Conquest Vehicles Introduces its First Unarmored SUV.

New Delhi, India.,August 7, 2012- Conquest Vehicles Inc, the Toronto-based company that is responsible for the highly sought after,handcrafted, fully armored luxury KNIGHT XV, has launched EVADE, the company's first unarmored SUV, announced William Maizlin, President, Conquest Vehicles.

The new body style, design and aesthetic of EVADE (which Conquest Vehicle's flagship vehicle, the Knight XVwill also inherit), includes new headlights and taillights sleekly wrapping around the sides of the vehicle, narrower fender flares, a redesigned grille, hood scoop, the addition of a third tandem sunroof and a wider backdoor to accommodate EVADE's wider body frame to allow for exit/entry of executive security though the rear of the vehicle. The rear bumper now features an integrated step to simplify this access. EVADE will be built on a Ford F550 Super Duty Chassis and its massive unarmored skin will be made from an aluminum-mild steel blend, making it significantly lighter then the Knight XV. The first EVADE is scheduled to roll off the production line will be in Fall 2012.

Conquest Vehicles mandate of `hand crafted' once again is populated throughout EVADE whereby elements including the vehicle's steering wheel, proprietary hinges, running boards and even the key itself are machined out of solid stainless steel. The vehicles' handles are machined out of a solid block of aluminum.

EVADE's luxurious interior cabin space will provide over 400 cubic feet and will carefully blend military inspired design cues with elegant and rich finishes.  EVADE will house a new ergonomically designed cockpit and cabin and the entire vehicle will offer both driver and passengers touch screen technology.

"We wanted EVADE to set a new standard for our company in terms of pushing the boundaries from engineering to design to incorporating new user experiences without compromising the integrity of some of the key highlight design features offered by our armored Knight XV. The result speaks for itself in terms of the final product and we couldn't be happier," said Maizlin.

 Similar to the Knight XV, EVADE is offered in newly designed ergonomic 2+2 limousine-style seating. Also available are 2 electronic executive style reclining seats with the option of either a driver partition or retractable flat screen television. The interior will also offer lap top trays, a third sunroof and more cabin space. In addition, some of the vehicle's exterior design cues, layers and angles will be seamlessly incorporated into the interior of the vehicle's cabin design without losing the feel of being in a luxury SUV.

Offered at (USD) $579,000, EVADE incorporates various composite materials, metals, high-grade leathers and high-grade alcantara to create luxury finishes throughout the vehicle.

"The goal was to create an elegant, intelligent and utilitarian SUV that speaks to Conquest Vehicles' clients' refined taste while offering an environment that also speaks to their business and technology needs," said Maizlin.

EVADE will also offer as standard features including front and rear commercial grade air ride suspension, power windows, and 360-degree roof mounted, joystick controlled searchlights. The vehicle is offered in 4x4, and is available with either a gasoline or diesel engine. EVADE will also come equipped with FLIR night vision camera systems in the front and rear of the vehicle.

 

Conquest Vehicles' Partnership with Indian-based Magus Cars Ltd

Acting on its strategy to connect with the most affluent audiences across the globe, Conquest Vehicles has partnered with Indian-based leading premium automotive dealer, Magus Cars Ltd. By leveraging the strength of the partnership and by aligning with a market leader like Magus Cars Ltd, client's benefit by having a much larger and reliable resource to connect with at the retail level, thus deliveringthe opportunity to connect with new and exciting exotic premium brands including Conquest Vehicles' unique luxury armored (Knight XV) and unarmored (EVADE) vehicles.

"Evade is a revolution to the Indian SUV unarmored segment. With our patrons exhausted with the current limited options available, they are now eagerly awaiting Magus Cars to bring to market fresh and innovative brands such as the upcoming launch of Conquest Vehicles' EVADE by the end of this year -- at INR 8.5cr, EVADE will prove to be the most luxurious and expensive SUV in India", said Jatin Ahuja, Vice President, The Magus Group.

 

Explore more about Evade on: www.conquestvehicles.co.in and for inquiries please write to us on: sales@conquestvehicles.co.in, alternatively reach us at +91-999-999-9978.

 

About Conquest Vehicles

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Conquest Vehicles is comprised of the automotive industry's most respected talent whose award-winning experience in engineering, fabrication, design, armoring and customization combine to create one-of-a-kind vehicles unrivaled and unmatched in today's security and luxury automotive marketplace.

Web:   www.conquestvehicles.com

Facebook: KnightXVFanPage

Twitter: @conquestvehicles

YouTube Channel: ConquestVehicles1

 

Media Contact:

Seth Feller

Vice President, Global Branding & Communications

sfeller@conquestvehicles.com

416-580-7994

 

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UPDATE: New From ComScire: Fastest, Most Reliable True Random Number Generator

GAINESVILLE, FL--(Marketwire - August 6, 2012) - The Quantum World Corporation under its registered trademark, ComScire®, is pleased to announce the release of its latest hardware true random number generator. At 32 Mbps the Model R32MU is the world's fastest USB-connected TRNG, offering the best available price performance for only $1495. This model, as well as our Model R2000KU, includes continuous hardware runtime testing of every raw generated bit. Redundant generators and failsafe shutdown ensure maximum reliability of true random numbers output.

Electromagnetic shielding and independent power regulation block external detection of emitted EM fields and prevent any influence on generated numbers. Used for the most demanding applications in gaming, cryptography, random selection and drawings, key generation and scientific research. As with all our hardware random generators, the R32MU is Guaranteed to Pass Any Test for Randomness.(tm) Don't leave randomness to chance - ComScire. Worldwide for over 17 years.

The Quantum World Corporation
Email Contact@ComScire.com
Phone (352) 334-7299
Fax (505) 212-0939

 

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Beijing Broad Dynamic Balance Adv. Co., Ltd. Deploys Appian BPM

 

Business Process Management in the Cloud Provides Natively-Mobile Sales and Operations Management Platform

RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - August 6, 2012) - Appian, the market leader in modern business process management (BPM) software, today announced thatBeijing Broad Dynamic Balance Adv. Co., Ltd. ("Broad Dynamic") has deployed a new Media Sales & Traffic solution built on the Appian Cloud BPM Suite. Broad Dynamic is one of the major media operators for the Metro System in Beijing. Media Sales & Traffic is a sales and operations management solution that includes dozens of pre-built processes and dashboards covering all aspects of opportunity registration, sales quoting, client onboarding, contracting, advertisement production fulfillment and on-going account maintenance. The major enterprise solution, developed and deployed in only four months, leverages Appian's native Mobile BPM capabilities and social collaboration interface to optimize and accelerate execution of critical internal and customer-facing processes.

Broad Dynamic worked with Appian's Hong Kong-based partner Frontier Research and Technology to deploy the Media Sales & Traffic solution. The solution is hosted on Amazon Web Services' Singapore cloud, and Frontier consultants and Broad Dynamic staff were able to work almost entirely remotely on the cloud to create the application. 

"The fast-paced advertising industry requires modern technology integrated with tight control of business processes," said Wilson Lee, General Manager at Broad Dynamic. "Using the Appian platform, Frontier rapidly delivered a solution that combines both to improve internal operations and customer satisfaction. The solution also helps us maintain the rigid operational standards required by the Beijing Metro Company."

Broad Dynamic lacked a centralized system for the range of pre-sales and post-sales business processes and documentation involved in monitoring sales opportunities, moving them through contracting, and managing advertisement design, approval and production. Broad Dynamic Management sought a professional standard of internal controls to deliver a clear view of "the business" (opportunities in the pipeline and the status of client fulfillment and ad production). Manual processes hampered pre- and post-sales activities. Tracking related documents (such as sales quotes, contracts and ad design specifications) was time-consuming and document version control was inconsistent.

The solution has increased internal control and productivity as well as enhanced customer satisfaction. Because it is available as a native mobile app for Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and RIM BlackBerry devices, Broad Dynamic personnel can engage with critical business processes regardless of their location. The highly-scalable solution utilizes Appian's unique in-memory analytics engine to provide real-time analysis and reporting for tens of millions of active process instances. 

"The Appian platform uniquely delivers 'worksocial,' a combination of modern advances in social collaboration and native mobility that is grounded in business process," said Matthew Calkins, President and CEO of Appian. "Broad Dynamic is seeing the benefits of worksocial across its core sales and operations processes." 

 

 

About Frontier Research and Technology

 

Frontier Research & Technology Ltd. is an IT-services company incorporated in Hong Kong. We are specialists in business process management (BPM), IT business solutions, and finance & trading technology. For more information, visit www.frontier-rt.com. 

 

 

About Appian
 

 

Appian delivers everything needed to drive better business decisions, actions and results. All the data, all the processes, all the documents and all the collaborations -- in one environment, on any device, through a simple social interface. The Appian BPM Suite is available on-premise and in the cloud, with complete portability. More than 3.5 million users, from Fortune 100 companies to the mid-market and small businesses worldwide, trust Appian to power their critical business processes. For more information, visit www.appian.com. 

 For Information Contact: 

Ben Farrell (Appian) 

Director, Corporate Communications 

+1 703.442.1067 

ben.farrell@appian.com 

  

Gloria Fung (Frontier Research and Technology) 

Business Development Director 

+ 852 2532 2082 

 gloria.fung@frontier-rt.com

 

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Vante of Tucson, AZ Regrets Actions of Former CFO

 

TUCSON, AZ--(Marketwire - August 3, 2012) - The following is a statement from Vante:

Vante regrets the unfortunate events that transpired yesterday in Tucson between our former CFO/Treasurer Adam Smith and an employee at Chick-fil-A. Effective immediately, Mr. Smith is no longer an employee of our company.

The actions of Mr. Smith do not reflect our corporate values in any manner. Vante is an equal opportunity company with a diverse workforce, which holds diverse opinions. We respect the right of our employees and all Americans to hold and express their personal opinions, however, we also expect our company officers to behave in a manner commensurate with their position and in a respectful fashion that conveys these values of civility with others.

We hope that the general population does not hold Mr. Smith's actions against Vante and its employees.

 

Contact Information

Contact:

Peter Schwartz

peter.schwartz@cox.net

 

 

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The Russell Asia Pacific Index Returned +6.0% YTD as of July 31st Including a +1.3% Return in July

 

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - August 3, 2012) - The Russell Asia Pacific Index returned +6.0% year-to-date as of July 31st, including a +1.3% return in July. 

For the year-to-date, the Financial Services (+15.0%), Healthcare (+12.5%) and Consumer Staples (+11.5%) sectors have led within the Index, while Energy (-0.4%) and Materials & Processing (-5.4%) sectors have shown the weakest relative performance. 

For July, the Financial Services (+3.8%), Healthcare (+4.0%) and Consumer Staples (+2.6%) sectors have also shown the strongest performance within the Index, while the Producer Durables (-0.7%) and Consumer Discretionary (-0.8%) sectors have shown the weakest performance. 

"Given the current market environment of risk aversion globally, it is no surprise that defensive areas of the market like Healthcare and Consumer Staples have been among the best performing sectors within the Russell Asia Pacific Index," said Sarah Lien, Senior Research Analyst for Russell Investments. "It is particularly interesting to see the Financial Services sector doing well, as it represents 30% of the index and, therefore, tends to drive returns. This is a departure from 2011, when Financial Services stocks in the APAC index performed quite poorly."

 

                     Russell Asia Pacific Index Returns                     

                                                                           

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Index                                           July 2012    As of July 31st

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Russell Asia Pacific Index                        1.3%            6.0%     

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Russell Asia Pacific Index Sector               July 2012    As of July 31st

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Consumer Discretionary                            -0.8%           4.5%     

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Consumer Staples                                      2.6%            11.7%    

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Energy                                                        2.3%            -0.4%    

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Financial Services                                       3.8%            15.0%    

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Healthcare                                                 4.0%            12.5%    

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Materials & Processing                             -0.3%           -5.4%    

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Producer Durables                                    -0.7%           1.4%     

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Technology                                               -0.5%           3.6%     

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Utilities                                                     2.1%            6.1%     

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The Russell Global Index includes more than 10,000 securities in 48 countries and covers 98% of the investable global market. All securities in the benchmark are classified according to size, region, country and sector. Daily Returns for the main components are available here: http://www.russell.com/indexes/data/daily_total_returns_global.asp

Disclaimer: http://www.russell.com/indexes/about/index_alerts.asp#disclaimer

For further information contact: 
Lauren Goble 
lauren@ryanfin.com
+852 9703 9161

 

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"Discover Mongolia" International Mining Investors' Forum to Take Place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Over the 30th and 31st of August, 2012

ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA--(Marketwire - August 2, 2012) - The Organizing Committee of "Discover Mongolia - 2012" International Mining Investors' Forum (www.discovermongoliaforum.com) is pleased to announce the key speakers for this year's event.

 

The International Mining Investors' Forum, taking place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia attracted over 1,500 delegates in 2011 from around the world. With 2012 participation expected to surpass that of the previous year, a strong focus of the forum will be on helping the attendees to continue identifying potential opportunities to benefit from Mongolia's resource-driven economic growth. To this end, the forum is expanding its scope to better support the understanding of regional supply and demand functions as they relate to the Mongolian growth story.

 

"We understand that Discover Mongolia delegates do not consider Mongolia as an isolated story; potential investors are concerned with developments in the markets that relate to Mongolian growth and that contribute to its potential," says Jargalsaikhan Dugar, a member of the Organizing Committee. He added, "We are very pleased to announce that this year's forum will include a regional view that will provide a much more robust understanding of Northeast Asia's supply and demand of raw materials."

 

In addition to a concentration on regional supply and demand, the organizing committee acknowledges that there are other market conditions affecting Mongolia's potential for investors that must continue to be addressed. Therefore, the "Discover Mongolia - 2012" agenda will include such sessions as: political stability and the recent parliamentary election, slowing Chinese economic growth, infrastructure issues facing Mongolia's development, and the legal environment for foreign investment into Mongolia.

 

To address these and other topics the speakers for this year's forum include distinguished members of both the private and public sector, from Mongolia and abroad. In addition to those mentioned in previous statements this year's speakers will include:

 

Peter Nicholls - Vice President, Oyu Tolgoi LLC. Mr. Zoljargal - Deputy Governor, Bank of Mongolia. Ambassador Urban Rusnák - Secretary General, Energy Charter. Ian Runge - Founder of Runge Ltd. Karr McCurdy - President and CEO, Behre Dolbear Group. Mr. Kuleshov Vladimir Vladimirovich - Director, Institute of Economics and Organizing Industrial Production of Russia. Dr. Gyeng Chul Kim - President, Korea Transport Institute. Mr. James Passin - Fund Manager, Firebird Management LLC.

 

Contact information:

Mr. Bilguun Ankhbayar
Phone: 976-9999-0404
Email: info@discovermongoliaforum.com
Web Site: www.discovermongoliaforum.com

 

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