Accorto Releases Cloud Billing in Salesforce

Accorto Releases Cloud Billing in Salesforce

Web billing directly from your Salesforce system is faster and increases accuracy.

Redwood City, CA (PRWEB) November 16, 2009 -- Accorto (http://www.accorto.com), an internationally recognized leader in agile model-driven business applications, today announced the release of Accorto Cloud Billing (http://www.accorto.com/products/cloud_billing.html).

"With Cloud Billing you can create Invoice directly from Salesforce Opportunities." The invoice can be based on the Salesforce quantity and revenue schedule of the opportunity (video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGkkRkznw8s)). Custom fields are copied from the opportunity to the invoice.

You can also create invoices for Time & Expense (http://www.accorto.com/products/cloud_te.html) reports. Billing rates are defined on Resource level with optional specific rates for Customers, Contracts or Projects. Resources allow you to have different billing rates for the same person (video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w16DpNVuPmo)).

Cloud billing supports Sales Tax, Canadian Tax as well as VAT. Flexible Payment terms allow relative (e.g. 10 days with 2% discount 30 days net) and fixed dates like next Friday, the first or 10th next month with rounding of the discount or due date to Monday or Friday if the date is on a weekend. The payment term text template allows you to have full control of content and wording of the payment term which appears on the invoice.

Document types allows users to have different document numbering or sequences, e.g. for wholesale or international sales. Gapless document sequences are supported as well. Document types also provide the ability to create quotes and proposals and convert them to invoices at a later time.

You can automatically send invoices per email and include a "Play Now" button using PayPal or Goggle Checkout.

Cloud Billing is the base for extensive Revenue Recognition support to be released later this year.

Pricing and Availability

Accorto Cloud Billing (http://www.accorto.com/products/cloud_te.html) is available as part of the Cloud Plus suite which includes Time & Expense management. Pricing begins at $899 annually for 10 users and includes up to 3 hours initial implementation consulting.

Accorto on Dreamforce

Accorto's Salesforce certified consultants are available during Dreamforce 09 to help with Billing, Revenue Recognition, Timesheets and Expense Reports as well as Resource Scheduling in Salesforce. To schedule your free consultation, contact Accorto via the web (http://www.accorto.com/about/contact.html) or call (650) 227-3271 now.

About Accorto (http://www.accorto.com)

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Accorto is an internationally recognized leader in agile model-driven business applications. Previous products include Compiere, the premier Open Source ERP solution.

The company's latest offering, Accorto Cloud Billing is built on Salesforce for increased productivity and customer satisfaction. It's designed for organizations to increase invoicing speed and accuracy. Accorto's subscription SaaS solutions enable companies to manage projects, resources and financials more efficiently, resulting in lower operational costs and increased profitability.

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Contact Information Kathy Pink

Accorto

http://www.accorto.com

(650) 227-3271

New iPhone App Saves ShopRite Customers Time and Money

New iPhone App Saves ShopRite Customers Time and Money

ShopRite teamed-up with Vermont-based MyWebGrocer to design and produce a new iPhone App to help customers save time and money. The new ShopRite Weekly Specials App allows shoppers to browse an online version of the weekly sales circular and add items directly to their grocery-shopping list from their iPhone.

Keasbey, NJ (Vocus) November 13, 2009 -- ShopRite (http://www.shoprite.com/) has launched a new iPhone App to help customers save time and money. The new ShopRite Weekly Specials App allows shoppers to browse an online version of the weekly sales circular and add items directly to their grocery-shopping list from their iPhone. Now shoppers can search for savings virtually anywhere -- while rooting for their child’s basketball team, waiting in line at the bank, or working out at the gym.

ShopRite has always offered its customers value and now it is even more convenient to take advantage of the weekly sale items, according to Cheryl Williams, ShopRite VP of Marketing. “We have a lot of customers who plan their shopping lists based on what’s on sale. The new ShopRite Weekly Specials App is a great tool that can help them save time and money.”

But convenience is key, says Williams, adding that, “This new App not only helps our customers save money, but more importantly, it takes our ShopRite message to them wherever they may be. We want to do everything we can to enhance the customer experience at ShopRite and the iPhone App is a mobile extension of those efforts. Our customers are constantly on-the-go -- our goal was to provide them with a mobile solution that makes sense for their lifestyle.”

ShopRite is the first grocery store to provide its weekly sales information on an iPhone. The App can be downloaded for free from the iTunes store (search word: “ShopRite Weekly Specials”). All data is provided in real time, making out-of-date coupons a thing of the past.

ShopRite teamed-up with Vermont-based MyWebGrocer (http://www.mywebgrocer.com/) to design and produce the application. “This App provides shoppers the opportunity to create highly-customized, brand-specific, budget conscious grocery orders with minimal effort,” according to MyWebGrocer’s EVP, Alec Newcomb. “Thanks to our mobile platform, it’s never been easier to create a budget-conscious shopping list.”

About ShopRite

ShopRite supermarkets are members of Wakefern Food Corporation, a retailer-owned cooperative. Through the more than 200 stores located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves more than five million customers each week. A long-time supporter of key community efforts, ShopRite was named Feeding America’s (formally named America’s Second Harvest) Grocery Distributor of the Year (1999) for its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, a year-round initiative dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities served by ShopRite stores. Since its inception, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated more than $20 million to 1,500 worthy charities and food banks.

About MyWebGrocer, Inc.

MyWebGrocer, founded in 1999 and based in Colchester, VT, is the leading digital service provider for retail grocers, connecting retail brands to their customers through ecommerce and online tools. MyWebGrocer has the largest online grocery-advertising media platform in the country with more than 5,000 grocery stores nationwide using their services. Advertisers include Kellogg’s, Unilever, Nestle, P&G and 60 other leading brands.

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Contact Information Elisabeth Loeb

ShopRite

http://www.shoprite.com/

732-906-5156

Alison Kosakowski

MyWebGrocer, Inc.

http://www.mywebgrocer.com/

802-857-1221

Pod Digital Design Unveils Innovative Prototype for One Economy’s Application that Connects Underprivileged Science Students and Mentors at AFI Digifest

Pod Digital Design Unveils Innovative Prototype for One Economy’s Application that Connects Underprivileged Science Students and Mentors at AFI Digifest

Pod Design leads the design effort on AFI Digital Media lab’s One Economy project.

(PRWEB) November 13, 2009 -- Pod Digital Design (http://www.poddesign.com) was a presenter at the AFI Digifest (http://www.afi.com/Education/dcl/) in Hollywood, CA, on November 5th, unveiling a prototype for connecting underprivileged students interested in the sciences, with mentors working in their areas of interest. The presentation was made at the legendary Mann Chinese Theatre, with AFI Digifest as one of the highlights of the AFI Film Festival.

As a mentor in the AFI Digital Media Lab, Pod Design worked for six months on the project, working virtually with One Economy, a global nonprofit, as well as team members from companies including Sprout, Invoke and Semillita Consulting. The result was the concept and prototype of a site the team named EnVisor, a unique hybrid of content search and social networking, designed to allow teens to explore and find a wide range of information, advice and inspiration about careers in the sciences.

“The guys from Pod were all star mentors and collaborators from the AFI Digital Content Lab's 2009 team,” said Tom Quick, Media Manager of One Economy. “They brought the right mix of smart business and fun to meetings, and their can-do attitude and creative approach went beyond our expectations. They navigate business goals and user experience like it's old hat.”

Envisor was conceived as a simple, engaging and fun experience that allowed teens to quickly find entry points via search on a wide-variety of scientific subjects, explore the content, and connect with mentors who can provide inspiration and guidance to students who otherwise might not have access to role models in their areas of interest.

About One Economy

One Economy is a global nonprofit organization that uses innovative approaches to deliver the power of technology and information to low-income people. More than 17 million people have used One Economy's online tools and resources to build better lives, including the Public Internet Channel. To date, One Economy has launched on-the-ground programs in 42 U.S. states, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. To learn more visit, www.one-economy.com. (http://www.one-economy.com)

About Pod Digital Design

Founded in 2002, Pod Digital Design is a leading developer of interactive branded content, social media, viral marketing and entertainment. Pod has created breakthrough viral marketing, games and branded content for companies including Warner Brothers, History Channel, Biography, Discovery Channel, Yahoo!, AETN and many others. Recently, Pod’s was selected Gold Winner for best Integrated Campaign for their History Channel Expedition Africa Campaign at the 2009 Hatch Awards, recognizing the best advertising in New England. Visit Pod at http://www.poddesign.com (http://www.poddesign.com).

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Contact Information Steve Curran

Pod Digital Design

http://www.poddesign.com

781-674-1188

Adblade Reaches Over 150 Million Monthly Uniques

Adblade Reaches Over 150 Million Monthly Uniques

Rapid growth fueled by industry-leading ROI for advertisers and improved revenue for publishers. By focusing exclusively on premium publishers and using unique ad formats and placements, Adblade provides both a refuge for click fraud weary advertisers and the partner of choice for many premium publishers.

Somerville, NJ (PRWEB) November 13, 2009 -- Adblade (www.adblade.com), the web's largest premium-only online and technology provider, today announced its online reach has surpassed 150 million monthly unique U.S. users. This rapid growth is fueled by industry-leading ROI for advertisers and improved revenue for publishers.

Adblade reaches these users by partnering with over 1000 premium branded local and national websites, as confirmed through online analytics providers such as Quantcast who place Adblade’s reach at over 150 million monthly unique users.

By focusing exclusively on premium publishers and using unique ad formats and placements, Adblade (www.adblade.com) provides both a refuge for click fraud weary advertisers and the partner of choice for many premium publishers,

Most of the top 20 ad networks partner primarily with long tail publishers, distributing ad code to hundreds or even thousands of independent websites. While this is a highly efficient model, these smaller sites are precisely the inventory plagued with impression and click fraud, significantly reducing advertiser return on investment.

A recent study by Radar Research found that more than 50% of ad impressions and 95% of clicks on typical online ad network buys were fraudulent. Brand-name publishers that allow their impressions to be grouped with those of lower quality sites risk harming the value of their ad inventory. The impressions from the lower quality sites dilute overall ad campaign performance, resulting in reduced bids from advertisers.

"With problems like fraud and inconsistent impression quality plaguing other networks, our goal at Adblade has been to create an online advertising network from the ground up focused exclusively on highly trafficked premium local and national branded publishers”, said Ash Nashed CEO of Adblade. “Adblade is the only place today where advertisers can reach the vast majority of US users with one buy, without exposure to problematic inventory.”

Adblade’s portfolio of premium-only sites provides brand advertisers and direct marketers greater reach into target audience segments through one media buy across multiple quality publishers. Adblade helps advertisers extend their reach with contextual, lifestyle and behavioral targeting as well as by providing the insight and acumen of seasoned professionals that have years of online advertising experience.

About Adblade

Adblade (www.adblade.com) has quickly become a leader in online display advertising by offering advertisers and publishers unique features and technology that improve the economics of online advertising for everyone. Adblade represents much of the advertising seen on premium branded local and national websites. Adblade now serves its unique ad units, as well as standard display units, to over 150 million monthly unique users in the US, making Adblade the largest premium-only ad platform on the Web. More information is available at www.adblade.com.

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Contact Information Rafael Cosentino

Adblade

http://www.adblade.com

908-707-9200

Michael Vick Launches Official Website

Michael Vick Launches Official Website

Controversial NFL star to use personal blog to get across his message at www.michaelvickzone.com.

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) November 13, 2009 -- Michael Vick, quarterback for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and three-time NFL Pro Bowl selection, goes live with his new website today at www.michaelvickzone.com, in conjunction with www.playerpress.com.

The site features a personal blog, videos, action photos, links to Michael’s appearances and charitable foundations, a social networking community for fans and much more.

“I’ve been through a lot the past couple years and it was really important to me that I reach back out to the people who have supported me through it all and also reach out to those fans who I may have disappointed,” Vick says. “This site is going to be a direct connection into my life on and off the field."

“Being away from the game for the past two seasons has really humbled me and I take my responsibility as a role model very serious.”

Since returning to the NFL after two years away, Vick, the first pick overall in the 2001 draft, has fit in well with the Eagles as a backup quarterback. He is known as perhaps the best running quarterback in the history of the NFL, a claim to fame he earned while leading the Atlanta Falcons for six years.

Vick’s website is one of many from professional athletes designed and managed by Player Press, LLC (www.playerpress.com), the fastest-growing destination for professional athlete blogs on the Web.

"We were delighted with the opportunity to work with Michael in helping him effectively communicate his message through his website and social media,” John Hernandez, CEO of Player Press, said. "Now fans will be able to hear directly from Michael in his own words."

The New York City-based company lists close to 50 websites for professional athletes, with a clientele that includes Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber, Houston Texans first-round draft pick Brian Cushing, Carolina Panthers All-Pro linebacker Jon Beason and Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith, as well as San Jose Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle from the NHL and Utah Jazz first-round pick Eric Maynor from the NBA, among others. For a complete list of Player Press' athlete bloggers go to www.playerpress.com/athletes.

        

About Player Press, LLC

Player Press, LLC, provides a dynamic sports/entertainment platform for professional athletes to increase their exposure on a national level, build closer relationships with fans and bypass the mainstream media through personal blogs. Player Press builds innovative websites that feature exclusive athlete content in order to promote increased athlete-to-fan engagement. Player Press designs, manages and publicizes each athlete website and manages hundreds of websites for sports teams and fans. Our content is powered by the athletes and fans themselves. The goal of the Player Press platform is to bring fans across the globe together and get them closer to the sports and athletes they love – all in one online community. The central hub for the Player Press Sports Network is located at www.playerpress.com.

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Contact Information Todd Schmerler

Player Press, LLC

http://www.playerpress.com

212-956-7280

AffiliateBenchmarks' Second Annual Survey Reveals Challenges Associated with Significant Growth in Industry

AffiliateBenchmarks' Second Annual Survey Reveals Challenges Associated with Significant Growth in Industry

Largest Affiliate Survey To-Date Highlights Disparity between Available Tactics and Community Usage; Points to Opportunities for Immediate and Long-term Improvement

(PRWEB) November 13, 2009 -- Today, AffiliateBenchmarks (http://affiliatebenchmarks.com/), the research division of NETexponent, announced the general availability of its second annual report based on a survey of the affiliate industry. The goal of the survey was to determine the current landscape of the industry and the opinions of its key contributors. Among the survey's 3500 responses, AffiliateBenchmarks uncovered several key opportunities for affiliates to improve their practices and generate more revenue from advertising programs, many of which are tactics that can be implemented immediately. The report also contains valuable information for the entire online marking ecosystem, including advertisers, publishers, affiliate networks, managers and consultants.

By evaluating the survey responses individually as well as comparisons between five unique skill and income based profile segments, AffiliateBenchmarks uncovers the needs, challenges and opportunities in today's rapidly growing affiliate landscape. The results found that nearly half (49 percent) of survey respondents joined the industry in the past two years, and over half consider affiliate advertising to be a part-time job or hobby. While many newcomers are getting into the game on the side hoping to make supplemental income, nearly half of the survey respondents reported that less than five percent or none of their links generated a sale in the month before completing the survey.

With commission amount being the number one reported reason affiliates join a new program (69 percent), it's apparent that the potential to earn money is a major driver for new affiliates in the space. However, many are overlooking or are unaware of today's technologies and strategies that are driving success and revenue for more experienced affiliates in the industry.

For example:

• Although there is a clear correlation between the reported number of keywords purchased and the reported monthly revenue of the affiliate, only 36 percent of survey respondents utilize PPC search.

• The use of flash ads and video widgets performed excellent or well for those who claimed to employ these tactics, however, the large majority of survey respondents did not leverage these formats.

• Nearly 40 percent (38.5 percent) of survey respondents do not read any blogs for up-to-date information and helpful tips.

• Nearly half (46.9 percent) of survey respondents do not collect data on their websites' audiences; 14.4 percent of those did not even know where this information comes from.

"The affiliate industry is growing and evolving rapidly, and it is essential for new affiliates joining the game to quickly come up to speed on the latest trends and strategies if they want to compete in this lively marketplace," said Peter Figueredo, CEO of NETexponent. "The AffiliateBenchmarks report can be a great getting-started guide for these newcomers as well as a tool to help seasoned marketers improve results."

To purchase the full report, visit: http://affiliatebenchmarks.com/.

About AffiliateBenchmarks

AffiliateBenchmarks is the affiliate research division of NETexponent. AffiliateBenchmarks designs and executes affiliate marketing research with the purpose of increasing industry education and providing useful data and statistics to the affiliate community. We focus on the benefit of the affiliate marketing industry as a whole and strive to provide reliable information that is interesting and useful to a wide range of people involved with affiliate marketing. To achieve survey participation for the second annual report, AffiliateBenchmarks partnered with supporters such as Commission Junction, Google Affiliate Network, Linkshare, Mediatrust, Pepperjam Network, Performance Marketing Alliance, Shareasale and Zanox.

Reproduction or redistribution is prohibited without written permission. Copyright ©2009 AffiliateBenchmarks™, a division of NETexponent LLC. 115 West 30th Street Suite 900, New York, NY 10001 | 212.981.2700, option 2 GetResults (at) NETexponent (dot) com

About NETexponent

NETexponent is a full-service online performance marketing agency based in New York City. Since 2001, NETexponent has developed efficiency-driven online marketing programs for premier clients. In addition to operating AffiliateBenchmarks, we offer innovative strategies in affiliate and search engine marketing as well as other areas, including social media marketing and lead generation. Our ground-breaking strategies and holistic approach to performance marketing help our clients achieve aggressive goals while maintaining brand integrity and customer quality. NETexponent is committed to being the industry's most efficient and ethical performance marketing agency, continually evolving to address changing market conditions and client needs.

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Contact Information Carla Vicens

(919) 833-9975

System Fabric Works Makes Key Contributions to Sandia’s Latest Institutional Cluster Called RedSky

System Fabric Works Makes Key Contributions to Sandia’s Latest Institutional Cluster Called RedSky

4000 Node Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series-based Sun Blade(TM) X6275 Server Modules with Torus QDR InfiniBand(TM)

Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 14, 2009 -- System Fabric Works (SFW) announces that during the installation and deployment of Sandia’s latest institutional cluster, known as RedSky, that SFW’s technical team made significant contributions to the routing, resiliency and scaling capabilities of the OpenFabrics OFED software which Sun Microsystems, Inc.™ and Sandia chose for integrating the compute, network and storage 40 gigabit per second InfiniBand (IB) infrastructure of the machine.

“During deployment, System Fabric Works developed extensions to the LASH routing engine in the Open Fabrics Alliance subnet manager (OpenSM) that allowed us to successfully manage RedSky’s 6x6x8 3D torus mesh InfiniBand fabric,” said John Naegle, Senior Scientist/Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories. “Now the machine is running, SFW is continuing to work with Sandia to develop a completely new routing engine for OpenSM that will provide improved features and performance compared to the existing routing engine. This will be critical for the very large IB mesh fabrics that will enable the performance and cost targets of extreme scale toroidal clusters. We are especially pleased that RedSky’s has only one high-speed interconnect, InfiniBand, and that we did not have to invest in multiple high-speed networks as most conventional Top500 machines need today.”

The Sun Blade(TM) 6048 Modular System-based RedSky includes 4000 compute nodes connected by Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand in a 3-D toroidal mesh architecture. Each Sun Blade X6275 server module compute node is based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series and is arranged in groups of 12 compute nodes feeding each vertex in the 3-D torus.

“Several aspects of RedSky mark a new pinnacle in HPC architectural development, from the 12x QDR InfiniBand Network Express technology that enables the torus fabric, thecomputational blade components and the highly efficient power distribution system to the room neutral cooling technology. These technology breakthroughs coupled with the contribution by System Fabric Works throughout the project made our solution the best possible choice for the deployment of RedSky,” said Michael Stevens, Sun Federal’s Chief Technologist for HPC. “We have been very pleased with the deployment of all of the new technologies and key among them is the routing engine development by System Fabric Works.”

“A major requirement of the Sandia procurement of RedSky was to acquire an institutional cluster that would deliver in production rapid boot, high resiliency and extreme scaling of nodes,” said Bob Pearson, CTO and CEO of SFW. “We made significant changes and improvements to OFED stack, OpenMPI and MVapich to improve the resiliency to errors and scaling behavior. OpenMPI was enhanced to enable the successful running of full scale jobs on the torus. SFW has contributed all the resiliency and scaling improvements to the OFED Linux software repository at www.openfabrics.org.”

Another significant innovation in RedSky is its fast-booting over IB and management without using a separate Ethernet. During deployment and preparation for acceptance testing SFW decreased bootime by two orders of magnitude down to aiming for less than ten minutes for all 4000 nodes including the compute and storage segments of the machine.

About System Fabric Works

System Fabric Works (“SFW”), a small business based in Austin, TX, specializes in delivering engineering, integration and strategic consulting services to organizations that seek to implement high performance computing and storage systems, low latency fabrics and the necessary related software. Derived from its 7 years of experience, SFW also offers custom integration and deployment of commodity servers and storage systems at extreme levels of performance scale and cost effectiveness that are not available from mainstream suppliers. SFW personnel are widely recognized experts in the fields of high performance computing, networking and storage systems particularly with respect to OpenFabrics Software, InfiniBand, Ethernet and energy saving, efficient computing technologies such as RDMA. Detailed information describing SFW’s areas of expertise and corporate capabilities can be found at www.systemfabricworks.com.

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Contact Information Bill Boas

System Fabric Works

http://www.systemfabricworks.com

510-375-8840