The News Review:
- ikaSystems Expands Management Team to Support Rapid Company Growth
- Investment Professionals, Inc. Named Most Highly Rated Bank Brokerage…
- … , Inc. Announces $118 Million in Sales From First Consolidate…
- Digital Sales Will Account for 40% of Music by 2012
- Remote workers present biggest security threat
- US: Online Retail Sales to Reach $204 Billion This Year
ikaSystems Expands Management Team to Support Rapid Company Growth
sys-con.com – Apr 11, 2008
He was also one of the original founders and creators of ClaimsNet. com, the first recognized Internet-capable claims processing solutions for hospital and physician claims. Laurence Gunsberg is vice president, medical management sales. He has over 20 years of sales, marketing and team management experience working with insurance companies, hospitals and other provider groups, hospital risk groups, managed care organizations, national health plans and Blues organizations. Before joining ikaSystems, Gunsberg was a national sales director for several large providers of medical management decision support systems, including Computer Science Corporation and Ingenix, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. He was also a personal lines insurance agent. Steven Georgiadis, vice president, claims and enterprise sales, has over 14 years of senior-level sales and management experience with advanced software systems for the payer market.
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Investment Professionals, Inc. Named Most Highly Rated Bank Brokerage…
Earthtimes – Apr 11, 2008
(IPI) as the most highly rated bank brokerage firm in the country. IPI was the highest ranking firm in the categories of Customer Service, Banking Knowledge, Management Reporting, Quality of Sales Management, Effectiveness of Sales Management, Sales Rep. Recruiting Ability, Quality of Training, Marketing Expertise, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Materials, Marketing Scope, Accuracy of Sales Processing and Ease of Sales Processing. IPI ranked higher than the following firms: Raymond James Financial Services, Fintegra Financial Solutions, Investment Centers of America, Invest Financial Corporation, LPL Financial Institution Services and Primevest Financial Services. The Annual Study of Bank Brokerage and Retail Investment Services is a benchmark report that analyzes all aspects of the bank brokerage business, measuring responses from large, mid-sized, and small banks across the country. Third party marketing firm rankings cover banking and investments knowledge, marketing scope, recruiting and effectiveness, diversity and quality of products, financial consultant recruiting ability, sales automation and accuracy, compliance expertise and procedures and many other aspects of interest.
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… , Inc. Announces $118 Million in Sales From First Consolidate…
Maketwire – Maketwire (Communiqués de presse) – Apr 11, 2008
Following the announcementof partnership with WOLONG HOLDINGS, which now acts as distributor forAQUAGOLD’s premium spring water products in China, AQUAGOLD today revealsdetails of its 8-year sales agreement. AQUAGOLD has proceeded with aninitial consolidation of orders stemming from end users at the retaillevel. This consolidation results in a primary sales contract representingslightly fewer than 17 million cases of product for total revenue of $118million dollars. The initial purchase orders and means of payment tied inwith this contract are currently being finalized. Daniel Sauvé, AQUAGOLD’s President and CEO, stated, “It is a pleasure tobegin to release the highly anticipated details of our business. Ourmission is to become the imported water of choice in China. With our strongrelationships in China we have the necessary support and marketingstructure to make this happen… About Eric David & Sons, Inc. Specializing in investor relations, Eric David & Sons, Inc. Forward-Looking StatementsThis news release contains forward-looking statements made by AQUAGOLDInternational, Inc. in reliance upon the safe harbour provisions of Section27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934. All such statements included in this press release,other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Although Management believes that the expectations reflected in suchforward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance thatsuch expectations will prove to have been correct.
Digital Sales Will Account for 40% of Music by 2012
PC World – Apr 11, 2008
The numbers show we will see incredible growth in digital sales over the next four years. In 2007, digital sales of music accounted for 10 percent of the total worldwide music market, up from 6 percent in 2006. In-Stat sees a couple of factors contributing to this growth including the expansion of broadband, demand for single track downloads and expanding music catalogs. Full track downloads to mobile phones will also be a factor in the next few years, the report said. Of course, there are still obstacles to any potential growth in the music business and in this case they aren’t new problems… Of course, there are still obstacles to any potential growth in the music business and in this case they aren’t new problems. “Digital piracy continues to represent the primary challenge to online music service providers,” said Stephanie Ethier, In-Stat analyst. “Other obstacles still include the lack of interoperability between services and devices due to differing digital rights management (DRM) technologies, and weak consumer demand for subscription-based services. Another potential market inhibitor is the fact that content owners, cellular service providers and handset manufacturers are increasing the amount of marketing and promotion for mobile music. “However, digital music sales is still a lucrative business. Sales for online digital music reached US$3. 05 billion in 2007, up 48 percent from 2006.
Remote workers present biggest security threat
VNUNet.com – Apr 11, 2008
Conversely, while remote workers were voted least likely to use bandwidthfor non-business uses, they were seen as the main protagonists in introducingmalware onto the corporate network, with 50 per cent of network managers and 48per cent of security managers naming them as most likely to introduce malware. The report also found that remote workers are also most likely to suffer frompoor application performance, with 57 per cent of security respondents and 44per cent of network managers claiming that this group comprised the most regularcomplainers about poor application delivery over the network. "These findings show that IT managers need to rethink how they service theirremote and branch office workers," said Nigel Hawthorn, vice president ofMarketing at Blue Coat in EMEA. These findings show that IT managers need to rethink how they service their remote and branch office workersNigel Hawthorn Vice president of Marketing, Blue Coat EMEA "The survey shows that the remote office security and performance issue isnot due to the users themselves downloading inappropriate content on non-workrelated activities.
US: Online Retail Sales to Reach $204 Billion This Year
FreshPlaza – Apr 11, 2008
Instead, retailers are eager to experiment with Social Computing initiatives to attract customers – 65 percent and 55 percent of retailers respectively said that social network advertisements and widgets would be categories of increased focus this year. However, Social Computing efforts to this point have been considered more effective for brand-building and less proven for driving revenue or sales conversion. Therefore, the report advises retailers to continue investments in proven techniques like email marketing and free shipping promotions to drive sales.
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