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Vivit, the Global HP Software User Community, Announces Prestigious 2013 Americas Award Recipients

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Boulder, CO (PRWEB) June 11, 2013

Vivit, the independent, worldwide HP Software user community, today announced the 2013 Americas award winners. The Vivit Board of Directors presented the Champion of the Year Award to Mary Kay Petersen, Leader the Year Award to Scott Anderson, and Speaker of the Year Award to Todd DeCapua. The Americas Awards are presented each year and winners are chosen from a select group of talented volunteers who are member-nominated because they have demonstrated excellence and outstanding service to the Vivit Community.

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the awards presentation. Martijn Stuiver, Chapter and Special Interest Group Chair, Vivit Board of Directors, said, These awards are given with fantastic pride showing appreciation for the outstanding volunteer service each individual has demonstrated this past year. To be nominated by fellow members, shows how well respected and talented these individuals are in the IT industry. I expect the number of nominees for these awards will continue to grow in the coming years since Vivit is the ideal outlet for professional contributions and career development.

Mary Kay Petersen, 2013 Champion of the Year, serves the HP Software community as a Chapter Leader in Oregon and as a Special Interest Group (SIG) Leader for the HP Service Management SIG. She hosted numerous webinars this past year covering HP Service Manager, Asset Manager, and uCMBD topics and has been instrumental in growing the HP Service Management SIG to over 360 members.

Mary Kay has worked in the field of information technology for over 25 years and has been with Mentor Graphics for the past 19 years serving as their Director of IT Service Management & Enterprise Security. She has been influential in adopting ITIL best practices and in implementing the following: HP Business Service Management for Enterprise Monitoring, HP Service Manager for Global Help Desk & Operations and HP Asset Manager for managing IT Assets and Contracts.

Scott Anderson, 2013 Leader of the Year, was recognized for his leadership of the Iowa Chapter and for sharing best practices across the HP Software Community. For the past five years, he has organized quarterly Iowa Chapter meetings along with his co-leaders and has been instrumental in managing the Vivit Midwest Regional events. Recently, he brought multiple local user groups together for a focused meeting on Agile Test Processes, and attendance increased by 300% -- a new best practice that has been shared.

Scott has worked in test automation for 15 years and currently works at Aviva as a Senior Automation Engineer. He is an expert on HPs Application Lifecycle Management, Unified Functional Testing, and using VB.Net to enhance testing processes.

Todd DeCapua, 2013 Speaker of the Year, serves the HP Software Community in multiple capacities. He frequently delivers webinars to Vivit members on topics related to both testing and development of best practices, and he continues to volunteer his expertise as a Leader for the Delaware and Philadelphia Chapters. He co-founded and co-leads two new Special Interest Groups, DevOps and Mobile, while also leading the Agile SIG. Over the years, Todd has received several industry recognitions, including: HP Software Universe Best & Brightest and 2010 Vivit Leader of the year.

Todd has worked in the field of information technology for over 20 years and is one of the technology industrys most respected thought leaders on Application Performance Engineering and Network Virtualization. He is a renowned speaker, author and visionary. Currently, he serves as Vice President of Channel Operations and Services for Shunra Software. He manages the companys Advisory Board and drives partnerships and strategic alliances. He has been instrumental in developing partnerships with HP, CA, IBM, Parasoft, Perfecto Mobile and Soasta, to name a few. He is also a member of HPs Customer Advisory Board for Performance both in US and Europe.

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About Vivit
Vivit is a non-profit corporation founded in 1993 (as OpenView Forum) by customers of Hewlett-Packard's Software products to represent the interests of HP Software customers, developers, and partners worldwide. Vivit represents and serves the broad HP Software and Solutions Community (including OpenView, Mercury, Peregrine, Radia, and more) and is the endorsed HP Software users group. Vivit currently has members all over the world representing all areas of business and industry.

Innovation Fast and Furious in Mobile Space, But Slow and Steady May Win the Race, According to Prosper Insights & Analytics

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The mobile market is as competitive as ever with new innovations around every corner. But as companies look to delight consumers with the latest technology, it appears that the basics are causing headaches among users, according to Prosper Insights & Analytics.

In the April Prosper Mobile Insights survey, nearly 70% of Mobile Users 18+ say that the best service/coverage is more vital than the latest technology. Nearly half (48.8%) say theyve experienced connection issues with their mobile device. Slow Internet connection (42.9%) and inconsistent access to 3G/4G networks (32.4%) are significant challenges users have with mobile service providers.

Prosper Insights & Analytics also looked at Net Promoter Scores* for the top wireless service providers. This methodology considers the likelihood of a customer to recommend a product or service to a friend, resulting in a snapshot of loyalty to that particular brand. Tight competition allows small room for errors and looking at the NPS, the huge name providers have room for improvement. Verizon has the highest score (15.44%), followed by Sprint (3.43%). Both T-Mobile and AT&T have negative scores of -0.89% and -2.97%, respectively.

With no-contact plans abound and the competition between mobile manufacturers remaining fierce, mobile users are becoming increasingly untethered from loyalty to any particular brand, make, or service provider, said Pam Goodfellow, analyst for Prosper Insights & Analytics. Service providers and manufacturers who are losing sight of the basics quick connections, longer battery lives, reliable functionality, and so on may be playing with fire, and their customers will go on before they get burned.

For the complimentary report and access to the Prosper Mobile InsightCenter which includes a full list of wireless providers Net Promoter Scores, visit http://www.ProsperMobile.com. Once youve logged in, the report is posted under the Insights tab.

These insights derive from the April Mobile Survey, conducted by Prosper Mobile Insights. The survey included 336 smartphone and tablet users from the uSamp Mobile Panel who completed the survey on their devices. Margin of error is +/- 5.5% at a 95% confidence level. NPS calculations are based on results from the April 2013 Monthly Consumer Survey of 4,912 respondents, with a MOE of +/- 1.4% at a 95% confidence level.

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ANNOUNCING ARTHUR SECUNDA “RITE OF SPRING” eBay AUCTION

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Born in New Jersey in 1927, Arthur Secunda (aka Arturo Secunda) attended New York University and the Art Students League, continuing his art studies in Paris with Ossip Zadkine, Andre L'hote, and at the Academic de la Grande Chaumiere.

For years, Secunda supported his art (and himself) by working at a variety of jobs which included being a milkman, museum curator of education, jazz pianist, university instructor and lecturer, radio and TV personality, art critic, factory worker, illustrator and ceramic designer. He now devotes full time to his art and presently divides his residence between Scottsdale, Arizona and Southern France.

Secunda's works are in the permanent collections of major institutions internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.; the Chicago Art Institute; the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts and the Detroit Art Institute in the U.S. In addition to the Tel Aviv Museum, his art has been bought by European museums in Aries, Geneva, Stockholm, Choler, Ostend, Brussels, Zurich.

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Riverside Completes Fourth Add-On to ECN Platform

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(PRWEB) June 10, 2013

The Riverside Company has added the Emergency Notification division of Global Connect to its Emergency Communications Network, LLC. (ECN) platform. The acquisition expands ECNs network of government clients and strengthens its leadership position in the northeast. ECN is the largest provider of critical, time-sensitive communication delivery for government clients. ECNs systems distribute warnings, information about natural disasters, and other vital information to citizens based on their location.

This is a fantastic fit for ECN, and another chapter in the growth tale of the company, said Riverside Partner Chris Jones. These new clients will soon delight in a more feature-rich, intuitive and powerful tool through ECNs CodeRED product.

CodeRED is ECNs patented, hosted software service, which allows clients to quickly and easily target messages to exact geographic areas or contact groups. In 2012 alone, the ECN platform was used to deliver more than 100 million critical notifications, with millions recently delivered on behalf of northeast clients impacted by the Boston Marathon explosions.

Global Connects Emergency Notification division primarily serves government customers on the East Coast, and has hundreds of municipalities and other government customers.

This acquisition further cements ECNs market leadership in reliable delivery of time-sensitive communications. ECN has more than 15 years of experience in the mass notification industry and a client base throughout North America. Riverside plans to continue building the company organically and through add-ons.

Were excited about the future, said ECN President David DiGiacomo. Less than two years after Riverside invested in our company, weve already completed four add-on acquisitions and our position in the market has never been stronger.

Our partnership with Riverside allows us to continue innovating multimodal communication solutions and exceed industry standards and our clients needs while providing services that we know have saved lives. We look forward to transitioning these clients onto a proven system that will only enhance public safety in our clients communities, said ECN President David DiGiacomo.

Working with Jones on the transaction for Riverside were Martha Sciaraffo, Vice President; Brad Roberts, Senior Associate and Max Moehlmann, Associate. Principal, Origination Jeremy Holland sourced the deal for Riverside.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Riverside on the deal.

The Riverside Company
The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring growing businesses valued at up to $ 250 million (200 million in Europe). Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 310 transactions. The firms international portfolio includes more than 75 companies. (http://www.riversidecompany.com or http://www.riversideeurope.com)