SAP Named a Leader in Advanced Data Visualization by Independent Research Firm

Press release:

SAP Named a Leader in Advanced Data Visualization by Independent Research Firm

SAP NEWSBYTE - July 31, 2012 | SAP - Analytics

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced it has been positioned by Forrester Research, Inc., as a leader in its July report, "The Forrester Wave: Advanced Data Visualization Platforms, Q3 2012." Forrester highlights SAP's breadth of advanced data visualization (ADV) business intelligence (BI) functionality as a key factor in securing its leadership position.

According to the report, "SAP BusinessObjects offers excellent big data ADV. In-memory is the name of the ADV game these days when one is looking for answers at the speed of thought. Most other in-memory DBMS engines, however, have practical limitations of analyzing no more than a few hundred GBs at a time. To address this limitation, SAP now offers a highly differentiated combination of [SAP] BusinessObjects Explorer and Visual Analytics with its top exploration and discovery capabilities and the SAP HANA in-memory appliance."1

SAP allows customers to perform ADV against any size of data using SAP BusinessObjects Explorersoftware in conjunction with the SAP HANA platform, making "big data" available to users at the speed of thought. SAP continues to enrich its ADV capabilities with the recent introduction of SAP Visual Intelligence software, which allows employees, departments and lines of business to creatively visualize and analyze information and apply it to individual and group decision-making. These solutions empower users to perform data discovery regardless of technical skill level for true self-service BI while taking advantage of existing data investments that their IT organizations have built and maintained. Additionally, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards software gives decision-makers an easier way to explore insights and test out future business scenarios with instant, interactive access to metrics that are clear and easy to understand.

For more information, visit the SAP Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews and@businessobjects.

1Forrester Research Inc., "The Forrester Wave: Advanced Data Visualization Platforms, Q3 2012," July 17, 2012

Press release:

Parallels Appoints David Dzienciol as Regional Vice President and General Manager Sales, Asia Pacific

May 29, 2012

Former Asia Pacific Regional Vice President and General Manager Jan-Jaap Jager promoted to Vice President of Strategic Account Sales for The Americas

May 29, 2012 - Parallels (www.parallels.com), a global leader in cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization software, today announced the appointment of David Dzienciol as Regional Vice President and General Manager, Sales in Asia Pacific (APAC). Dzienciol will lead sales for Parallels Desktop Virtualization and Service Provider business divisions in APAC. He joins Parallels after successfully working in a similar role at Symantec, where he served as Vice President of Channel and Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).

“Asia Pacific is an important market where demand for and sales of Parallels products and services has grown significantly year over year,” said Jim Herman, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Parallels. “David Dzienciol’s track record of driving business growth helped establish Symantec as a leading provider of security and makes him a great fit for Parallels. Dzienciol will build upon his proven experience to fuel continued growth of Parallels to benefit our customers and increase market share.”

Dzienciol succeeds Parallels APAC Vice President and General Manager Jan-Jaap Jager, who was instrumental in effectively leading the Parallels APAC team and growing the company’s regional footprint over the last six years. Jager has been promoted to a new role as Vice President of Strategic Account Sales for The Americas, and will now be based in Toronto, Canada, to focus on managing and growing top strategic accounts for Parallels.

Award-winning Parallels solutions include the No. 1-selling software for running Windows on a Mac without rebooting, Parallels Desktop for Mac, which is used by more than half of Fortune 200 companies. Additionally, Parallels hosting and cloud services delivery solutions enable service providers to deliver and profitably grow hosting and cloud services for more than 10 million SMBs worldwide. Parallels is a private, profitable and fast-growing company with more than 900 employees throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.

About Parallels
Parallels is a global leader in hosting and services enablement and desktop virtualization. Founded in 2000, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 900 employees in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visitwww.parallels.com.

GE Healthcare Introduces a New Version of Vscan

Press release:

10 May 2012

GE Healthcare Introduces a New Version of Vscan

 

The 1.2 version of the pocket-sized visualization tool includes features that help improve ease-of-use, reporting, and clinical workflow

WAUWATOSA, WI. – Thursday, May 10, 2012 – Today, GE Healthcare introduced a new version of its Vscan* pocket-sized visualization tool, developed to deliver imaging capabilities at the point-of-care. Based on feedback from current Vscan users, the new version features extended battery life, a more intuitive user interface, and enhanced reporting capabilities. This intuitive device provides a non-invasive look inside the body to help immediately visually validate what clinicians feel and hear during the physical exam. At the point of care, clinicians are able to gather information to help efficiently triage patients, reduce wait times, and develop personalized care plans. Vscan is currently used in the fields of cardiology, primary care, women’s health and emergency medicine, and is also used as a training tool in medical schools.

New product enhancements for the Vscan include:

DEVICE

• Up to 50 percent more scan time compared with the Vscan Version 1.1 release
• New intuitive user interface, enabling fingertip control and faster workflow
• Enhanced contrast resolution allowing for crisper images of abdominal and OB presets

GATEWAY SOFTWARE
Link images to patient data with the new PDF export option.[i] This allows for more convenient and improved documentation to aid in your evaluation and management of the patient

PORTAL & SUPPORT

• New three-year warranty is now standard
• Vscan customers have access to GE Healthcare’s award-winning service
• New web portal with enhanced activation process enables users to start scanning faster
• Expanded online educational resources and image libraries

“GE Healthcare has a long history and strong expertise in ultrasound, and our goal with Vscan has always been to bring our technological capabilities in ultrasound to physicians at the point-of-care,” said Agnes Berzsenyi, General Manager, Global Primary Care – Ultrasound, GE Healthcare. “The features of this release will allow Vscan to be used more efficiently in daily practice, helping physicians make timely decisions that ultimately impact patient care.”

Vscan is a prescription device for ultrasound imaging, measurement and analysis in the clinical applications of abdominal; cardiac (adult and pediatric); urology, fetal/OB; pediatric; selected peripheral vessels, and thoracic/pleural motion and fluid detection. Vscan’s compact size, high degree of portability and simplified user interface make it well suited for adjunctive use during patient examinations in primary care and special care areas.

Vscan became commercially available in February 2010, and is currently available in Europe, United States, Canada, China, India and various other countries around the world. Version 1.2 is currently available in the United States, Canada and Europe.

*Trademark of General Electric Company

[i] The new gateway version with the PDF export feature is not available in China.

About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.

Our “healthymagination” vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employees are committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries.  For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.