Enterprise Management Associates Announces Free IT Management Webinars for May

Boulder, CO (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT and data management research and consulting firm, today announced it will host free Webinars focused on IT management during the month of May.

The EMA Webinars scheduled for May are:

Tuesday, May 15 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

Closing the Loop for Effective Network Operations Management

http://research.enterprisemanagement.com/network-operations-management-cisco-webinar-pr.html

EMA Managing Research Director, Jim Frey, and Cisco Consulting Systems Engineer, Tomer Hagay, will examine how network operations is evolving towards an assurance model, spanning both availability and performance monitoring. Through the course of the presentation, attendees will:

-Understand what Network Operations Assurance means and why it is important

-Know what management technologies and practices will need to change in order to achieve an assurance approach

-Realize the role that integration can and should play in network management tools architecture and strategy

-Recognize the scope of intelligent data sources available to network operations directly from Cisco networking technologies and products

-Learn how Ciscos new Prime Assurance Manager integrates with the broader Cisco Prime Network Management solution to assure network operations.

Wednesday, May 23 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

The Rise of Data-Driven Security

http://research.enterprisemanagement.com/data-driven-security-pr.html

IT security faces challenges as never before. At one end of the spectrum, industrialized exploits hammer organizations with a volume and frequency of attacks that only a few short years ago would have been unimaginable. At the other end, targeted attacks have awakened enterprises to the probability that penetration is more likely than ever.

EMA Managing Research Director, Scott Crawford, will discuss how organizations cope with these realities, manage their efforts successfully, and meet their obligations to the business. He will also provide an overview of his most recent research study of 200 medium-sized to large enterprises worldwide that highlights a trend transforming the nature of security.

Tuesday, May 24 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

Real-World CMDB

http://research.enterprisemanagement.com/real-world-cmdb-pr.html

Little in ITIL is more controversial or misunderstood than the CMDB. Based on real-world examples from ten years of CMDB experience, EMA Research Director Charlie Betz will provide an in-the-trenches perspective on:

-Building the CMDB business case, including quantifiable benefits ITIL doesnt talk about

-Real-world CMDB integrations

-CMDB services and who needs them

Wednesday, May30 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

From Systems to Service Management: Running Your IT Department Like a Business

http://research.enterprisemanagement.com/systems-to-service-management-webinar-pr.html

IT infrastructure is increasingly complex. The challenges of 2012 include Cloud delivery and customer demands for IT agility, transparency, BYOD, and consumerization. An enterprise-class capability for managing traditional and mobile endpoints and servers is essential to deliver the information technology that businesses demand.

EMA Research Director, Charles Betz, Kaseya Director, Gerald Beaulieu, and Enterprise Elementary School District Technology Director, Eric Zane, will deliver a timely and informative discussion on:

-Current trends and challenges in IT systems management

-Automation: the critical glue between systems and service management

-How robust systems automation clears the static and enables a focus on value-adding service management tasks

-The insights Managed Service Providers have gained, and how they can be applied to enterprise IT

-The future of IT service management and the potential of IT resource planning

About Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)

Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is a leading industry analyst firm that provides deep insight across the full spectrum of IT and data management technologies. EMA analysts leverage a unique combination of practical experience, insight into industry best practices, and in-depth knowledge of current and planned vendor solutions to help its clients achieve their goals. Learn more about EMA research, analysis, and consulting services for enterprise line of business users, IT professionals and IT vendors at http://www.enterprisemanagement.com or blogs.enterprisemanagement.com.

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TA Associates and Management Complete Acquisition of CoSentry

Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 27, 2011

TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has completed the acquisition of CoSentry, an Omaha-based provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services. TA partnered with CoSentry management to acquire the company. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Selling shareholders include McCarthy Capital, an Omaha-based private equity fund, and WaittCorp Investments, an Omaha-based investment company.

Founded in 2000, CoSentry offers a full complement of business continuity and resiliency services, supporting complex IT solutions for enterprise clients. The company provides data center services (colocation, hosting, managed Internet access), managed services (24/7 help desk, network monitoring, compliance), cloud computing (virtual servers, disk backup, storage), security and disaster recovery. CoSentrys facilities include one of the few commercially available hardened Tier IV data centers in the United States, engineered for nearly 100% reliability. The company has earned multiple technical and regulatory certifications, helping its clients meet security and compliance requirements. CoSentry has facilities in Nebraska, Missouri and South Dakota.

As a profitable and rapidly growing technology company with a seasoned management team, CoSentry is precisely the type of business in which TA seeks to invest, said Harry D. Taylor, a Principal at TA Associates who will join CoSentrys Board of Directors. CoSentry has been repeatedly recognized as one of the countrys fastest growing Internet infrastructure businesses. We will work closely with management to continue that growth and help realize CoSentrys full potential.

TA Associates has a well-earned reputation as a successful investor, helping businesses create substantial value for the future, said Michael Steffan, President and CEO, CoSentry. This partnership is validation of the soundness of our business model and prospects for continued success. With their financial support, experience investing in technology companies, strategic guidance and significant network of contacts, we anticipate a fruitful and mutually beneficial relationship with TA.

CoSentrys customers span a variety of industries and range from Fortune 100 companies to regional and local businesses across the country. CoSentrys Midwest location offers a number of benefits to its customers, including competitive power costs compared to other U.S. markets.

CoSentry is a leader in its markets and has differentiated itself as a premier, high-quality provider of IT services, said Kenneth T. Schiciano, a Managing Director at TA Associates who will also join CoSentrys Board of Directors. With comprehensive customized solutions, nearly 100% uptime dependability and a client-focused culture, CoSentry has consistently done very well in attracting and retaining a diverse and quality customer base. We anticipate that trend will continue.

“McCarthy Capital has enjoyed its partnership with CoSentry,” said Patrick Duffy, Partner at McCarthy Capital and former CoSentry Board Member. It has been a great and meaningful experience for us to support and enhance CoSentry management’s vision to grow the business from a local operation into a nationally recognized company. We wish the management team and company continued success.”

TA Associates has more than four decades of investing experience, focusing on profitable growth companies. TAs prior investments in the telecommunications and software sectors include AboveNet, IntraLinks, McAfee, MetroPCS Communications, NetScout Systems, Network Appliance, Sophos Plc and WIND Telecom S.p.A.

Signal Hill Capital Group LLC initiated this transaction and provided financial advisory services to CoSentry and Koley Jessen P.C., LLO served as legal counsel to CoSentry. Goodwin Procter LLP provided legal counsel to TA Associates.

About CoSentry

CoSentry serves as a one-source provider of data center, cloud computing and managed technical services. For over 10 years, CoSentry has been helping clients create and protect technology platforms to compete in todays always-on business environment. Market leaders benefit from CoSentrys world-class services to keep their businesses running no matter what. The company also provides diverse and robust colocation and managed Internet services. CoSentry has facilities in Kansas City, MO; Sioux Falls, SD; Papillion, NE; and Omaha, NE. For more information, please visit http://www.CoSentry.com.

About TA Associates

Founded in 1968, TA Associates is one of the largest and most experienced middle-market growth private equity firms. The firm has invested in over 400 companies globally and has raised more than $ 16 billion in capital. With offices in Boston, Menlo Park, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong, TA Associates leads buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies in the technology, financial services, business services, healthcare and consumer industries. More information about TA Associates can be found at http://www.ta.com.

About McCarthy Capital

McCarthy Capital is an Omaha-based private equity firm focused exclusively on lower middle market companies. For more than 25 years, the McCarthy organization has been partnering with founders, families and exceptional management teams to support the growth of their companies as a minority or majority partner. The Firm manages approximately $ 500 million of investment capital and typically invests $ 10 to $ 50 million of equity in a mix of growth equity investments, recapitalizations and management buyouts across a wide range of industries. More information about McCarthy Capital can be found at http://www.mccarthycapital.com

Contacts

For TA Associates:

BackBay Communications

Philip Nunes, 617-556-9982, x227

phil.nunes(at)backbaycommunications(dot)com

or

For CoSentry:

Manny Quevedo, 402-880-9595

mquevedo(at)cosentry(dot)com

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Evanhoe & Associates Chooses Fluensee to Expand Market Reach and RFID Expertise

Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

Fluensee, a leading provider of RFID asset tracking and supply chain management solutions, today announced the company has entered into a partnership with Evanhoe & Associates, a full-service IT systems integrator with automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) solution experience in a variety of industries including government, healthcare, and manufacturing. Through this agreement, Evanhoe will be offering Fluensees web-based RFID solution to all customers, whether they need to leverage the full set of system functions, utilize a more limited set of features, or use it as a means of integrating advanced tracking technologies into existing systems.

Evanhoe selected Fluensee because of their flexible, highly-configurable solution, Fluensee AssetTrack, which provides comprehensive asset visibility and control, and their years of success in delivering solutions to business problems that are familiar to a wide range of industries. The new offering will allow organizations to better utilize their high-value, mission-critical assets, such as IT/electronic items, precision equipment and tools, returnable transport items, and manufacturing WIPs. By tracking these assets with RFID or other auto-ID technologies, organizations will be able to quickly and easily realize benefits such as:

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Apps Associates and Amazon Web Services Launch Try-It-Now-Free Labs

Acton MA (PRWEB) August 17, 2012

Apps Associates, in conjunction with Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced today the launch of a series of cloud-based environments for Oracle applications, technology and database customers. Cloud computing services is leading the drive behind the growth of IT outsourcing in 2012 from $ 3.4B USD to $ 5.0B USD, a 48.7% increased according to IT research firm, Gartner. The purpose of the Try-It-Now-Free labs is to provide a simple, effective way for Oracle users and IT community to gain hands-on experience with cloud services and to understand their application within the enterprise.

When asked about the overall impact these labs would have on the Oracle user community, Thiru Sadagopan, Practice Director for Infrastructure Services at Apps Associates LLC said, These labs offer practical, hands-on glimpse of the changing landscape of computing. The shift to cloud-based is irreversible because of the enormous benefits for flexible, scalable, utility-based computing. For enterprise application and database customers represented by the Oracle installed base, the labs demonstrate the future state of high-velocity implementation and maintenance which is becoming mandatory. The cloud changes the equation for time-to-value for the enterprise.

Apps Associates, a Platinum level member in Oracles PartnerNetwork is committed to simplifying the process of migrating Oracle applications and technologies to the cloud, in order to meet requirements like project based workloads, disaster recovery, POCs, and the successful backup and restoration of Oracle database. With the launch of these labs, Apps Associates has reaffirmed its ability to offer end-to-end services to its clients, right from the initial implementation stage to the deployment and support stages through its integrated approach to delivery.

About Apps Associates

Founded in 2002 by former Oracle employees, Apps Associates is an IT service provider offering proven expertise in Oracle applications and technologies, Currently, with over 500 consultants worldwide, Apps Associates operates globally in North America (Boston (HQ), New York, Atlanta, Chicago), Europe (Germany, Netherlands), Middle East and India, the site of our Global Development Center. Apps Associates is a Platinum Level member in Oracle PartnerNetwork with Specializations in E-Business Suite, Business Intelligence Foundation, Service Oriented Architecture and Oracle Database. Recognized as one of the fastest growing private U.S. companies by Inc. 500/5000 for 4 consecutive years and continuing to realize rapid growth, Apps Associates is setting a compelling standard for delivery & customer satisfaction. Our service and solutions cover the entire life cycle of IT consulting and execution from assessment & planning through implementation and ongoing, post-production management and support. We offer a broad spectrum of competencies including: Oracle Applications (Oracle E-Business Suite, Hyperion / Enterprise Performance Management, Fusion Applications), Business Intelligence, Fusion Middleware, Application and Database System Administration and Infrastructure Managed Services (On-Premise, Remote, Hosted, Cloud), Application Development (Java, .Net, Oracle Application Express), Microsoft SharePoint, and Apps University (Training Services). In addition, our solutions include ShipConsole, an Oracle validated shipping solution that has been tested and validated by Oracle to fully integrate with the Oracle E-Business Suite.

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T. Farlow Associates Inc Now Providing Windows Server Virtualization

Kannapolis, NC (PRWEB) September 10, 2012

For over two decades now, T. Farlow Associates Inc of Kannapolis, N.C., has been providing clients with world class technical support and solutions. With a national, multi-industry client base, the company works to stay on the cutting edge of technology to ensure that its clients receive the service for which the company is known. To that end, T. Farlow Associates Inc is announcing the arrival of Windows server virtualization, a robust solution for clients looking for additional layers of protection against online and real-world disasters.

One of the most exciting advantages of using server virtualization is that it gives clients more protection and faster disaster recovery times. Disasters can come from anywhere, whether from the Internet or from a storm, and T. Farlow Associates Inc is pleased to announce that its virtualization services will make it much easier for clients to react and recover from these events. Because virtualization involves hosting and imaging multiple servers, downtime is minimized. T. Farlow Associates Inc is able to re-image servers quickly to get them back online.

Additionally, virtualization makes operating servers easier and more affordable for clients. These servers require less overall maintenance, and because there can be multiple images and applications on one physical server, the cost of hardware is dramatically reduced. Making operation even easier is the http:// remote terminal access granted to clients, letting them access their servers around the clock from any location in the world. For clients needing affordable access to a tried-and-true server system, the virtualization services offered by T. Farlow Associates Inc are the ideal solution.

About the company

Since 1990, it has been T. Farlow Associates’ goal to provide the highest level of technical support available. Their nationwide, multi-industry client base relies on TFA for consistent, dependable, expert solutions for their commercial data processing needs. Whether these services are provided at TFA’s hardened facility, the TFA/Fast Recovery Data Center, or within their Client’s locations, their goal has been and remains, delivery of the highest quality and cost competitive technical services to be found. For more information visit their website at http://www.tfarlowassoc.com.

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Asterino & Associates Moves Medical Billing Software to the ClearDATA Cloud to Ensure Data Protection and Streamline Operations

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) October 15, 2012

ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced that Asterino & Associates, Inc (A&A),a leading provider of medical billing and practice management services located in Scottsdale, AZ, has moved its on-premise data center including; medical billing software, MS Office Suite, SQL Server, and MS Exchange servers to the ClearDATA Healthcare Cloud Platform. After careful analysis, A&A determined that moving its software applications to the cloud would provide greater data security, increase redundancy and streamline operations by allowing its staff to focus on delivering excellence within its medical billing and collections business and state of the art security and efficiency capability.

A&A provides medical billing and collection services to physicians and healthcare systems across the United States. By hosting its applications and servers with ClearDATA, A&A is able to provide a high performance, reliable, billing services to clients regardless of their location. Cloud hosting also enables them to cost effectively scale its business by adding virtual servers and storage as needed, instead of having to purchase and maintain additional capacity

Moving our applications and infrastructure to the ClearDATA cloud allows us to focus more on our core competency rather than maintaining our datacenter, said Christopher J. Asterino, Chairman & CEO of Asterino & Associates. It is important to achieve Best Practice in all aspects of our business. This relationship achieves our objective with regards to data security, redundancy and business continuity. With leadership provided by our Advisory Board, we thoroughly researched our clients data needs and went with ClearDATA because of its exclusive healthcare focus and HIPAA expertise.

About Asterino & Associates, Inc

Since 1987 Asterino and Associates, Inc. has been providing medical billing and medical practice management services to both hospital-based and community-based physician groups across the United States. Asterino and Associates, Inc.’s dedicated team of over 75 healthcare professionals are devoted to assisting medical practices meet their business objectives with revenue cycle management inclusive of medical coding, billing and collections and practice management consulting services. For more information, visit: [http://www.asterinoandassociates.com/index.html.

About ClearDATA Networks, Inc.

ClearDATA Networks, Inc. is the market leader for cloud computing and information security services for healthcare providers, software vendors and VARs, and 100% dedicated to the healthcare field. ClearDATAs services enable providers to fully automate and securely manage healthcare medical records, applications, IT infrastructure and digital storage. The company provides HITECH HIPAA-compliant cloud and hosting infrastructure and managed cloud services, offsite backup and disaster recovery, medical image archiving, healthcare information security and world-class support. The company also offers HIPAA Security Risk and Remediation services to hospitals and providers in order to ensure that they meet the rigorous standards of HIPAA security required for protected health information to demonstrate Meaningful Use and to ensure a highly secure environment prior to enabling a HealthDATA Cloud platform installation. For more information, call 602-635-4000, email: sales(at)cleardata(dot)net or visit: [http://www.cleardata.net.

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Adult Primary Care Associates Transition EHR and Practice Management Systems Backed by ProviDyns Private Cloud

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 22, 2012

Adult Primary Care Associates, a physician practice specializing in internal medicine and preventive healthcare, has selected ProviDyn for private cloud services. Earlier this year, the practice enlisted ProviDyn to determine if its existing technology infrastructure could support a move of Allscripts electronic health records (EHR) and practice management systems to cloud services.

Today, with financial incentives and stimulus stemming from the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and Meaningful Use, an increasing number of healthcare providers are moving to electronic records to capture patient information, track and report clinical conditions and improve performance. However, many dont realize that a solid and reliable infrastructure is critical for a successful transition to electronic records.

Adult Primary Care Associates wanted to take advantage of the benefits of upgrading their Allscripts technology but had an aging infrastructure that could potentially cause problems in its efforts to migrate to the latest platform. ProviDyn conducted a thorough evaluation and recommended that the practice consider migrating to a private cloud versus the more expensive option of purchasing all new equipment. With cloud services, the practice can move forward knowing that its infrastructure is able support growth to the EHR and practice management systems.

With the private cloud, Adult Primary Care Associates is able to upgrade its practice management processes and also take its infrastructure to a new level, said Hamish Davidson, president and co-founder of ProviDyn. Taking the added step of ensuring that the infrastructure and existing equipment can handle going electronic is often a key element of a successful implementation.

We had reached a point with our existing infrastructure, that we were faced with major hardware improvements in order to be able to keep up with continuous upgrades to our software, said Julie Clemons, Practice Manager of Adult Primary Care Associates. ProviDyn came in and conducted a thorough evaluation. Their recommendations for upgrading our infrastructure were strategic and cost effective.

About ProviDyn

ProviDyn provides technology expertise, services and support to Atlanta-area small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by certified technology professionals, ProviDyns services include managed services, cloud computing solutions, virtualization, help desk and computer support, IT strategy, network security, backup and disaster recovery and IP telephony. ProviDyn delivers the right mix of technology and expertise allowing its clients to focus on growing their business. To learn more about how ProviDyn is Driving Business Through Technology and helping companies reduce costs, improve efficiency and maximize productivity, visit http://www.providyn.com or follow us on Twitter.

About Adult Primary Care Associates

Adult Primary Care Associates has assembled a highly trained, professional team to address the health care needs of men and women throughout their adult lives. In doing so, Adult Primary Care Associates provides timely preventive care, including well woman, and the diagnosis and treatment of internal medicine issues.

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