Computop Named as a hybris Extend Partner

Pre-built integration between Computop Paygate and hybris Commerce enables hybris clients to implement a robust global payment platform quickly and easily

Computop, a leading payment service provider (PSP), today announced that it has joined the hybris Extend partner programme, which provides access to certified integrations to help hybris customers accelerate time-to-value. As a hybris Extend partner, Computop has built a ready-to-use extension to its Computop Paygate payment platform that enables hybris Commerce clients to rapidly benefit from country-specific and global payment preferences coupled with effective fraud prevention solutions to drive global sales.

The Computop Paygate hybris Extend integration is easy to implement, saving merchants time and money. It provides retailers with a sophisticated payment platform that includes:

- Global Card Processing
- eWallet Transaction Processing through Paypal, ClickandBuy and
Checkout by Amazon
- Country Specific Payment Methods (including Direct Debit, iDEAL,
EPS, Sofortüberweisung, giropay)
- Guaranteed Invoice and Payment by Installments (Klarna, BillSAFE)
- Mobile Payments (mpass)
- Payment Guarantees for various payment methods
(including Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode)
- Sophisticated Fraud Prevention
- Tokenization
- Address and Credit Checks with Risk Management Solution
(European credit agencies)
- Consolidated Merchandise Management System for all transactions
- Payment data is processed by Computop Paygate, which is PCI DSS 2.0 level 1 compliant

“By adding the Computop Paygate pre-built integration to our hybris Extend marketplace, our clients benefit from access to a robust, secure multichannel payment platform that consolidates all transactions and that can be rapidly implemented at a low cost,” said Patrick Ferdig, Director of Global ISV Partnerships for hybris. “In addition, Paygate enables our clients to offer their customers payment methods native to their respective countries, which helps to demonstrate commitment to their local markets and to drive conversions.”

“Computop and hybris have the same goal: to provide the strongest, most sophisticated platform to help retailers support multichannel sales worldwide,” said Ralf Gladis, CEO of Computop. “Our combined solutions provide merchants with a seamless way to support their global commerce strategies.”

The Computop Paygate extension is available immediately for hybris version 4.5 and up at http://hybris.com/product/hybris-extend/computop.

About the Computop Paygate platform
Computop Paygate 5.0 is a multichannel payment platform that provides online retailers with secure payment solutions and efficient fraud prevention for international markets. With just one interface needed, Computop Paygate allows online retailers to get access to dozens of international payment systems, and includes fraud prevention for North America, Europe and Asia. Leading e-commerce solutions from the likes of Demandware, hybris, Magento and Oxid all support Computop Paygate as a preferred payment service solution for global payment processing. In addition, Computop Paygate has been integrated into SAP's Business ByDesign business software to provide secure global payment processing.

About Computop

Computop is a payment service provider (PSP) that was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Bamberg, Germany. The company has global customers such as Fossil, C&A, Samsung and TUI and has offices located in North America, Europe and China. Computop’s Paygate PCI-compliant hosted payment solution supports all non customer present payments, including telephone, online and mobile.

For further information please visit: www.computop.com.

About hybris
www.hybris.com

hybris is a leading vendor of next generation end-to-end multichannel commerce software based on a single platform including managed and hosting services. Its clear vision about the need for consistency, coordination and personalization of information across all channels and throughout all phases of the customer lifecycle has resulted in the development of an integrated, agile solution enabling businesses to communicate and sell across all channels – online and offline – in a consistent and effective way. hybris has 14 offices around the world located in the economic capitals of North/South America, Europe and Asia and supports over 380 global customers. Customers are brands from retail and manufacturing industries, including: Bobcat, Clarks, Coca Cola Beverages, Conrad, Grundfos, Hornbach, Iomega, Kaiser+Kraft, Levi´s, Lufthansa, Migros, Nespresso, Nikon, P&G, Rexel, Timberland and Toys´R´Us.

Interform Marine and Precision Navigation® sign exclusive arrangement

MarinePod® products now available through leading marine technology supplier

Interform Marine, a specialist in marine mounting solutions, is pleased to announce that it has signed a deal with Precision Navigation to be the exclusive third party distributor for the MarinePod product range in UK and Ireland.

Based in Essex, Precision Navigation is a leading supplier of marine electronics and on-board technical equipment and is known for its custom approach to supply and install to leisure sailors, off-shore cruising and blue water sailing.

Interform Marine’s MarinePod products provide simple, robust and quality solutions for protecting essential electronic equipment – wherever it is needed. For example, chart plotters and radar equipment are best used at the helm but in many cases, actually mounting them in the cockpit can be a challenge. However, MarinePod’s unique range of marine housings help to overcome this for both power and sail boat users, including those who prefer small to medium widescreen plotters.

Phil Turnham, Technical Director at Interform Marine says, “Both Precision Navigation and Interform Marine share a desire to provide only the best marine technology to guarantee excellent on-board experiences. This is why we are a perfect match together.

As a result, MarinePod customers in the UK and Ireland will now benefit from Precision Navigation’s market knowledge and extensive outreach. At the same time, this arrangement allows MarinePod to continue its rapid course of becoming a recognisable brand within the marine industry.”

FACTFILE:
Interform Marine provides an extensive range of electronic mountings for both power and sail boats.

Suitable for any type of installation, Interform Marine offers off-the-shelf products, which can be delivered the next working day, as well as a bespoke custom design service, which caters for those wishing for something truly unique.

Interform Marine is a division of Interform Manufacturing, a specialist in the design and manufacture of vacuum formed products with over 20 years’ experience in developing and manufacturing specialist plastics. Learn more at www.interform-marine.co.uk.

Sirius extends partnership with Flax

Sirius, the acclaimed Open Source System Integrator today announces extension to its partnership with Flax to include 24 x 7 support for the entire Flax solution range. At the joint Enterprise Search Open Day held at Sirius’ Rivermead campus, both companies presented the blueprint for this extended partnership.

“Enterprise search continues to be a key investment area for organisations trying to tap into the huge and growing pool of information scattered throughout their systems and across the internet”, said Mike Davis, Analyst at Ovum. “Open source search solutions should be the first option for organisations as they bring more projects online, but at an enterprise level support and expertise, such as that provided by Sirius is essential”, he continued.

Sirius and Flax intend to address customers’ need for robust and scalable search solutions. “Both Apache Solr and Xapian are performing well in numerous installations”, said Charlie Hull, Managing Director at Flax. “By adding our 24 x 7 monitoring and support solutions, we are well positioned to provide customers the reassurance that their search capabilities will be always-on: said Andrew Savory, CTO at Sirius.

Both companies are also targeting customers who are looking to migrate from unsupported search solutions. To this end, Flax and Sirius announce the launch of their Search competition - open to any customer with a closed source search engine.

FACTFILE:
 Flax are specialists in all aspects of search technology, and have experience of many of the search systems available today, including Lucene, Solr and Xapian. The Flax platform, based on open source technology, can be used to build cutting-edge search applications. For more information go to http://www.flax.co.uk/

Sirius is a leading open source solutions provider with 15 years’ experience supporting mission critical enterprise applications and infrastructure. Our consultants, business analysts, IT architects and support engineers work with blue-chip multi-nationals, central and local government agencies, SMEs and start-ups to identify, deploy and manage feature-rich and stable open source solutions. For more information go to http://www.siriusopensource.com/

GFI Software Launches GFI LanGuard 2012

Sophisticated threat landscape escalates the need for comprehensive patch management

 As researchers continue to identify new, sophisticated malware threats, vulnerability and patch management are more critical than ever as a key component of a layered security approach. GFI Software today announced GFI LanGuard 2012, providing network and system administrators with the ability to manage 100 per cent of their patching needs through a single, intuitive and easy-to-use interface, without the need for other update tools.

The latest version of the company’s award-winning, comprehensive patch management, vulnerability assessment and network auditing software for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) also includes powerful scanning and remediation capabilities and vulnerability assessment for an increased number of network devices, including printers, routers and switches.

“The emergence of new malware and viruses such as Flame has the entire IT world – from SMBs to large enterprises – scrambling to secure corporate networks, and patch management is one of the most crucial aspects of this defence,” said Phil Bousfield, vice president, IT infrastructure, GFI Software. “GFI LanGuard 2012 is an active and fully comprehensive patch management solution that provides SMB IT administrators with a simple way to manage complex security vulnerabilities and malicious threats.”

Enhanced features of GFI LanGuard 2012 include:

• Comprehensive Patch Management – Administrators can now manage 100 per cent of their patching needs – both security and non-security updates – from a centralised console. No other update tools are necessary.
• Strong Vulnerability Assessment for Network Devices – Network devices such as printers, routers and switches from manufacturers such as HP and Cisco, can now be detected and scanned for vulnerabilities. GFI LanGuard 2012 performs over 50,000 checks against operating systems, installed applications and device firmware for security flaws and misconfigurations. It also runs network audits that now detect mobile devices running iOS and Android operating systems.
• Improved Scan and Remediation Performance – New Relay Agents receive patches and definition files directly from the GFI LanGuard server and distribute as appropriate – helping IT resources save time, manage network bandwidth and increase the number of devices that can be accommodated. This is particularly effective in multi-site and large networks.

GFI LanGuard 2012 combines vulnerability scanning, patch management, and network and software auditing into one solution that enables IT professionals to scan, detect, assess and correct potential security risks on their networks with minimal administrative effort. GFI LanGuard also enables administrators to inventory devices attached to their networks; receive change alerts, such as notification when a new application is installed; ensure antivirus applications are current and enabled; and strengthen compliance with industry regulations through automated patch management that defends against potential network vulnerabilities. With GFI LanGuard, IT administrators can manage more than 2,500 machines from a single console, it integrates with more than 1,500 security applications and includes keyword search functionality.

To learn more about GFI LanGuard 2012, call 0 870 770 5377, email sales@gfi.com or visit www.gfi.com to download a free trial.

Crossbeam Systems Receives Common Criteria EAL4+ Certification for Its X-Series Security Platform

The X-Series Meets Stringent Security Requirements Established by Leading International Standard for Use in the Most Critical Infrastructures.

Crossbeam Systems, Inc., the provider of next-generation security platforms for high-performance networks, announced today that its X-Series Operating System (XOS 9.9) and X-Series X60 and X80-S security platforms have earned Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4+).

Common Criteria is an internationally recognised set of guidelines (ISO/IEC 15408) that provides a framework for evaluating security features and capabilities of IT security products. {{EAL4+ is the highest assurance level for conventional products, providing maximum confidence that security features are reliably implemented}}. Common Criteria is recognised globally by all signatories under the Common Criteria Recognition Agreement (CCRA). In order to facilitate the rigorous Common Criteria certification process, Crossbeam partnered with Corsec Security, Inc., an independent consulting firm with more than fourteen years of security validation experience.

“Common Criteria certification provides important validation that the X-Series has been independently tested and assured to work in the most stringent security environments,” said Chet Gapinski, vice president of product development at Crossbeam. “Global organisations are challenged to protect their most sensitive assets in a world that increasingly calls for the sharing of information – whether it’s for business collaboration or national security. Crossbeam is committed to providing customers with the third-party validation and product transparency they need to be able to intelligently address these challenges as part of a scalable, highly available and manageable security architecture.”

Common Criteria evaluation is critical for global enterprises and is frequently mandated for commercial information security products purchased by governments worldwide for use in its national security systems.

Crossbeam’s X-Series allows organisations to take advantage of security virtualisation to consolidate multiple security appliances and related network devices onto a single high-performance chassis. Customers deploy best-in-class security software applications from Crossbeam’s industry-leading ISV (independent security vendors) partners on the X-Series platform to achieve high-performance, high-availability security that easily scales to meet changing network and security demands, while reducing the cost and complexity of security management.

• For information on the X60 platform, visit: http://www.crossbeam.com/products/x60/.
• For information on the X80-S platform, visit: http://www.crossbeam.com/products/x80-s/.
• The X-Series Common Criteria certificate is available on the Crossbeam website at: http://www.crossbeam.com/wp-content/uploads/crossbeam-XOS-Co....
• For information on Crossbeam’s commitment to real-world security testing methodologies, read: Crossbeam and Spirent Partner to Define Real-World Security Test Methodology for Mobile Network Operators.

Colortrac to exhibit NEW SmartLF SC 42 large format scanner for GIS and Mapping applications

Colortrac will be exhibiting their range of large format scanning solutions for GIS and mapping applications at the ESRI International User Conference at the San Diego Convention Center July 23–27, 2012.

One of the stars of the ESRI show will be the NEW Colortrac SmartLF SC 42 wide format scanning solution featuring the unique and innovative SingleSensor digital imaging technology with the SuperSpeed USB3.0 high speed digital interface. By using the SmartLF SC 42 with the Scan Once digital workflow contained in the SmartWorks Pro software, these unique components provide a substantial increment in scanning productivity for those critical and time sensitive GIS and mapping applications requiring high definition images, superior image accuracy and superb color rendition.

Visit them at Booth #2109 and let them help you find the right solution for your wide format scanning needs.

www.esri.com/events/user-conference/index.html

Confused.com releases new Facebook app designed to celebrate friendships

Coinciding with the release of a report titled 'Friendship, Finance and the Future: The rise of Singledom in the UK', Confused.com has created an app that allows users to celebrate the important friends in their life.

A report by Future Poll for Confused.com has shown that four in five say that friendships last longer than romantic relationships. With friends playing such an important role in our lives the app gives users the opportunity to celebrate the anniversary of their meetings, or 'Frenniversary' and show how important their friends are.

The app, called 'Friend Booth', has three different functions; a tattoo booth, a cover photo montage creator and a Frenniversary reminder service.

The tattoo booth allows Facebook users to create an image with a virtual tattoo dedicated to their closest friend. The user selects their friend and either takes a photo or chooses an existing one, they then select the style of tattoo they want their friend’s name to appear in. They can resize the tattoo and adjust the angle to make it look as convincing as possible before posting it to their wall.

The photo montage creator allows users to create a montage that's sized, ready for them to have as their cover photo. The Facebook application asks users to enter the name of their best friend. Photos in which both the user and their best friend are tagged will be displayed, allowing the user to select their favourite pictures which will be automatically added into a bespoke image that the user can set as their profile cover image.

The report claims that in the future relationships status on passports and census forms could include mate-trimony as an option, with next of kin automatically being a friend. With friends playing such a significant role in our lives celebrating Frenniversaries will become more common. The Facebook application helps us remember this date by providing a Frenniversary reminder service. When they sign up their email address and friend's name they’ll be sent an email reminder to make sure they don’t forget to celebrate the day.

Sharon Flaherty, head of content at Confused.com said: "This application is all about having fun with your friends and showing you appreciate them, but the report raises issues around how insurance companies need to protect long-term friendships as they do marriage. More and more people are relying on their friends, buying houses with them and becoming financially co-dependent. If something were to happen they would be left completely unprotected.

"This report by Future Poll shows that in the future more single people will protect their most important relationships with life insurance, in the short term the app allows users to show the people that matter they care."