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Pepro introduces the Hybrid MicroSite mobile radio site

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PEPRO LLC

PEPRO LLC

Pepro LLC, the leading manufacturer of shielded enclosure systems for stationary and mobile applications, is introducing the new Hybrid MicroSite radio site at CTIA in Las Vegas. The new site includes a two-bay shelter with 54 units of rack space protected by patented Faraday cage technology, a 20-foot tower and a trailer dismount system that can install the site for long-term use without disturbing the enclosed equipment.

The site includes three solar panels, batteries and DC-generator to power the site for months without fuel service. The Hybrid MicroSite is the second hybrid site launched this year by Pepro, joining the Hybrid Scout announced in March.

“Extreme weather events over the past year reinforced everyone’s awareness of the need for communications sites that withstand unpredictable circumstances,” said Kelly Lander, president of Pepro, LLC. “Pepro sites have always offered reliable protection against the elements, and the new Hybrid MicroSite goes a step further to protect against service interruption due to inaccessibility. It can serve as a long-term solution for remote locations or stand at the ready to be deployed in emergencies for as long as it’s needed without concerns about fuel service.”

The Hybrid MicroSite provides months of service without refueling, depending on factors such as available sunlight and the power needs of the equipment on site. Its unique trailer dismount system keeps the shelter level, giving one person the ability to set the enclosure in place without extensive training. These convenience factors make the Hybrid MicroSite especially useful in hard to reach locations where shipping in trained teams or fuel is inefficient or hard to schedule.

Pepro has provided shielded enclosures based on its patented Faraday cage technology for more than 20 years without a single loss of protected equipment. Every Pepro shelter meets rigorous standards, sustaining a one million volt, 87,000 amp direct strike with less than ten micro joules entering enclosure.

About Pepro

Pepro, LLC (www.peprollc.com) is the leading manufacturer of shielded enclosure systems for stationary and mobile applications. The company has provided state-of-the-art deployable radio sites without loss or failure since the company’s founding in 1992, a record of reliability attributable, in part, to a patented Faraday cage system to protect from lightning strikes, electromagnetic pulses (EMP), electromagnetic interferences (EMI), and radio frequency interferences (RFI). Pepro provides services to public utilities & public safety offices, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Homeland Security, states & local governments, Motorola and other organizations requiring a secure enclosure for sensitive electronic, computer, and radio equipment. Pepro, LLC is a veteran-owned, small business located in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Pepro products qualify for 8a, American Indian, and Woman-Owned Small Business contracting through a Master Service Agreement with Northwind Engineering, LLC.

PPG donates $50,000 to Math & Science Collaborative

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PPG Industries Foundation

PPG Industries Foundation

The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $50,000 to the Math & Science Collaborative (MSC), a program operated by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit that helps K-12 educators gain a better understanding of how mathematical and scientific practices are used in the workplace.

“We are grateful for support from PPG and the PPG Industries Foundation in continuing to provide opportunities that strengthen the teaching and learning of math and science,” said Nancy Bunt, program director of the Math & Science Collaborative. “It is an example of how Southwestern Pennsylvania can work together to better prepare all students to fully participate in the future as mathematically and scientifically literate citizens.”

Under MSC direction, teachers and administrators from three Southwestern Pennsylvania school districts visited a PPG Industries facility and local sites of two other companies to observe how educational standards for math and science relate to actual workplace activities, and to learn how they can make teaching in their schools more applicable to real-world practices.

According to Bunt, the MSC coordinates efforts and focuses resources through innovative, evidence-based, regional approaches to the teaching and learning of math and science from preschool through college. The MSC Steering Council is comprised of representatives from school districts, nonprofit organizations, higher-education institutions, corporations and other stakeholders committed to strengthening the teaching and learning of mathematics and science.

“PPG is strongly committed to supporting the communities where its employees work and live, especially through educational programs that emphasize the importance of the STEM disciplines,” said Mehran Arbab, PPG director of glass science and technology and a member of the MSC Steering Council. “By collaborating with educators on such science, technology, engineering and math initiatives, PPG can help prepare tomorrow’s leaders in STEM-related careers that will be essential to advancing U.S. and global industries.”

Established in 1951, the PPG Industries Foundation demonstrates the values of PPG Industries by enhancing the quality of life in communities where the company has a presence. Interests of the foundation, in order of priority, are education, human services, culture and arts, and civic and community affairs. PPG also supports charitable causes by encouraging employees’ volunteerism and board service with nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.ppgfoundation.com.

 

About the Math & Science Collaborative

The Math & Science Collaborative (MSC) is Southwestern Pennsylvania’s regional approach to strengthening math and science education for all students from preschool through university by coordinating efforts and focusing resources. Founded in 1994 at Carnegie Science Center, it now includes more than 135 public and non-public schools in 11 counties. The MSC has been led by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit since 2002 and is supported by federal and state grants as well as local foundations. For more information, visit www.aiu3.net/Level2.aspx?id=440.

PPG: BRINGING INNOVATION TO THE SURFACE.

PPG Industries’ vision is to continue to be the world’s leading coatings and specialty products company. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in nearly 70 countries around the world. Sales in 2012 were $15.2 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com.

Bringing innovation to the surface is a trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

C-leveled Acquired FINTEL LLC, a leading provider of Data Services and Business Intelligence Solutions

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C-leveled

C-leveled

C-leveled announced today that it acquired FINTEL LLC, a privately held company located in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded in 1999, FINTEL offers comprehensive data analytics, business intelligence and industry benchmarking.  FINTEL has a successful history of leading clients to better business decisions by unlocking the insights contained in their proprietary data set, the largest and most reliable financial benchmarking database of privately held companies.

C-leveled provides companies with the tools, services and assistance required to launch, develop and grow their businesses.   With a bench consisting of serial entrepreneurs, C-leveled breaks through limiting barriers faced by  startups and small businesses by delivering executive-level strategies, tactical tools, practical assistance and operational life cycle services.  “We have assembled the depth of talent that comes with decades of entrepreneurial experience.  With our acquisition of FINTEL, C-leveled will offer a new and powerful toolset to further enhance our services for the business community. At its core, C-leveled is entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs to prosper under the new rules of business engagement,” said Denise DeSimone, CEO, C-leveled.

FINTEL analytics provide a broad range of benchmarking and analytical tools to pinpoint problem areas, and provide diagnostics for improving performance. Examples of the capabilities are:  FINTEL Industry Metrics (FIM) reports is an analytics tool that offers unique and powerful insights into the financial profiles and performances of privately held companies operating across almost all industries; the FINTEL Business Scorecard (FBS) tool provides companies with a simple, quick and insightful snapshot of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) in comparison with industry peers and competitors; the FINTEL Business Analyzer (FBA) is a full package suite offering access to FIM & FBS, along with a range of analytical modules with interactive “what-if” financial modeling to improve KPIs.

HONCHO, the C-leveled business analytics and intelligence site, will offer a dynamic community for entrepreneurs to connect, share ideas and advice, and provide tools that every business can utilize to improve performance. This entire suite of FINTEL tools is being integrated into HONCHO. HONCHO will provide companies the actionable insight into their operating performance with unparalleled competitive analytics and a robust knowledge base of tools, technology and recommendations to improve performance.

Boris Nenide, Co-Founder of FINTEL, will join C-leveled as Chief Technology Officer and Board Member.  “Boris provides unmatched advisory capabilities to his clients and to us, and we are very excited to have him as a member of C-leveled,” said DeSimone.

“FINTEL has worked for over a decade consulting for small and medium-sized businesses and teaching entrepreneurs how to navigate through competitive marketplaces,” said Nenide.  “We look forward to joining C-leveled to develop and launch great concepts for clients.”

About FINTEL

FINTEL was founded in 1999 by Boris Nenide and Dr. Robert W. Pricer and is a leading provider of data services and business intelligence solutions.  FINTEL has developed a suite of Web-based tools that combine powerful techniques of financial analysis developed by Dr. Pricer, with industry benchmarking powered by the largest and most reliable database of financial information of privately held companies from North America.

About C-leveled

C-leveled, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, is a leading provider of entrepreneur services and subscription-based software tools that help businesses to launch, develop and grow their business.  C-leveled addresses the business challenges faced by start-ups, growth initiatives for established companies and funding and exit strategies for entrepreneurs.

Panopto Expands Video Platform with New iPad App and Portable Video Capture Device

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Panopto

Panopto

Panopto, a leading video platform provider, today announced at Streaming Media East 2013 the release of Panopto 4.4. The update includes a native iPad app, the first ever “Panopto Certified” video capture device, and software-based video switching.

With Panopto’s iPad app, users can:
·      View presentations and videos through an interactive, touch-friendly interface;
·      Search inside videos to fast-forward to any word mentioned during a recording; and
·      Record HD videos and automatically upload them into Panopto’s video content management system, a YouTube-style portal for sharing videos.

The native iPad app brings these capabilities to the iPhone as well, automatically adapting to the iPhone’s form factor.

“Mobile video has passed an inflection point in the enterprise and education,” said Eric Burns, co-founder and chief product officer of Panopto. “With today’s launch of the iPad app, we’re bringing Panopto’s unique interactive video viewing and inside-video search capabilities from the desktop to the millions of tablets and smartphones Panopto users already own.”

Panopto Releases New Video Capture Device

Panopto also introduced a plug-and-play, integrated video capture and recording device through a collaboration with Epiphan Systems Inc., an innovator in professional audio video capture, recording and streaming hardware.  The “Panopto Certified” Remote Recorder is the first ARM-based, Embedded Linux video capture device to integrate with Panopto’s video platform, enabling customers to:
·      Record and combine an SD video (s-video/composite) camera input; an audio input; and an HD input from a VGA, DVI, HDMI display or camera output;
·      Automatically upload recordings to Panopto’s video content management system; and
·      Schedule and control recordings using Panopto’s intuitive web-based interface.

“Our customers have always appreciated Panopto’s flexibility to run on any PC or Mac,” said Burns.  “Through our collaboration with Epiphan, we now offer a best-in-class hardware option with a portable, turnkey recording device from a leader in the professional AV industry.”

“Epiphan is excited to collaborate with Panopto on this jointly-developed video capture solution,” said Mike Sandler, CEO of Epiphan Systems Inc.  “By combining Epiphan’s hardware expertise with Panopto’s video software, Panopto can offer customers the Remote Recorder as part of an integrated, cost-effective solution to video capture, management, and search.”

Online Video Editor Now Includes Multi-Camera Video Switching

The Panopto 4.4 release also introduces new functionality to its web-based video editor that is typically only found in high-end video recording and switching appliances.  The new functionality enables post-production switching between multiple video sources.

Like high-end video appliances, Panopto supports the simultaneous capture of multiple video tracks during an event or presentation.  Then, using Panopto’s web-based editor, a videographer can control and fine-tune when to transition between video sources.  The result is that organizations can get professional video post-production and playback capabilities at a fraction of the cost.

Panopto is exhibiting its new release today and tomorrow at Streaming Media East in Booth 319.

About Panopto
Panopto creates software that enables enterprises and academic institutions to record, broadcast, search and share all of their video content and presentations. Panopto is currently in use at Fortune 500 companies around the world and is the fastest-growing lecture capture solution at leading universities. Privately-held, Panopto was founded in 2007 by technology entrepreneurs and software design veterans at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. For more information, visit www.panopto.com.

Demo Day Wrap-up

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Seven technology-focused startups pitched their business plans to a packed house at the Pittsburgh Opera yesterday at the 10th Demo Day in the last five years of Innovation Works AlphaLab incubator. The event also included a University Preview, where five companies developing technologies at local universities explained their research and pitched their companies to investors as well. Technologies previewed ranged from cloud-based predictive analytics to a power-generating shoe insert to novel cancer detection technology.

Tune into 104.7 FM this Saturday from Noon to 1 pm to hear Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting of TechVibe Radio interview all of the companies who presented.

Here is a quick overview of all of the companies that presented:

AlphaLab:

Workshirt - Workshirt uses mobile technology to help people discover, capture and share experiences. Since entering the AlphaLab program in January 2o13, Workshirt has developed two web-based products – Photailor, a demand-driven photography marketplace; and HitchedPic, a photo sharing app specifically for the wedding industry.

PoweredAnalytics – PoweredAnalytics makes it easy for developers and data scientists to use Big Data and predictive analytics to optimize their products and processes. Powered Analytics is a cloud-based platform for automatically creating and operationalizing predictive models in mere minutes.

Woo with Style – Woo With Style is a web app and mobile website that helps style-challenged men know what looks good on them. Woo with Style shows men how to look their best with personalized outfit recommendations from a female perspective.

Meaningfy – Meaningfy has built a scalable platform to deliver on-demand market intelligence services to sales and marketing professionals in real time. Meaningfy uses a range of machine learning algorithms to separate relevant information from noise that needs to be filtered out.

SolePower – SolePower is an energy harvesting company bringing a power generating shoe insole to market. The technology captures the energy from walking and converts it into usable electrical power, which is stored in a rechargeable battery attached outside of the shoe via USB connection.

NetBeez – NetBeez is a first-of-its-kind network monitoring tool for enterprises that tests and validates a network from the end-user perspective. This unique approach relies on distributed monitoring agents that simulate user interactions with the network and its applications, providing real-time outage detection before users are impacted.

Digital Dream Labs – dreamWare is a platform that bridges that gap between worlds where nostalgic, hands-on learning meets engaging, digital technology. Digital Dream Labs‘ product, children solve simple sequence puzzles in real life that are transmitted wirelessly to a tablet or other electronic device for continued interaction.

University Preview:

Lumator – Lumator provides intelligent, automated services that optimize how residential electricity consumers buy and use electricity.

Solvvy – Solvvy uses the wisdom of the Web to intelligently automate troubleshooting.

Institute of Consultative Bioethics – ICB’s EthAssist software delivers a full-fledged, searchable and user-friendly learning CMS that includes current and relevant academic, legal and applied bioethics knowledge.

EuTalk is a mobile app that enables people with communication disabilities (autism, stroke) to communicate.

NanoVision Diagnostics – NVD is commercializing a novel cancer detection technology that conducts an optical analysis which provides earlier and more accurate cancer detection.