SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – Mar 5, 2013) – InsideView, a leading provider of contact data and social intelligence solutions that help sales executives get in the door and win once they’re in, today announced its InsideView CRM Sales Intelligence solution is now an SAP-endorsed business solution. The solution, integrated with the SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application and the SAP Customer OnDemand solution, will bring InsideView sales intelligence capabilities to SAP customers, enabling them to deliver the right impact in every customer interaction.

“Current contact information, relative news and social intelligence helps sales and marketing professionals target the right person and engage with them in relevant ways,” said Umberto Milletti, CEO of InsideView. “The integration of InsideView CRM Sales Intelligence with SAP Customer OnDemand will put customer and prospect contact information, news and social intelligence at the fingertips of every sales person, customer success manager, or marketing professional who uses these solutions. With our solution now endorsed by SAP, we look forward to working more closely with SAP to increase the business results of all the customers that we share.” (Full Article)

Aravo Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based Supplier Lifecycle Management (SLM) and B2B information and collaboration solutions, recently conducted a survey to evaluate the challenges and practices around managing the requirements of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Participants included financial, compliance, internal counsel and procurement executives who manage third party intermediaries. The results of the survey show that while government enforcement continues at high levels, many companies struggle with implementing effective FCPA compliance programs and policies.

Exposure to the FCPA, and the business and legal risks of corruption, continues to grow as companies drive their global footprint into new markets and partnerships. FCPA fines and penalties in 2012 alone were $260 million, averaging $22 million per incident, and the pace of SEC and DOJ inquiries shows no signs of abating. FCPA requirements apply to not only a company’s employees but also to its agents, contractors, investors and suppliers (TPIs). (Full Article)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and NEW ORLEANS, LA–(Marketwire – Mar 18, 2013) – Microsoft Convergence — InsideView, the customer intelligence leader, today announced record adoption among Microsoft Dynamics CRM users of its award-winning customer intelligence solution. One year after announcing a multi-faceted partnership with Microsoft to integrate InsideView’s curated content into Microsoft Dynamics CRM, demand for the joint solution has exceeded expectations, and has provided an opportunity for Microsoft Dynamics channel partners to bring additional value to their CRM customers. InsideView is known for its ability to aggregate and expose relevant social, news, and company information as well as professional connections within the CRM system. The solution provides critical intelligence that helps to improve lead conversions and win rates for B2B sales and marketing professionals.

“CRM is at the core of our go-to-market strategy, so we seek out only the strongest technologies and partners to add value to our clients’ CRM systems,” said Scott Mangelson, CRM Practice Leader, Armanino, the 35th largest accounting and business-consulting firm in the nation. “The customer intelligence delivered by InsideView is unmatched, making CRM even more effective for the marketing and sales teams at our clients.” (Full Article)

Over the past few years, tech giants Apple and Google have emerged as dominant forces in the mobile-technology market. Although they’ve pursued radically different strategies, each company has been wildly successful: Apple generates $1 billion per month on iPhone sales, while Google’s Android operating system has racked up massive global market-share gains. Now, both companies face a rising threat from South Korean electronics titan Samsung, which has surged to become the largest handsetmaker in the world. Samsung appears poised to intensify competition in the mobile space, and that could benefit consumers.

Samsung’s ascent was underscored last week when it introduced its highly anticipated new Galaxy S4 smartphone at an extravagant event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The company showed off hands-free eye-tracking technology, among other new features. Google and Apple, meanwhile, are pushing toward next generation wearable computing, including Google Glass and Apple’s rumored iWatch. (Full Article)

Samsung Electronics Co. 005930.SE +0.20% and Google Inc. GOOG +0.69% together have stemmed Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.16% dominance in smartphones, but there is new tension in their partnership.

Google executives worry that Samsung has become so big—the South Korean company sells about 40% of the gadgets that use Google’s Android software—that it could flex its muscle to renegotiate their arrangement and eat into Google’s lucrative mobile-ad business, people familiar with the matter said.

Now, as top executives from the world’s mobile industry gather in Barcelona, Google is meeting with other companies in hopes that their Android devices can keep Samsung’s leverage in check by providing legitimate competition, the people said. The Internet-search company is hoping new Android devices from manufacturers such as HTC Corp. 2498.TW +3.92% and Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +0.97% can challenge Samsung, they said. (Full Article)

WHITE RIVER JCT., Vt. and COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — This week three projects that groSolar constructed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey received awards, being recognized by industry leading associations for outstanding project results. The three projects, Longwood Gardens, Keystone Solar, and Camden Solar Center, were completed in 2012 and provide approximately 10 MW of solar capacity.

Longwood Gardens received both the Diamond Award Certificate in the Water and Storm Water category from the American Council of Engineering Companies’ Pennsylvania Chapter and an Honorable Mention as an Outstanding Project by the Philadelphia Chapter of the PA Society of Professional Engineers. Longwood Gardens is a 1.5 MW project built at the international tourist destination in Pennsylvania. groSolar worked closely with Longwood Gardens and Pennoni Engineering to incorporate the solar modules into the natural beauty and landscape of the site. The main challenges of the project were the storm water management component of the solar modules and maintaining the national topography of the site. groSolar constructed a rain garden around the modules and meadow grasses were planted to manage the storm water runoff. The award was accepted by members of the involved partners of Pennoni Engineering, Ecogy Solar who is the owner of the system, and groSolar at a ceremony in Hershey, PA. (Full Article)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – Feb 1, 2013) – InsideView, the leading provider of customer intelligence solutions for enterprise marketing and sales organizations, today announced that InsideView Team™ has won the 2013 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE™ Award for the Best Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution. The award recognizes the strength of the InsideView solution to increase revenue by enabling marketing and sales professionals to more effectively discover and identify qualified sales leads, convert leads to opportunities, accelerate the sales process, and better manage accounts for retention and growth.

“Congratulations to InsideView for winning the CODiE award for Best Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution,” said Kathy Greenler Sexton, VP and General Manager for the SIIA Content Division at SIIA. “With the tremendous growth in nominations and an exceptional field of innovative finalists, this was a competitive year for the coveted CODiE Awards. InsideView should be very proud of their achievement.” (Full Article)

InsideView Delivers a 22% Increase in Lead Conversion, 12% Increase in Win Rates and 33% Increase in Average Deal Size to Rosetta Stone

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – Jan 22, 2013) – InsideView, the only sales intelligence solution that helps sales executives get in the door and win once they’re in, today announced that Rosetta Stone, a leading provider of technology-based language-learning solutions, has significantly increased sales productivity and results with InsideView. Since deploying InsideView, Rosetta Stone’s Corporate Sales team has increased its lead-to-opportunity conversion rates by 22%, win rates by 12% and average deal size by 33%. InsideView provides the critical business insights, social connections and deep contact information to effectively engage and convert the most promising prospects.

“InsideView gives us the power to identify and work with key contacts within an account and close the sale,” said Charles Frydenborg, Senior Director of Corporate Sales, North America for Rosetta Stone. “And perhaps most importantly, InsideView provides the big-picture insights that allow us to educate our target customers about the need for language learning within their own companies. With this information, they often become champions of our products which allows us to rapidly grow the size of our accounts.” (Full Article)

InsideView, the sales intelligence leader that empowers sales and marketing professionals to get in and win, today showcased Relationship Manager™ People Alerts, new functionality within its flagship customer intelligence product that monitors organizational changes that affect decision makers within key accounts. The new feature within Relationship Manager monitors key individuals within target accounts to track and alert about organization changes such as resignations, new hires, changes in reporting structure or title.

“The cost of customer churn is extremely high, especially in SaaS or subscription businesses,” said Umberto Milletti, CEO of InsideView. “Existing accounts are 45% more profitable than new accounts. As more and more businesses adopt subscription relationships as their main form of delivery, nurturing each account and growing it becomes paramount to business success. Up to 30% of accounts that are lost are the result of organizational changes or the loss of an internal sponsor. Relationship Manager enables proactive management of strategic accounts as key people change positions, get promoted, or leave the company, resulting in greater account retention and growth.” (Full Article)

MobiTV, a global leader in enabling delivery of live and on-demand TV everywhere, today announced its category win as “Best Technology in Social and Interactive TV” at the inaugural Variety Entertainment App Awards. Held in Los Angeles on Nov. 29, the awards ceremony was presented by the Application Developers Alliance (ADA) and Variety. MobiTV’s Converged Media Platform claimed top honors among “best of breed” platform, service and technology providers that power and otherwise enable social and interactive TV experiences.

The awards program recognized the contributions of the entertainment industry’s technology innovators, selected by a hand-picked panel comprised of representatives from Mobile Deluxe, Neustar, AppStori, Distimo, Bunchball, Kid Tech Columnist, USA Today.com, Gannett News, Digital Mind State, SleepyGiant and Google TV.

“This accolade from Variety and the esteemed group of industry leaders selected by ADA cements our vision of a device-agnostic platform that personalizes the viewer’s entertainment experience,” said Charlie Nooney , chairman and CEO at MobiTV. “By leveraging a flexible connected media solution, our partners can ultimately offer a product that makes consumers feel like their TV experiences are created just for them.”  (Full Article)