African Utility Week was bigger and better this year Cape Town, South Africa -- May 24, 2013-- "Bigger and better" is how all concerned describe this year's African Utility Week and the co-located Clean Power Africa that took place in Cape Town from 14-15 May at the CTICC. The 13th conference and exhibition was attended by nearly 5000 power and water professionals from more than 60 countries, 27 of them African, at what was the largest utility gathering of its kind on the continent. ...Read More »

Creative Options Abound In Dual Animated Canvases Release Lake Mary, FL -- May 23, 2013-- Digital JuiceŽ has announced it is simultaneously releasing Animated Canvases? Collection 21: Artistic Horizons and Animated Canvases Collection 22: Incipient Charges, with each available as either an Instant Download or boxed DVD product. Animated Canvases are subtle background animations that are designed to be the foundation for any video or motion graphics project. In these new collections, video editors and motion graphics designers will find a unique mix of subtle animated backgrounds specifically designed to give editors a clean slate to build on, a backdrop that can help them highlight and frame their text, videos and images. ...Read More »

Release Your Creativity With All-New Simplexity 6 Lake Mary, FL -- May 22, 2013-- Digital Juice(r), the highly acclaimed developer of digital content and professional camera gear and accessories, today announced the release of Simplexity Collection 6, the latest offering in its highly successful line of downloadable projects and templates for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro/Apple Motion and Sony Vegas Pro. The Simplexity product line offers a unique blend of simple and complex in a library of animated templates that motion graphics artists and video editors can use as-is or customize to adapt to their project needs. Simplexity projects and templates can be used in everything from high-tech show opens, wedding videos and network show promos to broadcast television commercials, sports highlight reels and training material. ...Read More »

Dr Mamphela Ramphele to speak at African Education Week in Johannesburg in June Johannesburg, South Africa -- May 22, 2013-- ?Educators have a sacred duty to nurture talent and inspire every child to become, from all aspects, the best human being possible!? ? Dr Mamphela Ramphele, leader of Agang SA, says this will be her message when she delivers the keynote address during the opening session at the upcoming African Education Week at the Sandton Convention Centre on Thursday, 20 June. ...Read More »

Bella Corporation Ships KillerKeys Express Burbank, CA -- May 21, 2013-- Bella Corporation today announced that KillerKeys Express for Windows and the companion KillerKeys Express iPad App are now available ...Read More »

Gridstore to Host Webinar With Veeam on How to Optimize Virtual Machine Backup and Replication -- May 21, 2013-- GridstoreTM, the leading provider of optimized storage for the modern data center, today announced an upcoming webinar on Wednesday, May 22, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific presented by Chief Strategy Officer, Kelly Murphy of Gridstore and Product Strategy Specialist, Rick Vanover of Veeam. ...Read More »

Twelve African energy, mining and industry ministers confirm attendance at the Africa Energy Forum in Barcelona in June Barcelona, Spain -- May 17, 2013-- A recent report from the World Bank indicated that the GDP of a third of African countries grew by at least 6% last year, despite the estimate that power outages cost African economies on average around 2% pa of their GDP. African Ministers, heads of utilities, regulators and international energy companies will address this and other pressing issues concerning Africa?s power sector at the Africa Energy Forum in Barcelona, 18-20 June. Over 800 delegates are expected to attend this international investment Forum for Africa?s power industry to compete for partnerships and deals. ...Read More »

Opportunities in Iraq's oil and gas industry discussed at Iraq Energy in Abu Dhabi next week Abu Dhabi, UAE -- May 16, 2013-- The UAE Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, H.H. Sheikh Nahayan bin Mabarak Al Nahayan, will deliver the opening keynote address at the upcoming Iraq Energy 2013/2014: Business and Investment Opportunities in Iraq's Oil and Gas Sectors conference in Abu Dhabi's Sofitel Hotel on 22-23 May. ...Read More »

Belkin Releases Secure KM Switch for Seamless Switching between Multiple Monitors and Networks -- May 15, 2013-- Belkin, a trusted leader of technology solutions for office, classroom, IT infrastructure, and mobile environments, today announced the release of its Advanced Secure KM (Keyboard/Mouse) Switch and its Advanced 8 & 16-port Secure DVI-I KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) Switches. ...Read More »

Westinghouse Lighting Avoids $50,000 Backup Appliance Cost With Zetta.net Backup and Recovery -- May 14, 2013-- Zetta.net today announced that Westinghouse Lighting has selected Zetta.net's cloud server backup and disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) solution to optimize its backup and recovery processes. ...Read More »

City of Cape Town to share its water and sanitation vision and showcase facilities during African Utility Week Cape Town, South Africa -- May 10, 2013-- The City of Cape Town will showcase its world class water and sanitation facilities and share its strategic plans for the future of the City's water services during next week's African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa conference and exhibition. As host city to this annual event, the City of Cape Town will welcome some 5000 power and water professionals to the CTICC from 14-15 May. ...Read More »

A Stunning Professional Virtual Space For Your Green Screen Talent Lake Mary, FL -- May 09, 2013-- Digital Juice(r), the highly acclaimed developer of digital content and professional camera gear and accessories, today announced the release of Animated Shoulder Sets(tm) Collection 2, a follow-up volume to its all-new line of easy-to-use downloadable projects and templates for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion and Sony Vegas Pro. The new Shoulder Sets product line features animated "virtual sets" or environments specifically designed to display a video screen area and a green-screen ?keyed? presenter in a stylish, exciting way. ...Read More »

Practical solutions to energy challenges for industry at African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa Cape Town, South Africa -- May 09, 2013-- "The operative word this year is definitely ?practical' and there simply is no substitute for onsite experience", says a very excited African Utility Week event director Russell Hughes. "I want to invite our expo visitors to come and get their hands dirty while earning some valuable CPD points ? overalls are optional!" ...Read More »

Zetta.net Backup and Recovery Chosen by AlwaysOn as an OnDemand 100 Winner -- May 08, 2013-- Zetta.net, provider of enterprise cloud backup and disaster recovery, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnDemand Top 100 winners. ...Read More »

Leading Analyst Firm Identifies Gridstore as Optimized Storage Solution -- May 08, 2013-- GridstoreTM, the leading provider of optimized storage for the modern data center, today announced that it has been featured in the recent Storage Switzerland article, written by Lead Analyst George Crump, "Why VMware Disk Backup is Broken." ...Read More »

Belkin Unveils Echo Sensor Technology for Intelligent Use of Water, Energy and Natural Gas Resources -- May 08, 2013-- Belkin, a trusted leader of technology solutions for office, classroom, IT infrastructure, and mobile environments, today introduced Echo, an advanced sensor technology system for buildings that analyzes the use of water, electricity and natural gas to reduce waste. ...Read More »

Season Three Of Late Music Icon Jenni Rivera's Reality Series "I Love Jenni" Finishing At AlphaDogs Post -- May 08, 2013-- The series-to-date finished the month in the #1 spot among all Hispanic cable networks and beat English-language cable networks Comedy Central, FX, TBS, A&E, Family channel, Lifetime and AMC, among others. ...Read More »

Demystifying QuickBooks ? What I.T. Professionals Need To Know Sacramento, CA -- May 07, 2013-- The overall aim of the conference is to instruct on the modern fundamentals of managed and cloud services. ...Read More »

Look Good Fast With All-New Simplexity Projects & Templates Collection 5 Lake Mary, FL -- May 07, 2013-- Digital Juice(r), the highly acclaimed developer of digital content and professional camera gear and accessories, today announced the release of Simplexity Collection 5, the latest offering in a new line of downloadable projects and templates for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro/Apple Motion and Sony Vegas Pro. The Simplexity product line offers a unique blend of simple and complex in a library of animated templates that motion graphics artists and video editors can use as-is or customize to adapt to their project needs. Simplexity projects and templates can be used in everything from high-tech show opens, wedding videos and network show promos to broadcast television commercials, sports highlight reels and training material. ...Read More »

"Symbion and many other companies from the United States are ready to invest in Africa." Cape Town, South Africa -- May 07, 2013-- "Symbion Power and many other companies from the United States are ready to invest in Africa," says Symbion Power CEO Paul Hinks. Symbion Power is a platinum sponsor at the upcoming African Utility Week, taking place from 14-15 May in Cape Town. ...Read More »